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Tel Aviv University

אוניברסיטת תל אביב  (Hebrew)
Motto	בעקבות הלא נודע (Hebrew)
Motto in English	Pursuing the Unknown
Type	Public research
Established	1956 (1956)
President	Joseph Klafter[1]
Rector	Yaron Oz
Principal	Mordechai Kohen
Vice Presidents	Raanan Rein Yoav Hennis Amos Elad
Students	30,373 (2013)
Undergraduates	15,715 (2013)
Postgraduates	11,577 (2013)
Doctoral students	2,270 (2013)
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Campus	Urban
Language	Hebrew and English
Colors	Black and White
Affiliations	Mediterranean Universities Union
Website	tau.ac.il

Tel Aviv University (TAU) (Hebrew: אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל-אָבִיב‬ Universitat Tel Aviv) is a public research university in the neighborhood of Ramat Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, the University is the largest in the country. Located in Tel Aviv, the University is the center of teaching and research of the city, comprising 9 faculties, 17 teaching hospitals, 18 performing arts centers, 27 schools, 106 departments, 340 research centers and 400 laboratories.

History

TAU's origins date back to 1956, when three research institutes – the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics (established in 1935), the Institute of Natural Sciences (established in 1931), and the Institute of Jewish Studies – joined together to form Tel Aviv University. Initially operated by the Tel Aviv municipality, the university was granted autonomy in 1963.^[2] The Ramat Aviv campus, covering an area of 170-acre (0.69 km²), was established that same year.

The university also maintains academic supervision over the Center for Technological Design in Holon, the New Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and the Afeka College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. The Wise Observatory is located in Mitzpe Ramon.

Academic Units

Life Sciences Building

School of Economics

Social Sciences Building

Environmental Studies Building

Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard

The Vladimir Schreiber Institute of Mathematics

Smolarz Auditorium

Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center

Faculties

• Katz Faculty of the Arts


• Fleischman Faculty of Engineering


• Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences


• Entin Faculty of Humanities


• Buchmann Faculty of Law


• Wise Faculty of Life Sciences


• Sackler Faculty of Medicine


• Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences


• Coller School of Management

Independent schools

• Porter School of Environmental Studies


• Buchmann-Mehta School of Music


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  David Azrieli School of Architecture
  


• Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine


• Miller School of Education
  


• Shapell School of Social Work


• TAU International (formerly the School for Overseas Students)


• Sagol School of Neuroscience

Institutes and centers
A full list of Tel Aviv University's over 130 research institutes and centers is available here.

TAU International – English-taught programs

TAU International (formerly known as the School for Overseas Students) affords thousands of students from across the globe the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. All TAU International programs are conducted in English.

Programs include Semester or Year Abroad, Degree Programs, and Specialized Programs, such as the International LL.M at the Faculty of Law. Students in the Undergraduate or Semester Abroad Programs are given the option of housing at the Einstein Dorms, just outside the university.^[3]

Undergraduate programs:

• B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering^[4] via the International Engineering School
  


• 
  International B.A. degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities^[5]

Graduate programs:

In May 2007, New York University and Tel Aviv University approved a plan to establish an NYU Study Abroad Campus in Israel based at Tel Aviv University.^[6]

Rankings

The Webb school of languages in Tel Aviv University

The Center for World University Rankings ranked Tel Aviv University 81st in the world and third in Israel in its 2016 CWUR World University Rankings.^[8] They have also ranked it as 56 in 2012.^[9]

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2012 placed Tel Aviv University among the world's top 90 universities.^[10] The ratings reflect an overall measure of esteem that combines data on the institutions' reputation for research and teaching.^[11] This achievement positioned TAU on the same level as Brown University in Rhode Island and Leiden University in the Netherlands.^[10]

In 2013 QS World University Rankings ranked Tel Aviv University 196th in the world,^[12] making it the second-highest ranked university in Israel. Its subject rankings were: 202nd in Arts and Humanities, 295th in Engineering and Technology, 193rd in Life Sciences and Medicine, 208th in Natural Science, and 240th in Social Sciences and Management.

In 2016 QS World University Rankings ranked Tel Aviv University 22nd in the world for citations per faculty,^[13] which is the indicator that measures a university's research impact.^[14] This makes Tel Aviv University the leading university in Israel in terms of research.

