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Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour
Arabic: مدرسة سيدة الجمهور
Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour; Arabic: مدرسة سيدة الجمهور
Location
	Jamhour, Baabda District, Mount Lebanon Governorate; Lebanon
Coordinates	33°49′58″N 35°33′50″E / 33.8328°N 35.5639°E
Information
Type	Private primary and secondary school
Motto	Latin: Ad maiorem Dei gloriam; (For the greater glory of God)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic (Jesuit)
Established	1850; 174 years ago
Rector	P. Marek Cieslik, S.J.
Grades	K-12
Language	French
Colour(s)	Blue, orange, white and gold
Nickname	Notre-Dame; Jamhour;
Affiliation	Collège Saint-Grégoire
Website	www.ndj.edu.lb

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour (Arabic: مدرسة سيدة الجمهور) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Jamhour, in the Baabda District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon. The co-educational French-language school was founded by the Society of Jesus.

Overview

The school campus includes Petit Collège, Grand collège, a church, and a sports complex. Before the late 1950s, the campus was located on Rue Huvelin in Beirut.^[1] Notre-Dame offers French and Lebanese baccalaureate programs with specializations in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English Literature (LLC), Extended Philosophy (HLP), and Economy and social science (SES). Language classes include French, Arabic, English, and Spanish/Italian (optional). Common courses for all include History/Geography, Philosophy, Scientific lessons, PE, Computer Science, and Religion.^{[citation needed]}

Jamhour was founded in Ghazir and is still run by Jesuit priests. It welcomes students from "douzième" (equivalent of kindergarten) to "Terminale" (12th grade). It is affiliated with Collège Saint-Grégoire in Achrafieh, Beirut,^[2] and has close ties and a common history with the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ).

Notable alumni

Alain Bejjani, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Group
Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Maronite Patriarch
Michel Eddé, Former Minister of telecommunications, culture, higher education. Chairman of L'Orient-Le Jour
Bachir Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
Amine Gemayel, President of the Lebanese Republic
Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan-Renault
Philippe Jabre, founder and CIO of Jabre Capital Partners, S.A.
Joseph Philippe Karam, modernist architect
Adnan Kassar, chairman of Fransabank
Nassib Lahoud, MP in the Lebanese Parliament
Pierre Lequiller, MP in the French Assemblée Nationale
Amin Maalouf, French author and perpetual secretary of the Académie Française since 2023^[3]
Ziad Rahbani, musician, playwright, thinker.
Riad Salameh, former Governor of Lebanon's central bank
Gabriel Yared, music composer
Kim Ghattas, journalist and political scientist, author of the book Black Wave