Fadlo R. Khuri is the 16th president of the American University of Beirut (AUB). In March 2024, the Board of Trustees voted “unanimously and with great enthusiasm” to appoint President Khuri to a third five-year appointment, extending his presidency through 2030. Since Khuri became president, AUB has restored academic tenure, tripled the amount of financial assistance awarded to AUB students, and diversified the student body by attracting outstanding students from across Africa and Asia. Other highlights include the establishment of an independent nursing school (2018); the launch of AUB Online (2020); establishing the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo in Pafos, Cyprus, AUB’s first twin campus outside Lebanon (2023); and securing the Keserwan Medical Center, AUB’s first community hospital, in Jounieh, Lebanon (2024). During his tenure as president of AUB, the university has risen in global rankings: from 801 (in 2015) to 381 (in 2024-25) in the US News list of Best Global Universities. AUB has also risen in the QS World University Rankings, from 268 (in 2016) to 237 (in 2026). Dr. Khuri came to AUB from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia where he was appointed to the Frances Kelly Blomeyer Chair (2002) and the Roberto C. Goizueta Chair in translational research (2007). He has received numerous awards in recognition of his scholarly achievements. In 2025, he was elected on the first ballot to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
