Category:Higher Education in Israel

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This page catalogues Israeli institutions of higher education including colleges and universities. It focuses especially on contributions to the occupation, the Israel Lobby and similar issues.

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 1912 13,000 (2005) 101–150, 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 26,800 (2008) 570, 305–401, N/A
Tel Aviv University (TAU) tau.ac.il 1956 29,000 (2005) 266, 102–150, 114
University of Haifa (HU) haifa.ac.il 1963 13,000 (2005) 510, 402–508, N/A
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) bgu.ac.il 1969 19,000 (2010) 448, 203–304, N/A
Open University of Israel (OPENU) openu.ac.il 1974 39,000 (2005) 1893, N/A, N/A

Resources on Israeli higher education and the occupation

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