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Tel Aviv University
אוניברסיטת תל אביב
File:Logo-tel-aviv.jpg
TypePublic
Established1956
PresidentJoseph Klafter
RectorDany Leviatan
Vice-PresidentsYehiel Ben-Zvi, Ehud Gazit, Gary Sussman
Students29,000
Location
Israel Tel Aviv
,
Israel
CampusUrban
Websitewww.tau.ac.il/
Law school building in Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University (TAU) (Template:Lang-he Universitat Tel Aviv) is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.[1] In 2006, it had 29,000 students.

History

Located in Israel's cultural, financial and industrial center, Tel Aviv University is Israel's largest university. It is a major center of teaching and research, comprising nine faculties, 106 departments, and 90 research institutes. Its origins go back to 1956, when three research institutes - the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies - joined together to form the University of Tel Aviv. Initially operated by the Tel Aviv municipality, the university was granted autonomy in 1963. 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.

Rankings

In 2010 QS World University Rankings[2] ranked Tel Aviv University 138th in the world, making it the second highest ranked university in Israel. Its subject rankings were: 184th in Arts & Humanities, 175th in Engineering & IT, 226th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 75th in Natural Sciences, and 121st in Social Sciences.

Ramat Aviv campus

Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center
Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard

TAU received its autonomy from the Tel Aviv municipality in 1963, when its campus, in the northern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Aviv was established. Buildings on the Ramat Aviv campus include:

Relations with other universities

Smolarz Auditorium

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 Law Faculty currently has exchange programs from thirteen overseas universities. Namely: Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Virginia, Cornell, Boston University, Temple, Cardozo, Toronto, Bucerius (Hamburg), Monash (Melbourne), Milan, and Seoul National University [3]

School for Overseas Students

The School for Overseas Students gives young people from different countries the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. The program is in English and also offers the opportunity to live and study in a kibbutz. The university offers about 20 courses a year in English, recruiting many top lecturers from overseas to teach.

Programs include Semester or Year Abroad, Degree Programs, and Specialized Programs.[4]

Graduate programs include:[5]

  • Middle Eastern History
  • TESOL - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • Conflict Resolution and Mediation
  • M.A. in Social Work with specialization in Crisis and Trauma Studies
  • M.A. in Security and Diplomacy
  • M.A in Jewish Studies
  • M.P.H. in Emergency and Disaster Management
  • M.A. in Environmental Studies
  • Sofaer International MBA
  • Kellogg Recanati MBA

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]

Faculty

Notable faculty members (past and present) include:

Notable alumni

Ilan Ramon

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistical Data - Data on Students in Institutions of Higher Education". Israeli Council for higher education. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-18. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2010 Results".
  3. ^ http://www.law.tau.ac.il/Eng/?CategoryID=186&ArticleID=149&Page=1
  4. ^ "Undergraduate Programs". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Graduate Programs". international.tau.ac.il. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  6. ^ http://tauac.typepad.com/ac/2007/06/tau_to_establis.html
  7. ^ From crisis to couch
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