Most of the faculties at the Islamic University of Lebanon have a special program in preparing seminars in order to transfer knowledge to the student through specialists by shedding light on certain topics that simulate scientific developments, inventions and discoveries. The university has also signed an agreement with the Education Development Center (EDC) which is a global non-profit organization that offers durable solutions to improve education, to promote health and to expand economic opportunities.

To strengthening the national dialogue on citizenship, monitoring effective national experiences to benefit from them, and proposing a mechanism for their use in school curricula. The symposium on “Education for the Development of Citizenship Values” represents one of the basic pillars from which the Department of Citizenship Programs will be launched in developing everything that would enhance the culture of citizenship values and strategies for its development among young people. Accordingly, some seminars, symposium and other events were organized by different faculties in the university. These events covered many important topics such as: Green Economy in Lebanon, Emerging Business Opportunities in Light of Technological Changes, Business Ethics and Social Responsibility, Public Safety Culture, Education, Implementation and Control, lectures in the field of tourism and travel specialists, and hotel management, human resources management in the tourism and hotel sector, sustainable tourism, entrepreneurship, Cultural Sri Lankan Day, training course in first aid, tourism development and marketing, lecture on the world of aviation, etc.

In yearly basis, IUL organizes and participates in many Scientific Orientation Exhibition, these events are dedicated for all the majority of Lebanese colleges.

The Hult Prize is an annual, year-long competition that crowd-sources ideas from MBA and college students after challenging them to solve a pressing social issue around topics such as food security, water access, energy, and education. The IUL students participate strongly in the prize each year, and sometimes the winning teams on IUL are qualified to participate in the regional/national competitions.

Training is one of the most prevalent approaches used in organizations; aiming to change the behavior of individuals and their skills. IUL provides training to make managers and workers aware of some topics such as work teams, diversity, intelligence, and how to capture quality, decision-making, communication skills, and participatory management.

Due to the spread of the Corona pandemic and because hospitals need a greater number of respirators to help patients, the Faculty of Engineering at the Islamic University in Lebanon has created an artificial respiration device that was called Nafas.

Based on the internal system of the Supreme Shiite Council, which is the founder and patron of the Islamic University in Lebanon, and pursuant to the council’s policy, the university is preparing to establish social projects and institutions that provide shelter for the elderly, people with disabilities, orphans, and needy groups, education and training, caring for juveniles and combating homelessness. In addition to preparing projects to establish a healthy social center in the regions that respond to the needs of their people and provide them with the necessary social and health services, such as the establishment of medical clinics for examination, treatment and care of the mother and child, and the establishment of the role of guidance and direction for the development of natural and human resources, education of local industries, vocational and agricultural training, and everything that would activate the social development movement . And proposing projects for the revitalization of villages, studying projects for establishing hospitals or contributing to their establishment, proposing appointing committees for managing social health centers, hospitals and social institutions belonging to the Council, taking care of, preserving and raising public health affairs, paying attention to women’s issues and improving their status, and paying attention to work and workers issues and housing issues for the needy and families Humble and low-income people. In addition to proposing projects and ways to combat illiteracy, paying attention to general cultural and educational affairs and educational curricula, proposing means to raise the cultural and educational level for private schools, conducting educational studies and research, proposing means for developing the cultural movement, proposing a system for giving grants and aid to higher education, specialization and training, and proposing candidates to benefit from them and from Grants and other aids allocated by the Council, preparing the council’s library project, organizing its processing, management and utilization.

The university has also established a center for development and training in order to provide the best academic and professional services to students, and it has been divided into four departments as follows: Vocational Training Department, Job Fair Section, Department of Professional Qualification and Education Center.

The Islamic University in Lebanon works from a vision that responds to Lebanon’s need to explore the fields of modern knowledge and looks at the generalization and deepening of knowledge in their historical and contemporary terms from a balanced methodological perspective, as the basis for the project for the advancement of the nation. Lebanon, the Arab and Islamic world, and contribute to enriching scientific progress in order to catch up with societies that preceded us in the field of modern science. Therefore, it has worked and is still working to open new or renewed specializations in terms of their quality, curricula, and their connection to the labor market to meet the requirements of the next stage in the field of business and services in Lebanon and the Arab and Islamic worlds. And it has worked and still is to raise the level of education and consolidate cooperation and coordination in cultural and educational relations with universities and higher institutes in Lebanon and abroad.

The university also graduated students from those with limited income, and they were among those who could not pay the installments due on them by a special decree issued by the university presidency to exempt them from the remaining installments, the number of students in these cases per year are:

Table 2. Low-income graduate students

Most of the faculties at the Islamic University of Lebanon have a special program in preparing seminars in order to transfer knowledge to the student through specialized individuals by shedding light on certain topics that simulate scientific developments, inventions and discoveries. The university has also entered into an agreement with EDC, the Education Development Center (EDC) is a global non-profit organization that offers durable solutions to improve education, promote health and expand economic opportunities. Since 1958, we have been pioneers in designing, implementing and evaluating robust and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world.

