Postdoctoral Research
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
For Post doctoral Research program beginning in AY 2025-2026, the application period is December 1, 2024 through March 21, 2025.
Requirements for Admission
Applications should be submitted for the 2025- 2026 academic year. Candidates for the Post-Doc Research Fellowship may apply online.
The following documents should be uploaded with the online application:
- Recent passport photo (mandatory)
- Copy of valid ID or passport (mandatory)
- Proof of legal status in Lebanon (mandatory for non-Lebanese candidates)
- Certified Copy Transcripts of undergraduate and graduate degrees (mandatory)
- Certified Copy of MD degree or a letter of enrollment from your Dean (mandatory)
- Medical Student Performance Evaluation letter or letter from the Dean showing grades/rank (mandatory)
- Qualifying English exam certificate (mandatory for graduates of non-American schools; see below)
- USMLE certificates (if available)
- International Foundations of Medicine Basic Science Examination certificate – IFOM BSE (if available)
- USMLE Step 2 or IFOM CSE scores (if available)
- Curriculum Vitae (CV) (mandatory)
- Personal Statement (mandatory)
- Three letters of recommendation (mandatory)
- Proof of payment of the application fee (see below)
- Criminal Background Check (Sejel Adle) (mandatory)
Note: When uploading the above documents, you must rename the file you upload with the following format: “First Name, Family Name- name of the required document”
Qualifying Examinations
Required Proof of Proficiency
For graduates of non-American schools, score reports of an approved English-language proficiency examination should be submitted.
Qualifying examinations and minimum qualifying scores include any of the following:
Test Name | Minimum passing score accepted |
Internet-based TOEFL (IBT) | 90 (validity 2 years) |
English Entrance Exam (EEE)* | 123 (validity 2 years) |
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) | 7 (validity 2 years) |
Duo Lingo | 125 (validity 2 years) |
Occupational English Test (OET) | 350-Averaged score (validity 2 years) |
Application Submission Procedure
The application may be submitted online.
Note that the office of Research will be CLOSED from December 24, 2024 - January 6, 2025 (inclusive) for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday. The online applications will still be open during this period.
Any application document written in a language other than English must be accompanied by an acceptable original English translation performed by a qualified translator and certified by an appropriate authority (Except for Criminal Background Check).
The fee for the Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship application is 75 USD, and is payable through the cashier at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital. Following payment, the completed, signed, and stamped receipt should be uploaded with the online application.
Calendar
Event |
Timeline |
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Accept Post-Doctoral Research applications | December 1, 2024 | |
Deadline for Post Doc application submission | March 21, 2025 | |
Call for interviews | March 28 - April 25, 2025 | |
Interviews conducted | March 31 - April 30, 2025 | |
Letters of acceptance or waiting list | May 2025 | |
Late acceptance (in case of withdrawal of an accepted candidate) | May 2025 | |
Orientation/training course week | June 2025 | |
Post Doc Research Fellowship start date | June 10,2025 |
Contact Information
Mariam Hijazi
Medical Research Coordinator
Telephone: +961 1 200800, ext. 2566
Email: mariam.hijazi02@lau.edu.lb or somrc@lau.edu.lb