List of universities and colleges in Israel

One branch of the Open University of Israel

There are eight official universities in Israel. In addition, there are a few dozen colleges and other institutes of higher learning, as well as about a dozen foreign university extensions. All are academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHEI). The main difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can issue doctorate degrees. Theoretically, a college can apply to the CHEI to upgrade its status to university.

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Universities

Israel's official universities are listed below, followed by their English acronym (if commonly used), internet domain, establishment date, latest data about the number of students and the institute's academic rank of the top world universities, according to WebOMetrics (top 3000), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) (top 500) and The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) (top 200):

Institute Internet Domain Est. Date Students World Academic Rank (WebOMetrics, SJTU, THES)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) huji.ac.il 1918 22,600 (2003) 131, 64, 77
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) technion.ac.il 1924 13,000 (2005) 198, 102-150, 194
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) weizmann.ac.il 1949 700 (2006) 346, 102-150, N/A
Bar-Ilan University (BIU) biu.ac.il 1955 18,000 (2005) 570, 305-401, N/A
Tel Aviv University (TAU) tau.ac.il 1956 29,000 (2005) 266, 102-150, 188
University of Haifa (HU) haifa.ac.il 1963 13,000 (2005) 604, 402-508, N/A
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) bgu.ac.il 1969 17,300 (2005) 448, 203-304, N/A
Open University of Israel (OPENU) openu.ac.il 1974 39,000 (2005) 1893, N/A, N/A

Colleges

Other institutes of higher-learning in Israel that are accredited by CHEI to confer a Bachelor's (and in some cases also a Master's) degree are called "Colleges" (Hebrew: מכללות‎, Mikhlalot). There are also over twenty teacher training colleges or seminaries, most of which can award only a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree.

The Colleges include:[1]

  • Academic Center of Law & Business [1], Ramat Gan
  • Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo
  • Afeka College of Engineering
  • Ahva Academic College, Ahva
  • Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel (West Bank)
  • Ashkelon Academic College
  • Ben Gurion Institute of Science and Technology
  • Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
  • College of Management (COLMAN), Rishon LeZion
  • Hadassah Academic College [2]
  • Holon Institute of Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya
  • Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
  • Jerusalem College of Engineering
  • Jerusalem College of Technology
  • Kinneret Academic College
  • Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel
  • Negev Academic College of Engineering
  • Netanya Academic College
  • Netanya Academic College of Law
  • Ono Academic College
  • ORT Braude College of Engineering
  • Ruppin - The Academic Center
  • Sapir Academic College
  • Sha'arei Mishpat College
  • Shamoon College of Engineering [3]
  • Shenkar College of Engineering and Design
  • Tel-Hai Academic College

The teacher training seminaries include:[2]

  • Ahva College of Education, Ahva
  • Arab College for Education [4], Haifa
  • Beit Berl College, Beit Berl
  • College of Technology Education [5], Tel Aviv
  • David Yellin College of Education [6], Jerusalem
  • Efrata College of Education [7], Jerusalem
  • Emuna College of Education [8], Jerusalem
  • Givat Washington College of Education, Givat Washington
  • Gordon College of Education, Haifa
  • Hemdat College of Education [9], Netivot
  • Jerusalem College Michlala [10], Jerusalem
  • Kaye Academic College of Education, Beersheba
  • Kibbutzim College of Education [11], Tel Aviv
  • Levinsky College of Education [12], Tel Aviv
  • Lifshiz Religious College of Education [13], Jerusalem
  • Mofet, Consortium of Colleges of Education
  • Moreshet Yaakov Religious College of Education [14], Rehovot
  • Ohalo College, Katzrin (Golan Heights)
  • Oranim Academic College of Education, Oranim
  • Ort College for Teachers of Technology [15], Tel Aviv
  • Shaanan Religious College of Education [16], Haifa
  • Talpiot College of Education [17], Tel Aviv
  • Wizo College of Design and Education [18], Haifa

See also

References

  1. ↑ Academic and Regional Colleges Israel Science and Technology
  2. ↑ Teacher Training Colleges Israel Science and Technology

External links

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Bar-Ilan University | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Open University of Israel | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Tel Aviv University | University of Haifa | Weizmann Institute of Science