Tel Aviv University

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Tel Aviv University
אוניברסיטת תל אביב
Image:Logo-tel-aviv.jpg
Established: 1956
Type: Public
President: Zvi Galil
Rector: Dany Leviatan
Vice-Presidents: Yehiel Ben-Zvi, Hagit Messer-Yaron
Students: 29,000
Location: Flag of Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Campus: Urban
Website: www.tau.ac.il/
The Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard
The Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard
The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center
The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center
The Smolarsh Auditorium
The Smolarsh Auditorium

Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel's largest on-site university.[1] As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University teaches around 29,000 students.

TAU was founded in 1956 when the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies joined together to form a university.

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.

TAU comprises nine faculties, 106 departments, and 90 research institutes.

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[edit] History

Located in Israel's cultural, financial and industrial heartland, Tel Aviv University is the largest university in Israel and the biggest Jewish university in the world. It is a major center of teaching and research, comprising nine faculties, 106 departments, and 90 research institutes. Its origins go back to 1956, when three small education units - The Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, an Institute of Natural Sciences, and an Institute of Jewish Studies - joined together to form the University of Tel Aviv. At first attached to the Tel Aviv municipality, the University was granted autonomy in 1963, and its campus in the residential section of Ramat Aviv was established the same year.

Tel Aviv University offers an extensive range of study programs in the arts and sciences, within its Faculties of Engineering, Exact Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Arts and Management. The original 170-acre (0.69 km²) campus has been expanded to include an additional 50 acre tract, now being developed. The University also maintains academic supervision over the Center for Technological Design in Holon, the New Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, and the Tel Aviv Engineering College.

[edit] Location

Greater Tel Aviv, encompassing neighboring cities such as Ramat Gan and Holon, has a population of over one million, making it Israel's largest metropolitan area. The most cosmopolitan of Israeli cities, Tel Aviv serves as the center of Israel's theatre, music and arts communities, hosting entertainment and nightlife from around the world.

[edit] Campus

With over 27,000 full-time students, Tel Aviv University is Israel's largest academic institution. The University consistently ranks highly among institutions of higher learning world-wide. Many members of its faculty have won international recognition and are considered leaders in their fields of research.

[edit] Faculties

The nine faculties of the university are:

Other university schools and programs include:

  • Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine
  • Constantiner School of Education
  • Porter School of Environmental Studies
  • Shapell School of Social Work
  • The School for Overseas Students
  • The Unit of Culture Research
  • Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
  • Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas
  • Joseph Kelman School of Education

[edit] Relations with other universities

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 School for Overseas Students gives young people from different countries the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. The program is in English and also offers the opportunity to live and study in a kibbutz.

The Tel Aviv University Law Faculty currently has exchange programs from thirteen overseas universities. Namely: Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Virginia, Cornell, Boston University, Temple, Cardozo, Toronto, Bucerius (Hamburg), Monash (Melbourne), Milan, and Seoul National University[1]. The university offers about 20 courses a year in English, recruiting many top lecturers from overseas to teach.

It is now possible to take these courses through the School for Overseas Students if you are currently studying at any overseas Law school.

Other study opportunities for students from abroad are:

  • Master's Program in Middle Eastern Studies
  • Master's Program in Biblical Archaeology
  • Summer Law Program co-sponsored by Temple University Law School
  • Sackler School of Medicine New York State/American Program
  • Wharton-Recanati-INSEAD-York Project in Management
  • International Executive MBA Program with the Kellogg School, Northwestern University
  • Spring Engineering Program with Boston University's College of Engineering
  • High-Tech Management School

A letter of intent was signed between New York University and Tel Aviv University (TAU) on May 30, 2007. The plan is to establish an NYU Study Abroad Campus in Israel with a base in, and partnership with, TAU.[2]

[edit] Faculty

Notable faculty members (past and present) include:

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistical Data - Data on Students in Institutions of Higher Education. Israeli Council for higher education (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-18.

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Coordinates: 32°06′50″N, 34°48′15″E

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