Academic World

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

For the first time in Israel, the Contractors Association “Bonei Ha’aretz” received approval from the Contractors Council to create a bachelor’s degree for contractors after two years of fieldwork.

Construction.
A PERSON holds a flag of Qatar and money, as protesters march to Jerusalem during an anti-government demonstration on March 19, 2025.

Fake Western morality is fueled by Qatari money - opinion

Alisa Rubin Peled (2nd row, C) in blue dress, with Argov class of 2025.

Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia

TAU President Prof. Ariel Porat and H.E. Mr. J.P. Singh, Ambassador of India to Israel.

ICCR India Chair MoU signed at Tel Aviv University


Prof. Liran Goren is charting the Earth’s surface—and beyond

Combining her vast knowledge, curiosity, and innovative spirit, Prof. Goren is resolved to uncover the Erath’s secrets.

 Prof. Liran Goren: " When you’re asking questions no one has asked before, sometimes you get stuck. It’s exciting and frustrating all at once."

Amid rising antisemitism, ISGAP hosts largest ever Oxford Summer Institute cohort

With antisemitism on the rise, ISGAP's Oxford program trains academics to fight prejudice through cutting-edge education.

Scholars from around the world convened at Oxford’s ISGAP summer institute.

Tel Aviv University announces second round of special admissions track for reservists

First-year students who have served more than 30 days in IDF reserves will be entitled to a 25% reduction in tuition fees.

Tel Aviv University

How Bar-Ilan University plans to use Its $260 Million donation for growth and tradition - opinion

Bar-Ilan University has received its largest donation ever. Its leaders must now decide how to use this money, balancing their agency for Jewish heritage and innovation.

 Galit Shohat-Ophir walks among researchers in a laboratory at the Bar-Ilan University, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

From the battle to the classroom: Behind the scenes of Israel’s wartime academic year

Israel's universities and colleges lost students, faculties, and staff due to reserve duty for the Israel-Hamas War. This forced academic institutions to adapt on the fly.

 The 2024 graduation ceremony at Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Jewish students are being encouraged to study in Israel in light of increasingly hostile academic environments in the West.

A new immigrant, an Israeli and an international student strolling together at Hebrew University's Safra campus at Givat Ram, in Jerusalem.

Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says

The bill also gives a Knesset subcommittee the authority to slash funding from institutions who ignore the bill, as well as take "other enforcement measures."

 Gali Baharav Miara

Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war

The university will continue its research projects with six non-academic Israeli institutions, saying they could not find any links between them and human rights violations.

The logo of "Universiteit Gent" is pictured on a building of Ghent University, Belgium, April 4, 2017.

Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada' - opinion

Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters crying “Globalize the intifada” demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.

 A STUDENT wrapped in a keffiyeh stands and whistles while holding up his cap with the words, ‘End The Occupation,’ at the Harvard University Commencement Exercises, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last week.

Radicalized faculty are the greater danger lurking behind campus protests - opinion

Faculty who attack Israel in the classroom, disrupt Israeli lecturers, and boycott Israeli scholars are the greater danger by far.  

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place across the entrance to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, prior to the commencement ceremony, last week. The formation of Faculty for Justice in Palestine is a threatening development, the writer warns.