Colleges receive secondary professional medical education (bachelor’s), and universities accept any academic degree.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Ha-Universita ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim (HUJI)
HUJI is the largest research and educational center in Israel. it was founded in 1918 when activists of the World Zionist Organization planned to establish the first university on Palestinian land. The doors of the university opened seven years later. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and is considered the best among Israeli universities.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is a powerful scientific center – 40% of all civil scientific development and research in the country is conducted here. The Hebrew University makes an enormous contribution to environmental research and the development of medicine, the fields of historical analysis, and biological sciences.
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
It is a public Israeli university and world center for research and education. The university is located in Haifa, in the northern part of Israel, near the Mediterranean coast.
The Technion is the oldest university in the country. It was founded on April 12, 1912, at the initiative of the Society for Aid to the Jews of Germany. The Technion is often referred to as the “Israeli MIT” because of the university’s extremely high research activity and excellent academic record.
The Tel Aviv University (TAU)
Tel Aviv University is the largest educational institution in Israel, occupying a huge area in the northern district of the capital, Ramat Aviv. Tel Aviv University is one of the leading research centers in Israel and the largest university in the Israeli capital.
Tel Aviv University is known for its academic activities in several directions at once. The strongest in the university is considered the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Natural Sciences (especially the departments of physics and astronomy), the Faculty of Art, and the Faculty of Engineering and Innovation.
The Faculty of Medicine is the most active in terms of research, but also the most demanding of its students, which earned it the status of one of the best in the world. The emphasis is not only on continuing education to maximize potential but also on the ethical aspects of medical practice.
The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is Israel’s leading research university. Built in 1969 in the southern city of Beersheba with the support of Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. It also has branches in the cities of Sde Boker and Eilat. The first faculties of Ben-Gurion University were the humanities, natural sciences, and engineering. The institution is a member of the prestigious Association of Mediterranean Universities.
First of all, Ben-Gurion University is known for the Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics – these departments have an extremely high research index and an excellent reputation among students. It is also worth noting the engineering faculty of the university: for more than 30 years, Ben-Gurion University has been preparing engineers and researchers, supplying the country’s industrial enterprises with excellent personnel.
The Faculty of Science is renowned for its high level of training of qualified personnel for the local industry and laboratory staff. The Faculty of Medicine of Ben-Gurion University operates based on the hospital. Moshe Soroki is known for programs in the field of gerontology.
The Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research institute in the Israeli city of Rehovot, located near Tel Aviv. The institute was founded in 1934 by the famous chemist and Zionist Chaim Weizmann as a Research Institute. In 1949, Chaim Weizmann became the first president of the State of Israel, and the following year the university was renamed in his honor. The Weizmann Institute is a private, non-profit institution offering exclusively master’s and doctoral programs.
The Faculty of Medicine is one of the strengths of the Weizmann Institute. Research by the Weizmann Institute opens up new horizons in understanding rare genetic diseases. The development of oncology is aimed at explaining astronomical phenomena and the search for the laws of the Universe.
The medical faculty of the university strives to develop drugs and vaccines for diseases that are incurable so far. Research in the Faculty of Biology and Neurobiology is developing ideas for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and brain structure. Besides, the Faculty of Medicine is also renowned for research in immunology, genetics, and cytology.