Tel Aviv University

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Tel Aviv University
אוניברסיטת תל אביב
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Established 1956
Type Public
President Joseph Klafter
Rector Aron Shai
Vice-President Eran Rabani
Students 29,000
Location Tel Aviv, Israel
Campus Urban
Website www.tau.ac.il/

Tel Aviv University (TAU) (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת תל־אביב‎ Universitat Tel Aviv) is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.

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History [edit]

Located in Israel's cultural, financial and industrial core, Tel Aviv University is a major center of teaching and research, comprising 9 faculties, 27 schools, 98 departments and 128 research institutes and centers. Its origins go back to 1956, when three research institutes – the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies – joined together to form the University of Tel Aviv. Initially operated by the Tel Aviv municipality, the university was granted autonomy in 1963.[2] The Ramat Aviv campus, covering an area of 170-acre (0.69 km2), was established that same year.

The university also maintains academic supervision over the Center for Technological Design in Holon, the New Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, and the Afeka College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. The Wise Observatory is located in Mitzpe Ramon.

Rankings [edit]

The Center for World University Rankings ranked Tel Aviv University 56th in the world and fourth in Israel in its 2012 CWUR World University Rankings.[3]

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2012 placed Tel Aviv University among the world's top 90 universities.[4] The ratings reflect an overall measure of esteem that combines data on the institutions' reputation for research and teaching.[5] This achievement positioned TAU on the same level as Brown University in Rhode Island and Leiden University in the Netherlands.[6]

In 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked Tel Aviv University 173rd in the world,[7] making it the second-highest ranked university in Israel.[citation needed] Its subject rankings were: 211th in Arts & Humanities, 188th in Engineering & IT, 216th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 156th in Natural Sciences, and 154st in Social Sciences.[citation needed]

Ramat Aviv campus [edit]

Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard
The Vladimir Schreiber Institute of Mathematics
Smolarz Auditorium
Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center

TAU received its autonomy from the Tel Aviv municipality in 1963, when its campus, in the northern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Aviv was established. Buildings on the Ramat Aviv campus include:

Relations with other universities [edit]

Tel Aviv University offers special programs of Jewish studies to teachers and students from the United States, France, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. The programs are in English.

The Tel Aviv University Law Faculty currently has exchange programs from fourteen overseas universities. Namely: Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Virginia, Cornell, Boston University, Temple, Cardozo, Toronto, Bucerius (Hamburg), Monash (Melbourne), Milan, Seoul National University and the Norwegian School of Economics, NHH (Bergen).[8]

International cooperation [edit]

In Germany the Tel Aviv University cooperates with the Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main. Both cities are linked by a long-lasting partnership agreement.[9]

TAU International [edit]

TAU International (formerly known as the School for Overseas Students) affords thousands of students from across the globe the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University and live in Israel's most dynamic and internationalist city. All TAU International programs are conducted in English.

Programs include Semester or Year Abroad, Degree Programs, and Specialized Programs.[10]

Undergraduate programs include:[11]

Graduate programs include:[14]

  • M.A. in Political Science (Leadership, Communications and Elections)[15]
  • M.A. in Security and Diplomacy [16]
  • Middle Eastern History
  • TESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation
  • M.A. in Social Work with specialization in Crisis and Trauma Studies
  • M.A. in Jewish Studies
  • M.P.H. in Emergency and Disaster Management
  • M.A. in Environmental Studies
  • Sofaer International MBA
  • Kellogg Recanati MBA
  • M.A. in Migration Studies
  • International LL.M.

In May 2007, New York University and Tel Aviv University approved a plan to establish an NYU Study Abroad Campus in Israel based at Tel Aviv University.[17]

Faculty [edit]

Benjamin Isaac
Ariel Rubinstein
Anita Shapira
Lev Vaidman

Notable faculty members (past and present) include:

Notable alumni [edit]

Alon Bar
Tal Friedman
Ilan Ramon

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Statistical Data – Data on Students in Institutions of Higher Education". Israeli Council for Higher Education. 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2007. 
  2. ^ Who's who in Israel and in the work .... January 21, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  3. ^ "http://cwur.org/top100.html". Center for World University Rankings. 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012. 
  4. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-rankings.html
  5. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-methodology.html
  6. ^ http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2011-2012/reputation-rankings.html
  7. ^ "QS World University Rankings". Topuniversities. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  8. ^ "The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University". Law.tau.ac.il. April 17, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2011. 
  9. ^ International cooperation - Germany. Web page of Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main. Date accessed: 22. November 2012.
  10. ^ "Undergraduate Programs". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  11. ^ "Undergraduate Programs". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Tel Aviv University International School of Engineering". ise.tau.ac.il. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  13. ^ "Tel Aviv University B.A. in Liberal Arts". liberal-arts.tau.ac.il. Retrieved January 31, 2012. 
  14. ^ "Graduate Programs". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
  15. ^ "M.A. in Political Science". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved May 06, 2012. 
  16. ^ "M.A. in Security and Diplomacy". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved May 06, 2012. 
  17. ^ [1][dead link]
  18. ^ "From crisis to couch". haaretz.com. 
  19. ^ http://www.iuk.edu/chancellor/assets/pdf/Maarivarticle.pdf Maariv (newspaper). Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  20. ^ http://www.zabludowiczcollection.com/collection/people

External links [edit]

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