The Hebrew University is ranked internationally among the 100 leading universities in the world and first among Israeli universities.
The recognition the Hebrew University has attained confirms its reputation for excellence and its leading role in the scientific community. It stresses excellence and offers a wide array of study opportunities in the humanities, social sciences, exact sciences and medicine. The university encourages multi-disciplinary activities in Israel and overseas and serves as a bridge between academic research and its social and industrial applications.
The Hebrew University has set as its goals the training of public, scientific, educational and professional leadership; the preservation of and research into Jewish, cultural, spiritual and intellectual traditions; and the expansion of the boundaries of knowledge for the benefit of all humanity.
Facts:
- Founded in: 1918
- Opened in: 1925
- 6 campuses
- 7 faculties
- 14 schools
- 23,000 students
- 1,000 senior faculty members
- More than 7,000 patents registered
- 8 Nobel Prize winners
- 1 Fields Medal winner in mathematics
- Among its founders: Albert Einstein, Martin Buber, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Chaim Weizmann
