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Lebanon, Beirut
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IC operates two campuses: Ain Aar, serving early childhood through middle school, and the Ras Beirut campus with a long-standing educational heritage. The campuses offer modern learning spaces, including bright classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and arts and athletics facilities, plus auditoriums and STEAM spaces. Classrooms are designed for collaboration with interactive displays and flexible furniture, while science laboratories, libraries, and media centers support research and inquiry. Art studios, music rooms, and design and technology laboratories enable STEAM learning, alongside specialized spaces for counseling and quiet study. A dedicated physical plant team maintains safety and functionality across both campuses.
Multi-Purpose Gymnasiums: Spacious indoor gymnasiums for basketball, volleyball, badminton, and other team sports, with bleachers, high-quality lighting, and appropriate flooring. Outdoor Sports Fields: Full-size turf fields on campus supporting soccer, track and field, and school-wide events. Athletics Offices and Equipment Rooms: Dedicated offices for coaching staff and spaces for equipment storage and maintenance. Fitness Center: A modern wellness space is coming soon.
Bright, spacious classrooms support collaborative, inquiry-based learning and include interactive displays and digital resources. Science laboratories are fully equipped for physics, chemistry, and biology, offering safe, modern spaces for hands-on experimentation. Libraries and media centers provide age-specific libraries across campuses with extensive physical and digital collections and quiet reading areas. Art studios and music rooms offer spaces for visual arts and performing arts, with well-lit environments and instruments. Design and technology laboratories support robotics, coding, engineering, and design thinking, with makerspaces integrated into STEAM initiatives. Specialized learning spaces include counseling rooms and quiet zones and early childhood classrooms designed for exploration with indoor and outdoor learning.
Auditoriums are fully equipped to host school and community events, including theatrical productions, concerts, assemblies, and guest lectures. Multi-purpose and events venues on campus can be transformed for cultural events, exhibitions, performances, and celebrations. Cafeterias on each campus provide nutritious meals in a clean, safe environment and serve as social hubs. Courtyards and common areas offer open-air spaces for breaks, socializing, and informal learning. Athletics facilities, including indoor gymnasiums and outdoor turf fields, support sports, fitness and school-wide events.
International College Beirut (IC) is an independent, non-profit school with two campuses, Ain Aar and Ras Beirut. Founded in 1891, IC is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and serves about 3,500 students. IC offers four programs: the Lebanese Program, the French Program, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program with PYP and DP, and the American College Preparatory Program. The Primary Years Programme runs through early years and primary grades; after PYP, students select a program. All programs require three languages: Arabic (host), a language of instruction (French or English), and an additional language (French in the English stream, English in the French stream). Other languages are offered in the Secondary School. The school promotes intercultural understanding through multilingual communication and reports a 100% university acceptance rate worldwide. Facilities span two campuses with modern classrooms, laboratories, libraries, art and music studios, STEAM spaces, auditoriums, and athletic facilities. The Ali Ghandour Center for Leadership, Diversity, and Civic Engagement offers a three-year Community Engaged Learning program. IC runs over 130 clubs across Arts, Culture, and Service.