These seminars contribute to teaching the values of citizenship and strengthening them among students, by reviewing the aspects of development witnessed by the educational system in the field of developing citizenship values, and assisting specialists in developing plans and programs and determining development priorities in the next phase, as well as confirming the principle of partnership between workers in the system Education at various levels on the one hand and between civil and local societies on the other hand, and reviewing and evaluating programs and activities in the field of developing citizenship values; With the aim of developing the goals for which they were set and working to achieve them, strengthening the national dialogue on citizenship, monitoring effective national experiences to benefit from them, and proposing a mechanism for their use in school curricula. The symposium on “Education for the Development of Citizenship Values” represents one of the basic pillars from which the Department of Citizenship Programs will be launched in developing everything that would enhance the culture of citizenship values and strategies for its development among young people. Accordingly, the seminars prepared by the colleges in the last five years.

Organizing the endowments belonging to the Shiite Islamic community by issuing the regulations and instructions required to organize the sect’s affairs and manage its charitable endowments of all kinds and purposes in order to ensure the preservation of their eyes and their proper exploitation and the security of the charitable bodies arrested on them. And take care of its affairs such as approving and adjusting budgets and exchange transactions. And constant endeavor and taking measures aimed at improving the general condition of the sect’s members by:

• Combating illiteracy
• Combating homelessness
• Raise the cultural and educational level of private schools and help outstanding students.
• Taking care of the affairs of youth, workers, farmers and people with limited income.
• Paying attention to public vital projects, including agricultural, urban, and other projects, and expressing opinion on these projects, including those under study or implementation.
• Taking care of the affairs of underdeveloped regions and working to raise their level.
• Creating various social statistics.

In 2017, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon organized a symposium entitled: Launching a Green Economy in Lebanon. The symposium was sponsored by the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and was attended by the Director General of the Ministry of Economy, Professor Alia Abbas, the President of the Islamic University, deans of faculties, heads of scientific departments, professors, interested people from the Faculty of Information and Agriculture at the Lebanese University, and a group of students in the Islamic and Lebanese universities .

In 2018, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon held a symposium under the title: Emerging Business Opportunities in Light of Technological Changes, under the auspices of the President of the Digital Transformation Network in Lebanon and the President of the Association of Professional Informatics Professor Rabie Baalbaki. The symposium was attended by the Secretary General of the Islamic University in Lebanon, deans, heads of scientific departments, professors, and a crowd of students .

In 2019, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Islamic University of Lebanon held a symposium under the title: Business Ethics and Social Responsibility. Under the patronage of the President of the Digital Transformation Network in Lebanon and the President of the Association of Professional Informatics Professor Rabie Baalbaki. The symposium was attended by the Secretary General of the Islamic University in Lebanon, deans, heads of scientific departments, professors, and a crowd of students.

In the year 2019, the college’s students participated in the Specialization and Scientific Orientation Exhibition, which was held at the Hadath Complex of the Lebanese University on November 7, 8 and 9. The wide platform dedicated to the college was inaugurated by His Excellency the Minister Muhammad Fneish and the President of the Islamic University Prof. Dina Al-Mawla, and the place of the presentation was divided into two parts, one for the vacation stage and another for the master’s stage.

On April 10, 2019, the Faculty of Engineering at the Lebanese Islamic University organized a seminar under the title: “Public Safety Culture, Education, Implementation and Control” Under the patronage and presence of His Excellency the Minister of Public Works and Transport Mr. Youssef Fenianos, representatives of the Faculties of Engineering and Architecture in Lebanese universities, technical audit offices, engineering consulting and contracting companies, the General Directorate of Urban Planning, as well as the parties concerned with the dissemination and application of this culture, the decree and its components will participate in the workshop.

On 11/15/2017, the Faculty of Tourism Sciences at the Islamic University hosted Mr. Mohamed Zein, Director of Marketing and Sales at Sheraton International Hotels to give a lecture to new students in the field of tourism and travel specialists, and hotel management, highlighting the importance of these specializations and the need for the labor market for holders of these higher degrees and listen to the students ’questions, as the lecture lasted for an hour and a half on Wednesday.

On November 20, 2017, the College hosted Miss Salam Raslan, Director of Personnel Affairs at Radisson Blu International Hotels, and she gave a specialized lecture in the field of human resources management in the tourism and hotel sector, through which she highlighted the labor market need for specialized employees with university degrees. And on the laws that govern the employee’s relationship with the institution, and interacted with students’ questions and inquiries about the various work departments in the institutions .

On 12/18/2017 on the occasion of the glorious holidays and the New Year, students of the Faculty of Tourism Sciences at the Islamic University organized an activity in which they showed their participation in the exhibitions that took place during the year, during which a videotape was shown by the students, in the presence of the university president, Prof. Dina Al-Mawla Mr. Nazih Jamoul, Dr. Hisham Al-Husseini, Ghadi Moqled and Hussein Dhawi, and the president had a speech in which she thanked the students, administration and faculty professors for the efforts made through their participation in the exhibitions organized by the university, and praised their enthusiasm and dedication to the success of the college, and returned everyone near the arrival of the glorious holidays. The year wished them continued health, success and progress .

