First Group of AUB Students

The college started with eight faculty members, three departments, and sixteen students, three of which were from Beirut, one from Tripoli, and twelve from Mount Lebanon. The fee for a day student was five Turkish pounds and for a boarding student twelve additional pounds.

The students were: Constantine Khoury (Bhamdoun), Jirjus Akl (Gharzouz), Ibrahim Jirjus (Bhamdoun), Salim Diyab (Tripoli), Yusuf Hajjar [21] (Bmekkin), Halim Nassif (Souk al-Gharb), Fathallah al Sousa (Beirut), Elias Tabet (Bhamdoun), Yusuf Mashaqah (Deir al-Qamar), Ali Nasr Eddine (Kfar Matta), Jirjus Sassine (Beirut), Jirjus Khuri (Beirut),  along with Kaysar Ghurayyib (Abeih), Ibrahim Khairallah (Bhamdoun), Ibrahim Musawwir (Zahle), Na’um Mughabghab (Ain Zhalta), and Yaqub Sarruf (Hadath). Only the last five formed the class of 1870.[22]