The American University of Science & Technology (AUST) is a private non-sectarian institution of higher learning licensed by Presidential Decree number 677. The University strives to provide top-level education at moderate costs to avail needy students with opportunities to receive American-style education. The institution espouses the ideas and thinking of its founders who believe that each individual should be given a chance to realize his/her potentials through a university-level training that is not prohibitively expensive or exclusive. AUST's commitment to international human understanding has led it to establish i) an extensive network of affiliations; and ii) exchange and cooperation agreements with international universities in USA, Europe, Canada and the Middle East. Consequently, offering the Lebanese and foreign students with unique cross-cultural study opportunities; and the faculty with substantial research possibilities.