Name of Object:

Photo showing the Institute of Medicine

Other name of the Object (second name):

Saint-Joseph Faculty of Medicine

Location:

Beirut, Lebanon

Holding Institution:

University of Saint Joseph

 About The Lebanese University, Beirut

Date of Object:

1883

Description:

The Medical school at the Université Saint Joseph (USJ) was established by the French state in 1883. The French state provided funding, a curriculum, and professors. Later that same year, following an agreement between the Jesuits and the French government, the Institute of Medicine opened on the university's campus. This was later followed by the opening of many other institutes, such as the faculties of law, economics and management, and literature. On 6 October 1888, the French government recognized the institute as part of a Faculty of Medicine. In 1889, when the school of pharmacy was founded, it was renamed as the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Citation of this web page:

Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki "Photo showing the Institute of Medicine" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;94;en

Prepared by: Hady El Hajj, Jennifer Harb, Cynthia Karaki
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 109