Hebrew University of Jerusalem Information
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ha-Universita ha-Ivrit B’irushalayim) is located in Israel. It was first established in 1918 in Mount Scopus but due to the political nature of Jerusalem the university was located to Givat Ram in 1953, following reunification the main campus returned to Mount Scopus. Today there are four main campuses of the university; these are located at Mount Scopus; Givat Ram (Edmond J. Safra campus); Jerusalem (Ein Kerem); and Rehovot.
Other well ranked colleges and universities in Israel include Tel Aviv University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute of Science, Ben Gurion University and the University of Haifa.
The university has seven faculties these are as follows:
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Humanities,
Faculty of Social Sciences,
Faculty of Agricultural, Food and the Environmental Quality Sciences
Faculty of Dental Medicine
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has many famous faculty and alumni; these include two presidents of Israel (Moshe Katsav and Yitzhak Navon) and three prime ministers. Academically the university is linked with two nobel prize winners (Robert Aumann and Daniel Kahneman). Other noted Faculty include Aharon Katzir, Hanna Yablonka and Aharon Barak.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Address
Edmond Safra Campus
Givat Ram
Jerusalem
91904
Israel
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Ranking and Quick Facts
| University world Ranking – Times 200 (UK) |
121
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| University world Ranking – Jiaotong 500 (China) |
64
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| University world Ranking – Newsweek 100 (USA) |
82
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| Asian University ranking (Jiaotong) |
4
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Hebrew University Facts
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) |
12,000
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10,200
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24,000
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| Faculty / Staff |
1200 / 1500
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| Established |
1918
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| Number of foreign students (if known) |
800 (Rothberg School)
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