On 12/20/2018 at the invitation of the Faculty of Tourism Sciences at the Islamic University of Lebanon, the Lebanese Mountain Trail Association visited the college, represented by the director of programs Mrs. Zainab Janbeh, who gave the students a valuable lecture in which she presented the objectives and activities of the association and its impact on tourism in Lebanon, and focused Through it, the importance of sustainable tourism and the definition of Lebanese and foreign tourists. On Lebanese regions and villages that are rarely shed light on, to reveal the distinctive tourist areas that Lebanon contains, reflecting the diversity of flora and fauna in the mountains, participants can choose the duration of participation according to their program and times, and she also explained that students can be used to be local guides in their areas to explain its tourist and archaeological attractions and the heritage of its people.

On 10/01/2018 at the invitation of the Faculty of Tourism Sciences at the Islamic University of Lebanon, Mr. Ramy Mazboudi, the director and founder of the company “The Travel Desk”, attended to the students a lecture in which he presented his practical experiences in the tourism, travel and hotel management sectors, and highlighted his experience In the field of “Entrepreneurship” through establishing and managing his own company, and interacting with students’ questions and inquiries about the job market and how to establish an entrepreneurial private company.

On 09/10/2018 Mrs. Nancy Akiki, Director of Human Resources at Summerland Hotel & Resort Kempinski, gave a scientific lecture. The lecture included a presentation of the role and tasks of the human resources department in the hotel, the criteria used in selecting the human cadre and how to distribute the administrative tasks. It was agreed with Mrs. Akiki and the director of the college to give college students preference to train and work during the next summer at the hotel. In conclusion, Mrs. Akiki answered the students’ questions and inquiries .

On 10/15/2018, the Faculty of Tourism Sciences participated in organizing and receiving attendees at the opening ceremony of the eleventh General Assembly of the Federation in cooperation with the Francophone University Agency in the Middle East “confremo”.

On October 16, 2018, Miss Petra Obeid, Head of the Youth and Local Authorities Department at the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism, gave a lecture aimed at educating students and introducing them to the various types of tourism in Lebanon and the role of the Ministry of Tourism in tourism development and marketing. Ms. Obeid briefed the distinguished students on the role of the Ministry of Tourism in developing local tourism, especially rural areas. It also shed light on the importance of alternative tourism and its economic, social and cultural benefits and local communities. A documentary film was also shown documenting the Ministry’s achievements in this field. In conclusion, pamphlets and brochures related to domestic tourism were distributed to students .

On October 28, 2018, the College of Tourism Sciences organized a lecture on the world of aviation given by Captain Sami Shaaban, in which he presented the latest developments in the aviation sector and explained the importance of public safety standards followed in Beirut and the world’s airports. He also acquainted students with the various paths that recent graduates can take in the job market. Captain Sami Shaban answered all students’ questions .

In the year 2019 within the framework of targeted scientific lectures and with the aim of preparing students for the job market, the College of Tourism Sciences organized a scientific lecture given by Mr. Maher Moussa, Director of Human Resources at Lancaster Eden Bay Hotel. The lecture included a presentation of the role and tasks of the human resources department in the hotel, the criteria used in selecting the human cadre and how to distribute the administrative tasks. It was agreed with Mr. Maher and the director of the college to give college students preference to train and work during the upcoming summer at the hotel. In conclusion, Mr. Maher answered the students’ questions and inquiries.

2nd stage of the DEEL 2019 national competition, for IUL students: the training day at Berytech. The Islamic University of Lebanon, a member of DEEL since its inception, continues its commitment to this innovative AUF project. It was thus represented at the committee meeting of March 6 at AUF and mobilized its students for the National DEEL 2019 Competition. 4 teams are preselected for this competition of IUL, and 2 participated in the training on Saturday March 9 at Berytech, on the theme “Thinking of launching your startup? Where to start from? “. A preliminary to the next step, the selection of a single team at the IUL on April 20.

To end poverty in all its forms and everywhere, it is required to provide the income needed to meet basic needs and to ensure social protection for the poor and vulnerable people.

 To reduce poverty, the Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL) is committed for making the faith and sciences a source of awareness of the society. The Islamic University in Lebanon works from a vision that responds to Lebanon’s need to explore the fields of modern knowledge and looks at the generalization and deepening of knowledge in their historical and contemporary terms from a balanced methodological perspective, as the basis for the project for the advancement of the nation. To meet the requirements, IUL worked and still is to raise the level of education and consolidate cooperation and coordination in cultural and educational relations with universities and higher institutes in Lebanon and abroad. For that and in order to combat the poverty and at IUL level, scholarships are offered, agreements are signed, activities and trainings are done, centers and units are created and also educational programs are included in the curriculum in all departments.