About
Bar-Ilan University is a prominent public research institution in Israel, renowned for its unique integration of Jewish heritage and values with cutting-edge scientific and academic research across a broad spectrum of disciplines. It is particularly strong in Jewish Studies, Exact Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Law, fostering an interdisciplinary approach to learning. For international students, Bar-Ilan offers a vibrant experience through its dedicated International School, which provides a wide array of English-taught undergraduate, graduate, and short-term programs. The university offers comprehensive support, including Hebrew language instruction (Ulpan) and cultural immersion activities, ensuring a welcoming and enriching environment for students from around the globe.
Background
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 students and 1,350 faculty members. Bar-Ilan's mission is to "blend Jewish tradition with modern technologies and scholarship and the university endeavors to ... teach the Jewish heritage to all its students while providing [an] academic education." The university is among the best in the Middle East in the fields of computer science, engineering, engineering physics and applied physics. In 2024, the university received a donation of $260 million, one of the biggest donations to a university in Israeli history, for investment in science. The donor wished to remain anonymous.
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