This is a list of universities and colleges in Israel. As of August 2021, there are ten
universities and 53
colleges in
Israel, which are recognized and academically supervised by the
Council for Higher Education in Israel. In addition, Israel founded a university in
Ariel in the
West Bank, which used to be academically supervised by the
Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria. As many course offerings are varied, Israeli universities are considered to be of top quality, and they are inexpensive to attend.[1] Israel's quality university education is largely responsible for spurring the country's high tech boom and rapid
economic development.[1]
The primary difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can confer
doctorate degrees, and therefore tends to be more research-oriented than the more teaching-oriented colleges.
Universities
Israel's universities are listed below, followed by their English acronym, establishment date, location, latest data about the number of students and the institute's
academic rank of the top world universities, according to WebOMetrics[2] (top 3000), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)[3] (top 500) and The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES)[4] (top 200):
Most universities offer the full range of graduate and undergraduate degrees:
Bachelor's degrees,
Master's degrees, and
doctorates. However, the Weizmann Institute does not grant bachelor's degrees.
Colleges
Other institutes of
higher education that are accredited by CHEI to confer a bachelor's (and in some cases a master's) degree are known as colleges (
Hebrew: מִכְלָלָהMikhlala; pl. מכללות Mikhlalot). There are also over twenty
teacher training colleges - most of which will award only the
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.).
The
Ministry of Education has also certified certain institutions to award Professional Certificates instead of academic degrees. These include certificates in technology and in the performing arts.
Several colleges – primarily religious institutions – operate in Israel that are not certified by the CHEI, but rather are accredited by international bodies outside of Israel.
NYU, which enrolls the largest number of Jewish students of any public or private university in the
United States,[22] and is ranked in the top 34 globally in all major publications of university rankings, has a campus in
Tel Aviv.
Touro University offers courses in Jerusalem, but a degree must be completed in New York[23]