RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Institutes of higher education
The broad investment in education in general and in higher education and R&D in particular, led Israel to become a leader in many academic and research fields. These achievements aren’t left to academia alone.
Technion – Israel institute of technology
The Technion is one of the biggest research bodies in Israel, located in Haifa. The Technion has a worldwide reputation, and has been among the top 100 universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (the Shanghai Ranking) for five consecutive years. Two of its researchers are Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry. As suggested by its name, its main areas of research are:
- Exact sciences
- Engineering
- Mathematics and computer science
- Medicine and bioinformatics
The Technion hosts many research institutes in various fields:
- Solid State Institute
- The Norman & Helen Asher Space Research Institute
- The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
- The Technion Autonomous Systems Program
- The Grand Technion Energy Program
- The Ben and Esther Rosenblum Nanoelectronics by Bioelectronics Center
- The J.W. Ullmann Center for Manufacturing Systems and Robotics
- The J. Silver Research Center for Bio-Medical Engineering
- The Research Center for Intelligent Systems
- The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute, located in Rehovot, is the most recognizable institute in Israel. The institute is known as one of the world's leading multidisciplinary research institutions in the natural and exact sciences. Its researchers have won many prizes for their work, including 3 Nobel Prizes. The Weizmann Institute conducts research in all areas of exact and life sciences:
- Mathematics and computer science
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology and Bio-Chemistry
- Scientific Archeology
The Institute has 238 research groups, most working in cooperation with international institutes.
The Weizmann Institute highlights the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in order to solve modern scientific and technological problems that are usually very complex and cross-disciplinary.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is the largest academic institute in Israel, with over 30,000 students.
The university has multiple interdisciplinary research centers, such as:
- The Center for Renewable Energy
- Sagol School of Neuroscience
- Edmond J. Safra Bioinformatics Program
- Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Porter School of Environmental Studies
- ICRC – Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center
In addition to all traditional fields of research:
- Mathematics and computer science
- Exact science
- Medical school and life science
- Social science
- Law
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University is the most veteran university in Israel, with campuses in Jerusalem and Rehovot. In accordance with the legacies of its founding fathers, Albert Einstein, Edmond Landau and Chaim Weizmann, it stresses excellence and innovative thinking. Its graduates include key figures in the Israeli society and the global scientific community: prime ministers, politicians, Nobel Prize laureates, Fields Medal winners and Supreme Court presidents. The Hebrew University has been ranked among the top 100 universities for 10 consecutive years (2006-2015).
The university’s main fields of research are:
- Mathematics and computer science
- Exact sciences and Bio-Informatics
- Law
- Social science and Middle Eastern studies
- Medicine and Neuroscience
- Agriculture
The leading institutes of the Hebrew University are:
- The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Systems
- The Hebrew University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
- The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations
- The Quantum Information Science Center