There are eight universities and a few dozen colleges in Israel, 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.
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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) | |
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| 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 | 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 | 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 |
All universities, except two, offer the full range of graduate and undergraduate degrees - bachelor, master and doctor. The Weizmann institute does not offer bachelor's degrees, and the Open University does not offer doctoral degrees.
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]
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.
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The Colleges include:[6]
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The teacher training seminaries include:[7]
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See also
References
- ^ Government OKs university in Ariel Yedioth Ahronot
- ^ AUT Emergency motion on Judea and Samaria College LabourNet UK
- ^ Shimon Peres, Vice Premier; Former Prime Minister Lecture Summaries
- ^ Ariel College upgrades itself to 'university' status Haaretz, 2 August 2007
- ^ Education Council: We won't recognize degrees awarded by Ariel college Haaretz, 11 June 2008
- ^ Academic and Regional Colleges Israel Science and Technology
- ^ Teacher Training Colleges Israel Science and Technology
External links
- The Council for Higher Education in Israel
- דירוג האוניברסיטאות והמכללות השלם - Complete Rating of the Universities and Colleges in 2006 (Hebrew)
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