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Israeli higher education

Students at Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, October 20, 2026. (Courtesy of Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee)
New university opens near Israel’s northernmost city, hoping to boost war-battered region
By ToI Staff
Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee, formerly a college, aims to draw more students, faculty and industry to the area, marking culmination of 21-year plan
Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beer Sheba. November 04, 2025. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 4:47 pm
Amid AI shifts and war, Israel sees drop in math and computer science student enrollment
Council for Higher Education numbers also show enrollment in social sciences surpassing engineering as the largest field of study
By ToI Staff
An aerial view of the Kaye Academic College of Education in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, January 7, 2026. (Danny Maron/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 1:57 pm
Beersheba college ordered to compensate educator fired over Oct. 7 social media posts
Kaye College to appeal decision after court finds that it didn’t respect Dr. Warda Sada’s academic freedoms, failed to pursue less drastic measures before firing her
By ToI Staff
Student seen at the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem, May 28, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2025, 11:07 am
Bill allowing gender segregation in graduate courses passes 1st Knesset vote
Otzma Yehudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech lauds legislation as ‘true equality,’ while Labor MK Merav Michaeli decries it as promoting ‘discrimination against women’
By Sam Sokol
Hostage families and their supporters protest for the release of captives held in Gaza, outside the home of Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, in Jerusalem, on April 13, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 15, 2025, 12:30 am
Educators, reservists, ex-diplomats are latest to urge hostage deal, even by ending war
Petitions signed by thousands pan ongoing fighting for allegedly serving political interests, straying from war goals; warn operation endangers lives of hostages, Gaza civilians
By ToI Staff
Students at Hebrew University on the first day of the academic year on October 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 14, 2024, 12:52 am
Amid war, five Israeli universities ascend in international rankings
UAW-based report on top 2,000 universities places majority of Israeli research universities among the top 3 percent worldwide
By Gavriel Fiske
Prof. Israel Finkelstein speaks at a seminar launching the collaboration between the University of Haifa School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures and the Technion at the Technion in Haifa on January 18, 2023. (Rami Slush/Technion). 
January 20, 2023, 3:28 am
Israel’s Technion, U of Haifa announce game-changing microarchaeology collaboration
With excavators in need of cutting-edge science and advanced lab equipment to study finds on a molecular level, academics say the partnership will benefit both institutions
By Melanie Lidman
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May 26, 2022, 5:10 pm
Open Day at Tel Aviv University International
Discover Tel Aviv University’s dozens of programs taught in English. Learn more at TAUi’s Open Day, June 1-2.
The IDC Herzliya campus. (Courtesy)
August 17, 2021, 10:40 pm
IDC Herzliya to become university following state approval
Council for Higher Education okays institution branding itself a private university; will be named Reichman University, after founder and president
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Minister of Environmental Protection Zeev Elkin speaks at a ceremony at the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Jerusalem on May 18 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2020, 12:52 pm
New minister of water and higher education says he needs 2 directors
Ze’ev Elkin explains he heads 2 different ministries, each requiring a dedicated professional to lead them; opposition leader Lapid snipes he needs one for hot water, one for cold
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Students on the campus of Ben Gurion University in Beersheva, May 8 2013. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
October 23, 2019, 6:50 pm
After 2-year decline, number of Israeli undergrads on the rise
Women make up 60% of Israel’s college students; country lagging behind other OECD states in enrollment, Central Bureau of Statistics finds
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Students on the University of Haifa campus, April 11, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 22, 2019, 1:17 pm
Brain gain bid seeks to double number of international students in Israel
Higher Education Council launches program aimed at scholars from North America, India, China; earmarks funds for recruitment, courses in English
By Luke Tress
Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 21, 2019, 10:22 am
Israel approves $40.4 million to help Ethiopian students in higher education
Multi-year plan seeks to increase by some 40 percent the number of Ethiopian-Israeli bachelor’s degree students
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Israeli students at the Hebrew University on the first day of the academic year, October 18, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 19, 2018, 11:47 pm
Israel offers free online course for local version of SATs
Each year, approximately 75,000 people take the test, with at least half of them paying about $2,000 for private preparatory courses
By JTA
Lee Cahaner
January 7, 2018, 3:42 pm
Lee Cahaner
Haredi women lead change
Ultra-Orthodox women marry young, have many children, run their homes, and pursue higher ed like never before
Yedidia Stern
December 20, 2017, 12:41 pm
Yedidia Stern
A new bill puts Haredi higher education at risk
The current cautious approach to gender segregation on campus is in jeopardy
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