In 2015 the Academic Ranking of World Universities gave Tel Aviv University the following subject rankings: 20th in Computer Science, 51-75 in Mathematics, 76-100 in Physics and 76-100 Economics/Business. In 2016 it was ranked as 51-75 in Engineering.^[15]

From the year 2007 until 2018, Tel Aviv university ranks as 30th in the world in Computer Science according to CSRankings, the same rank as Harvard and the highest ranked in Israel.^[16]

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 Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law has exchange agreements with 36 overseas universities,^[17] including: University of Virginia, Cornell University, Boston University, UCLA, Bucerius (Germany), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (India), EBS (Germany), McGill (Canada), Osgoode Hall (Canada), Ottawa (Canada), Kuwait University (Kuwait), Umm al-Qura University (Saudi Arabia)^[18] Queens University (Queens), Toronto (Canada), Bergen (Norway), STL (China), KoGuan (China), Tsinghua (China), Jindal Global (India), University of Hong Kong, Singapore Management University, Stockholm University (Sweden), Monash (Australia), Sydney (Australia), Sciences Po (France), Seoul (South Korea), Lucern (Switzerland), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bocconi (Italy) ^[19] and Madrid (Spain).^[18]

In 2013, Tel Aviv University and Ruppin Academic Center jointly created a study center at the Mediterranean Sea, where students will undertake advanced studies of issues impacting the coastal environment and its resources.^[20]

International cooperation

In Germany, Tel Aviv University cooperates with the Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main. Both cities are linked by a long-lasting partnership agreement.^[21]

Notable faculty

Daniel Chamovitz

Yisrael Friedman

Benjamin Isaac

Ariel Rubinstein

Anita Shapira

Lev Vaidman

Notable faculty members (past and present) include:

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  Yakir Aharonov, physicist


• 
  Noga Alon, mathematician


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  Yitzhak Arad, historian


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  Karen Avraham, geneticist


• 
  Shlomo Ben-Ami, historian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs


• 
  Ziva Ben-Porat, literary theorist, writer, and editor


• 
  Joseph Bernstein, mathematician


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  Silvia Blumenfeld, curator of the fungi collection


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  Athalya Brenner, feminist Biblical scholar


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  Daniel Chamovitz, biologist


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  Guy Deutscher, physicist


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  Yoram Dinstein, international law Professor Emeritus and former president of Tel Aviv University


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  Uzi Even, chemist and political activist for LGBT rights


• 
  Israel Finkelstein, archaeologist


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  Yisrael Friedman, historian


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  Raphael E. Freundlich, Biblical studies and Latin


• 
  Ehud Gazit, nanotechnlogist, chief scientist - ministry of Science


• 
  Benjamin Isaac, historian


• 
  Joshua Jortner, physical chemist


• 
  Shoshana Kamin, mathematician


• 
  Aryeh Kasher, historian


• 
  Asa Kasher, philosopher and authority on Ethics, author of IDF's Code of Conduct


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  David S. Katz, historian


• 
  Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering


• 
  Fred Landman, semanticist


• 
  Zvi Laron, paediatric endocrinologist


• 
  Orna Lin, lawyer


• 
  Yossi Matias, Computer Scientist


• 
  Vitali Milman, mathematician


• 
  Moshé Mizrahi, Oscar-winning film director


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  Baruch Modan, oncologist


• 
  Yuval Ne'eman (1925–2006), physicist, former minister of Science and Technology


• 
  Abraham Nitzan, chemical physicist.


• 
  Kennedy Otieno, criminologist


• 
  Itamar Rabinovich, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and former president of Tel Aviv University


• 
  Aviad Raz, sociologist


• 
  Tanya Reinhart (1943–2007), linguist


• 
  Amnon Rubinstein, former Dean of Law, also former Education minister


• 
  Ariel Rubinstein, economist


• 
  Pnina Salzman, pianist and piano pedagogue


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  Shlomo Sand, historian


• 
  Leon Schidlowsky, composer


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  Anita Shapira, historian


• 
  Micha Sharir, mathematician


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  Edna Shavit, drama


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  Margot Shiner, gastroenterologist


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  Joshua Sobol, playwright, writer, and director


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  Carlo Strenger psychologist, philosopher


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  Leonard Susskind, physicist


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  Boris Tsirelson, mathematician


• 
  Jacob Turkel, Israeli Supreme Court Justice


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  Lev Vaidman, physicist


• 
  Avi Weinroth, lawyer


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  Paul Wexler, linguist


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  George S. Wise, first President of the University (1963–1971)


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  Moshe Wolman, neuropathologist


• 
  Amotz Zahavi, biologist

Notable alumni

Ayelet Shaked, Israel's Minister of Justice

Alon Bar

Tal Friedman

Ilan Ramon

Michael Harris

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  Dan Ariely, author and academic


