[citation needed] AUT's mission is to provide non-sectarian American higher education opportunities to qualified students from rural villages and towns between Beirut and Tripoli.

Most of AUT's students work and receive financial aid.

It was subsequently chartered as a non-profit, non-sectarian, co-educational institution of higher learning in the state of Delaware.

[citation needed] In December 2007, the word "College" was dropped from the name and the university was renamed "The American University of Technology" by a governmental decree from the Ministry of Higher Education.

[citation needed] AUT offers degrees in graphic design, computer technology, business, and mass communications.