The American University of Beirut (AUB); Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت‎‎) is a private, secular and independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. Degrees awarded at the American University of Beirut (AUB) are officially registered with the New York Board of Regents. The university is ranked as the number one university in Lebanon and as rank 822 in the world by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.