ABOUT AHMAD DALLAL
AUC’s 13th President Ahmad S. Dallal is an accomplished academic leader and renowned scholar with U.S. and regional higher education expertise.
Dallal is the former dean of Georgetown University in Qatar and served as provost at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from 2009 to 2015. A prominent scholar of Islamic studies, he has taught at AUB, Stanford University, Yale University, Smith College and Georgetown University, where he also served as chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies.
Inauguration Highlights 2021
Watch highlights from AUC's 13th President Ahmad Dallal's inauguration ceremony and celebration on October 25, 2021.
Inauguration Moments
AUC Community Welcomes President Ahmad Dallal
AUC TV Exclusive Interview with AUC 13th President Ahmad Dallal
Celebration in Photos
Speeches
Inauguration Speech 2021 by President Ahmad Dallal
Inauguration Speech 2021 by Mark Turnage (ALU '82) Chair of the Board of Trustees
Inauguration Speech 21' H.E Khaled Abdel-Ghffar Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
I’m excited to be part of the AUC community. I’m here because this is a community that is inspiring, and I look forward to serving it, working with it and belonging to it. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t believe in this impressive community.
Ahmad Dallal
AUC President
Today, as we inaugurate our new president, AUC stands ready to take on another ambitious dream. I could not think of a better individual to lead AUC into its second century.
Mark Turnage (ALU ’82)
AUC Board of Trustees Chair
In the Media
Kelma Akhera, ON TV
October 31, 2021
MBC MASR 2
October 26, 2021
ON TV
October 26, 2021
What People Are Saying
"I’m deeply glad that academia in the Arab region gained a great human and scholar as he becomes the 13th President of the prestigious @AUC Congrats."
Lolwah Al-Khater, Georgetown Qatar board member
"As our chief academic officer, Ahmad Dallal has been the primary driver of programs that have resulted in AUB achieving the most prolific research output in Lebanon and the region, and the implementation of processes that have greatly enhanced both teaching and learning. Ahmad set a high bar for AUB’s academic and institutional integrity. He not only helped us reach that bar; he ensured we would exceed it.”
American University of Beirut Board of Trustees Chairman Philip S. Khoury, 2015
"Congratulations to #AUC! Undergoing another great example of leadership with Dr. Ahmad Dallal."
Heba Abbassi, manager, careers and alumni relations at the University of Manchester
"Such great news! Congratulations to AUC and to Dr. Dallal."
Soha Hmaidan, chief operating officer at King's Academy
"Mabrouk to AUC! What a fine choice."
Mishka Mojabber Mourani, former senior vice president at international college
