Jerusalem College of Engineering

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Jerusalem College of Engineering
המכללה האקדמית להנדסה ירושלים
Established: 2000
Type: Public College
President: Mr. Uzi Wexler
Provost: Dr. Avital Stein
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Campus: Urban
Website: english.jce.ac.il

The Jerusalem College of Engineering (JCE) (Hebrew: המכללה האקדמית להנדסה ירושלים) is an Israeli academic college, located in Ramat Beit HaKerem in Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem College of Engineering trains engineers for high-tech and knowledge-based industry.

The Jerusalem College of Engineering is an academic institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. JCE has four departments dedicated to Bachelors in Science studies (B.Sc. in Engineering) in the following areas: Software Engineering; Industrial Management Engineering; Electronics Engineering and Advanced Materials Engineering. In addition, the college maintains a pre-college academic preparatory program.

The academic degree you will obtain at JCE will enable you to:

  • Work as an engineer in high-tech and knowledge-based industry;
  • Continue studies for advanced degrees – Masters and Doctorate degrees – at the university level;
  • Work in a challenging and high demand profession with a commensurate salary.

JCE collaborates academically with the Hebrew University in order to offer a high academic level for all its study programs.

The high-tech industry is rapidly growing and developing in Israel, which is becoming a key player in this area. Jerusalem enjoys favored-city status for investments in advanced technology industries and has achieved accelerated growth in this field in the last few years. However, high-tech enterprises in Jerusalem have been warning of a severe shortage of technological personnel of the appropriate high scientific and academic level. The growth and development of advanced high-tech industry requires educated personnel and engineers with technological and scientific training who will be able to develop and manage production lines, transitioning from development to production, maintenance, marketing and other fields. Engineers with the qualifications to achieve creativity and quality, combined with education for excellence, are those who will move these high-tech enterprises forward.

The paucity of study opportunities for engineers geared toward high-tech industry in Jerusalem in all its various aspects, together with the growing need for these engineers, emphasizes the great importance of developing study tracks leading towards academic degrees in the engineering professions in Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem College of Engineering was established in order to train skilled personnel with high academic and technological capabilities and to provide a solution for meeting the high demand for this human resource. JCE is strengthening and developing the critical human infrastructure that enables the growth and success of these knowledge-based and high-tech industries

In order to meet this challenge, JCE operates on several levels:

  • Academic coordination with the Hebrew University
  • Dynamic cooperation with the high-tech industry in the city.
  • High academic level programs combined with studies focused on industrial topics.
  • Scholarships, student dormitories and personal support for each student.
  • University tuition.

Engineering degree in one the following areas:

  • B.Sc in Software Engineering;
  • B.Sc in Industrial Management Engineering.;
  • B.Sc in Electronics Engineering;
  • B.Sc in Advanced Materials Engineering.
  • Pre-academic preparatory program.

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[edit] Founding Institutions

[edit] Municipality of Jerusalem

Investment of Jerusalem as a city that constitutes a center of industry and science as well as a spiritual center is a high priority for the Municipality of Jerusalem. One of the means of reaching this goal is the promotion of higher learning in the field of advanced technology. On December 25, 1996, Mr. Ehud Olmert, then the Mayor of Jerusalem, the Minister of Education, the late Mr. Zevulon Hammer, and the late Professor Amnon Pazi, then Chairman of the Budgeting and planning committee of the council for higher education, decided to establish the College. Representatives of the Municipality in Jerusalem serve as members of the Board of Governors and the Executive Board of the College.

[edit] Jerusalem Development Authority

The Jerusalem Development Authority provided space for the team that founded the College in full cooperation with all the founding bodies.

The Jerusalem Development Authority assisted in the establishment of the project and in bringing it to full independence. The Authority, as a body responsible for the development of technological parks throughout Jerusalem, views the College as a complementary body that will supply the future manpower for the companies that occupy these parks. Today, the Authority provides support for the College in all its activities.

[edit] Partnership 2000 – Jerusalem-New York

Partnership 2000 – Jerusalem-New York, the Jewish Federation of New York and the Jewish Agency for Israel became partners in the initial stages of the project and have provided it with substantial support.

[edit] JCE Stuff Publications

[edit] Notes

all of the text was taken from JCE Homepage.

[edit] External links