The Arab Open University (AOU) is one of the leading educational institutions in Lebanon and the only university operating under the Open Learning System adopted in the UK.

AOU employs leading and useful techniques to provide equal educational opportunities through the installation and conception of new systems that apply and adopt higher educational programs based on new sources of modern communication technologies.

AOU has a diverse student body with students from different parts of the country and backgrounds. In addition to a rich academic program, the university caters to several university clubs providing every individual that enrolls at AOU a healthy equilibrium of academic and social life.

AOU has an obligation towards the community and to the upcoming leaders to the future. To serve the generation of young and promising entrepreneurs it established the Entrepreneurship center "Entapreneur" supported by the Arab Gulf Program for development (AGFUND) and other international organizations.