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  Fouad Awad, theatre director


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  Alon Bar, award-winning filmmaker


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  Daphne Barak Erez, current Supreme Court of Israel justice


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  Mohammad Barakeh, Knesset member and leader of Hadash
  


• 
  Rebecka Belldegrun (born 1950), ophthalmologist and businesswoman


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  Shlomo Ben-Ami, historian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Labor)


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  Yochai Benkler, Co-Director of the Berkman Center, Harvard Law School


• 
  Aluf Benn, Editor-in-Chief of Haaretz
  


• 
  Shimshon Brokman (born 1957), Olympic sailor


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  Ran Cohen, former Minister of Housing (Meretz)


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  Arie Eldad, former Knesset member (National Union (Israel))


• 
  Israel Eliashiv, former Israeli Ambassador to Singapore


• 
  Nancy Ezer, author and Professor of Hebrew at UCLA
  


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  Yael S. Feldman, Abraham I. Katsh Professor of Hebrew Culture and Education and Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University
  


• 
  Ari Folman, filmmaker (Director of Waltz with Bashir)


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  Tal Friedman, comedian, actor and musician


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  Amir Gal-Or, founder of the Infinity Group


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  Benjamin Gantz, Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.


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  Dan Gillerman, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, and Vice-President of the 60th UN General Assembly
  


• 
  Tamar Halperin, harpsichordist, pianist and musicologist


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  Tzachi Hanegbi, member of Knesset, former minister of Internal Security (Likud and Kadima)


• 
  Michael Harris, academic


• 
  Avi Hasson, current Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy


• 
  Zvi Heifetz, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom


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  Ron Huldai, current mayor of Tel Aviv
  


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  Benjamin Isaac, historian


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  Moshe Kam, 49th President of IEEE and Dean of the Newark College of Engineering
  


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  Moshe Kaplinsky, Deputy Chief of the IDF General Staff


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  Efraim Karsh, historian


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  Rita Katz, terrorism analyst


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  Etgar Keret, writer


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  Dov Khenin, political scientist and Knesset member Hadash
  


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  Yosef Lapid, former Israeli vice premier, Minister of Justice and founder of the Shinui party


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  Keren Leibovitch, champion Paralympic swimmer


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  Hanoch Levin (1943–99), dramatist, theater director, author and poet


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  Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, former Israeli Chief of Staff and Minister of Tourism and Transportation


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  Yossi Matias, Computer Scientist and Google executive


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  Moni Moshonov, actor and comedian


• 
  Yitzhak Mordechai, former Israeli Minister of Defense and Transportation


• 
  Natasha Mozgovaya, journalist


• 
  Abraham Nitzan, chemical physicist


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  Sassona Norton, sculptor


• 
  Daniella Ohad Smith, design historian


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  Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach, author


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  Ophir Pines-Paz, former Interior Minister (Labor)


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  Gideon Raff, director and screenwriter, creator of the award-winning Israeli TV series Prisoners of War, adapted into Homeland
  


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  Haim Ramon, former Minister of Health and Justice (Labor and Kadima)


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  Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli astronaut


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  Daniel Reisner, former Head of the International Law Branch of the IDF Legal Division


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  Elie Rekhess, historian of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and faculty of Northwestern University
  


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  Gideon Sa'ar, Knesset member and Minister of Interior Affairs (Likud)


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  Simon Shaheen, musician


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  Silvan Shalom, former minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs (Likud)


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  Ayelet Shaked, Israel's Minister of Justice


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  Adi Shamir, cryptographer, co-inventor of the RSA cryptosystem


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  Ariel Sharon (1928–2014), former Prime Minister of Israel (Likud and Kadima)


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  Daniel Sivan, professor


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  Nahum Sonenberg, biochemist at McGill University
  


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  Michael Wolffsohn^[22], author and former Professor for Contemporary History at the Bundeswehr University Munich
  


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  Yuval Tal, founder of Payoneer


• 
  Gadi Taub, historian, author, screenwriter, and political commentator


• 
  Natan Yonatan (1923–2004), poet


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  Poju Zabludowicz, billionaire, philanthropist, and owner of Tamares Group^[23]


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  Bat-Sheva Zeisler, singer and actress


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  Abdel Rahman Zuabi, former Supreme Court of Israel justice


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  Ghil'ad Zuckermann, linguist

See also

• Beth Hatefutsoth


• List of universities in Israel


• Tel Aviv


• Tel-Aviv student film Festival

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tel Aviv University.

• 
  Official website – Introduction, and History.


• Tel Aviv University International


• American Friends of Tel Aviv University

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