Higher education

Ben-Gurion University launches ASK POLA: An AI study advisor for prospective students

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has unveiled ASK POLA, a new AI-powered academic advisor designed to help prospective students navigate the university admissions process around the clock.

Students at Ben Gurion University, in Beer Sheba. November 04, 2025.
Students in class

Israel drops below OECD average in proportion of academics

Activists protest against a bill promoting gender-segregated academic study tracks, introduced by MK Limor Son Har-Melech, outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.

Haredi women, academics file petition against Israel's new gender-segregated education law

MK Limor Son Har-Melech reacts during a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on March 5, 2024; illustrative.

Knesset approves gender-segregated graduate degree programs in late-night vote


Transforming formal education in Israel - comment

Without minimizing the value of good salaries and meaningful benefits, research reveals that throughout the world, teachers choose their profession with a focus on fulfillment and empowerment.

 THE WRITER holds a discussion with grassroots leaders, at a retreat in Mitzpe Ramon.

2,118 Israelis pursued higher education in Ukraine before invasion - report

Most Israeli students reportedly studied medicine with some taking science and arts courses in Ukraine annually.

The national flags of Israel and Ukraine

Tel Aviv University offering collaborative international courses

Tel Aviv University has initiated a new program to develop collaborative international courses. 

 Coronavirus Pandemic Moves Cambridge Uni Students To Online Learning

The issue of Israel's lost youth

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased school dropout rates due to its exacerbation of the already emotional, social, and academic crises affecting multiple age and population groups.

 Young Israeli students with their parents make their way to school and kindergarten in Jerusalem on September 30, 2021.

ISEF cofounder receives award at Maariv Business Summit

Nina Weiner, the co-founder of the International Scholarship Foundation, won a special award for the organization’s promotion of higher education in Israel by Maariv's editor-in-chief.

 Nina Weiner speaking at the Ma'ariv Annual Business Summit on December 7, 2021

Tel Aviv University, Johns Hopkins to launch joint double-degree program

The degrees include a Master of Arts in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Mediation, Cyber Politics and Government, Developing Countries, and Security and Diplomacy.

The Peretz Naftali Building at Tel Aviv University

This woman revolutionized Israel’s education system - here’s how

Long before COVID, Yaffa Zilbershats was promoting the concept of remote digital learning in order to make higher education accessible to all segments of the population.

 ZILBERSHATS WANTS Israel to become ‘a brain gain country.’

Chinese university to open campus in Petah Tikva

A new Chinese campus will be an independent Israeli campus of the University of International Business and Economics, a prestigious school whose base is in Beijing.

ISRAEL-UIBE Campus

High Court rules gender separate higher ed. courses legal

Court says however that women must be allowed to teach any class, male or female

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish youths study religious texts at a synagogue in Jerusalem April 7, 2011.

Israel's periphery treated to crowdfunding campaign for scholarships

The crowdfunding campaign is especially needed now, due to two years without a state budget and the coronavirus pandemic preventing fundraisers from being held.

Students as part of the ISEF