List of Israeli universities and colleges

One branch of the Open University of Israel

There are eight official universities in Israel. In addition, there are a few dozen colleges and other institutes of higher learning, as well as about a dozen foreign university extensions. All are academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHEI). The main difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can issue doctorate degrees. Theoretically, a college can apply to the CHEI to upgrade its status to university.

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)
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT)	technion.ac.il	1924	13,000 (2005)	198, 102-150, 194
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)	huji.ac.il	1918	22,600 (2003)	131, 64, 77
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)	weizmann.ac.il	1949	700 (2006)	346, 102-150, N/A
Bar-Ilan University (BIU)	biu.ac.il	1955	18,000 (2005)	570, 305-401, N/A
Tel Aviv University (TAU)	tau.ac.il	1956	29,000 (2005)	266, 102-150, 188
University of Haifa (HU)	haifa.ac.il	1963	13,000 (2005)	604, 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.ac.il	1974	39,000 (2005)	1893, N/A, N/A

Colleges

Ashkelon Academic College

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.

The Colleges include [1]: Academic College of Law Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv Academic College of Tel-Aviv - Yaffo Achva Academic College [2] Ariel University Center of Samaria Ashkelon Academic College Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Hadassah Academic College [3] Holon Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Center (WebOMetric rank: 2241) Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Jerusalem College of Engineering Jerusalem College of Technology Kinneret Academic College [4] Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel [5] Negev Academic College of Engineering Netanya Academic College [6] Ono Academic College [7] ORT Braude College of Engineering Ruppin - The Academic Center Sapir Academic College [8] Sha'arei Mishpat Shamoon College of Engineering [9] Shenkar College of Engineering and Design Tel-Hai Academic College The College of Management

The teacher training seminaries include [10]: Achva College of Education [11], Beer-Tuvia Arab College for Education [12], Haifa Beit Berl College [13], Beit Berl College of Technology Education [14], Tel Aviv David Yellin College of Education [15], Jerusalem Efrata College of Education [16], Jerusalem Emuna College of Education [17], Jerusalem Givat Washington College of Education [18], Givat Washington Gordon College of Education [19], Haifa Hemdat College of Education [20], Netivot Herzog Teacher's College [21], at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Alon Shvut Jerusalem College Michlala [22], Jerusalem Kaye Academic College of Education [23], Beer-Sheva Kibbutzim College of Education [24], Tel Aviv Levinsky College of Education [25], Tel Aviv Lifshiz Religious College of Education [26], Jerusalem Mofet - Consortium of Colleges of Education [27] Moreshet Yaakov Religious College of Education [28], Rehovot Ohalo College of Education [29], Katzrin Oranim Academic College of Education [30], Tivon Orot College for Women [31], Elkana Ort College for Teachers of Technology [32], Tel Aviv Shaanan Religious College of Education [33], Haifa Talpiot College of Education [34], Tel Aviv Wizo College of Design and Education [35], Haifa

References

• The Council for Higher Education in Israel and its official description of types of Israeli higher learning institutions, and their full lists.

See also

• Mechina