Bar-Ilan University
Public researhc university in Ramat Gan, Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 institution. It has 20,000 students and 1,350 faculty members.[5]
Other name | BIU |
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Motto | Impacting tomorrow, today |
Type | Public research |
Established | 1955 |
President | Arie Zaban |
Rector | Amnon Albeck |
Principal | Zohar Yinon |
Administrative staff | 1,250 |
Students | 20,000 |
2,200+ | |
Location | , Israel 32°4′4″N 34°50′33″E |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Dark green and sky blue |
Website | www |
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."[6] The university is among the best in the Middle East in the field of computer science, engineering, engineering physics and applied physics.[7][8] In 2024 the university got donation of 260 million dollars, one of the biggest donations to university in Israel.[9]