List of Israeli universities and colleges


This is a list of universities and colleges in Israel. There are eight universities and several dozen colleges in Israel, which are recognized and academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. In addition, Israel founded a university in Ariel in the West Bank, which is recognized and academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria. As many course offerings are varied, Israeli universities are considered to be of top quality, and they are inexpensive to attend. Israel's quality university education is largely responsible for spurring the country's high tech boom and rapid economic development.
The primary difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can confer doctorate degrees, and therefore tends to be more research-oriented than the more teaching-oriented colleges.

Universities

Israel's universities are listed below, followed by their English acronym, establishment date, location, latest data about the number of students and the institute's academic rank of the top world universities, according to WebOMetrics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and The Times Higher Education Supplement :
InstituteEst. DateLocationStudentsWorld Academic Rank
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 1912Haifa13,000 101–150, 102–150, 301–350
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1918Jerusalem22,600 131, 59, 178
Weizmann Institute of Science 1934Rehovot2,500 346, 102–150, N/A
Bar-Ilan University 1955Ramat Gan26,800 570, 305–401, N/A
Tel Aviv University 1956Tel Aviv-Yafo29,000 266, 102–150, 201–250
University of Haifa 1963Haifa18,000 510, 401–500, N/A
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 1969Be'er Sheva19,000 448, 203–304, N/A
Open University of Israel 1974Ra'anana48,000 1893, N/A, N/A
Ariel University1 1982Ariel14,000 N/A, N/A, N/A

Most universities offer the full range of graduate and undergraduate degrees – bachelor's, master's and the doctorate. However, the Weizmann Institute does not offer the bachelor's degree and the Open University does not offer the doctorate.
The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya is awaiting accreditation by the CHEI to award an Israeli PhD degree in Law. Currently, IDC Herzliya offers Bachelor's, Master's, and doctoral degrees with non-Israeli accreditation.

Colleges

Other institutes of higher education that are accredited by CHEI to confer a bachelor's degree are known as colleges. There are also over twenty teacher training colleges - most of which will award only the Bachelor of Education.
1Located in the Israeli occupied territories

Non-degree post-secondary education schools

The Ministry of Education has also certified certain institutions to award Professional Certificates instead of academic degrees. These include certificates in technology and in the performing arts.
Several colleges – primarily religious institutions – operate in Israel that are not certified by the CHEI, but rather are accredited by international bodies outside of Israel.
The following foreign colleges and universities maintain international branch campuses in Israel:
Of note, the prestigious NYU, which enrolls the largest number of Jewish students of any public or private university in the United States, and is ranked in the top 34 globally in all major publications of university rankings, has a campus in Tel Aviv.