List of Israeli universities and colleges

Bar Ilan University

There are nine universities and a few dozen colleges in Israel and in Israeli settlements, as recognized and academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. The main difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can confer doctorate degrees, and are therefore more research-oriented than the teaching-oriented colleges.

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

Most Universities offer the full range of graduate and undergraduate degrees – bachelor, master and doctor. However, the Weizmann Institute does not offer bachelor's degrees, and the Open University does not offer doctorates.

Recent proposals to upgrade institutions

In 2005 Israeli government had voted for establishment of a new university in the Galilee (unanimously)^[1] and to change the status of the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, to a university, by a 13-7 margin.^[2] Now, the latter calls itself the Ariel University Center of Samaria, and the former has been mentioned again by Shimon Peres in his speech on the 7-th Herzliya conference in 2007.^[3] Both Minister of Education at the time of decision Yuli Tamir and the Council for Higher Education have vowed to block it,^[4] with the council announcing in 2008 that they would not recognize degrees awarded by the college.^[5]The name change was recognised in 2010.

Colleges

ORT Braude College of Engineering

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

The Colleges include:[6] Academic Center of Law & Business [1], Ramat Gan Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo Afeka College of Engineering, Tel Aviv Ahva Academic College, Ahva Ariel University Center of Samaria Ashkelon Academic College Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Jerusalem The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), Rishon LeZion Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem [2] Holon Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya Israel College of the Bible, Jerusalem [3] Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Jerusalem College of Engineering Jerusalem College of Technology Kinneret Academic College Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel Netanya Academic College Netanya Academic College of Law Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono ORT Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel Ruppin Academic Center Sapir Academic College Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Be'er Sheva and Ashdod [4] Sha'arei Mishpat College, Hod HaSharon Shalem Liberal Arts College, Jerusalem Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan Tel-Hai Academic College Western Galilee College

The teacher training seminaries include:[7] Ahva College of Education, Ahva Arab College for Education [5], Haifa Beit Berl College, Beit Berl College of Technology Education [6], Tel Aviv David Yellin College of Education [7], Jerusalem Efrata College of Education [8], Jerusalem Emuna College of Education [9], Jerusalem Givat Washington College of Education, Givat Washington Gordon College of Education, Haifa Hemdat College of Education [10], Netivot Herzog College, Alon Shevut Jerusalem College Michlala [11], Jerusalem Kaye Academic College of Education, Beersheba Kibbutzim College of Education [12], Tel Aviv Levinsky College of Education [13], Tel Aviv Lifshitz College of Education [14], Jerusalem Mofet, Consortium of Colleges of Education Moreshet Yaakov Religious College of Education [15], Rehovot Ohalo College, Katzrin (Golan Heights)1 Oranim Academic College of Education, Kiryat Tivon Ort College for Teachers of Technology [16], Tel Aviv Shaanan Religious College of Education [17], Haifa Talpiot College of Education [18], Tel Aviv Wizo College of Design and Education [19], Haifa

See also

• Education in Israel
• Mechina

References

1. ^ Government OKs university in Ariel Yedioth Ahronot
2. ^ AUT Emergency motion on Judea and Samaria College LabourNet UK
3. ^ Shimon Peres, Vice Premier; Former Prime Minister Lecture Summaries
4. ^ Ariel College upgrades itself to 'university' status Haaretz, 2 August 2007
5. ^ Education Council: We won't recognize degrees awarded by Ariel college Haaretz, 11 June 2008
6. ^ Academic and Regional Colleges Israel Science and Technology
7. ^ Teacher Training Colleges Israel Science and Technology

External links

• The Council for Higher Education in Israel