Hebrew University of Jerusalem
האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים | ||
President Asher Cohen | | |
Rector | Tamir Sheafer[2][3] | |
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Administrative staff | 250 | |
Students | 23,000 | |
Undergraduates | 12,500 | |
Postgraduates | 5,000 | |
2,200 | ||
Location | , Israel | |
Campus | Urban | |
Nickname | HUJI, Hebrew U | |
Website | huji.ac.il | |
Academic rankings | |
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National | |
ARWU[4] | 3 |
Global | |
ARWU[5] | 86 |
QS[6] | 251 |
THE[7] | 301–350 |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI;
The university has five affiliated teaching hospitals (including the Hadassah Medical Center), seven faculties, more than 100 research centers, and 315 academic departments. As of 2018[update], one-third of all the doctoral candidates in Israel were studying at the HUJI.
Among its first
History
The
One of the most controversial issues during the conceptualization of the university regarded its future official language. Whereas one side, the so-called "Germanists", proposed a combination of German and Arabic for all non-Jewish subjects, the other side opted for the general use of Hebrew. The former party was afraid the very recent Modern Hebrew might not yet allow high-level academic discussions since it still suffered from a lack of specific technical terms in non-religious contexts. Although this concern can not simply be dismissed as unreasonable, the representatives of this position underestimated the symbolic significance of Hebrew for many Jews, not least of all for those outside the academia. Therefore, they were not able to prevail in the discussion and had to give in to the decision that the new university would be an explicitly Hebrew one.
By 1947, the university had become a large research and teaching institution. Sir Leon Simon was Acting President from 1948 to 1949, and he was succeeded as president by Professor Selig Brodetsky, who served from 1949 to 1952.[12] Plans for a medical school were approved in May 1949, and in November 1949, a faculty of law was inaugurated. In 1952, it was announced that the agricultural institute founded by the university in 1940 would become a full-fledged faculty.[15]
During the
When the Jordanian government denied Israeli access to Mount Scopus, a new campus was built at Givat Ram in western Jerusalem and completed in 1958. In the interim, classes were held in 40 different buildings around the city.[20] Benjamin Mazar was President of the university from 1953 to 1961, Giulio Racah was Acting President from 1961 to 1962, and Eliahu Eilat was president from 1962 to 1968.[12]
The Terra Santa building in
By the beginning of 1967, the students numbered 12,500, spread among the two campuses in Jerusalem and the agricultural faculty in
On 31 July 2002, a member of a terrorist cell
Menachem Ben-Sasson was President of the university from 2009 to 2017, succeeded by Asher Cohen in 2017.[12]
In 2017 the Hebrew University of Jerusalem launched a
Campuses
Mount Scopus
The Rothberg International School features secular studies and Jewish/Israeli studies. Included for foreign students is also a mandatory Ulpan program for Hebrew language study which includes a mandatory course in Israeli culture and customs. All Rothberg Ulpan classes are taught by Israeli natives. However, many other classes at the Rothberg School are taught by Jewish immigrants to Israel.
The land on Mt. Scopus was purchased before
Housing for students at Hebrew University who live on Mount Scopus is located at the three dormitories located near the university. These are the Maiersdorf (מאירסדורף) dormitories, the Bronfman (ברונפמן) dormitories, and the Kfar HaStudentim (כפר הסטודנטים, Student Village).
Nearby is the
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare
The first
Edmond J. Safra, Givat Ram
The Givat Ram campus (renamed after Edmond Safra in 2005) is the home of the Faculty of Science including the Einstein Institute of Mathematics; the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, the Center for the Study of Rationality, as well as the National Library of Israel, (JNUL).
Ein Kerem
The Faculties of Medicine and Dental Medicine and the
Rehovot
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Libraries
The Hebrew University libraries and their web catalogs can be accessed through the HUJI Library Authority portal.[36]
Jewish National and University Library
The
In his will, Albert Einstein left the Hebrew University his personal papers and the copyright to them. The Albert Einstein Archives contain some 55,000 items.[37] In March 2012 the university announced that it had digitized the entire archive, and was planning to make it more accessible online.[38][39][40] Included in the collection are his personal notes, love letters to various women, including the woman who would become his second wife, Elsa.
Subject-based libraries
In addition to the National Library, the Hebrew University operates subject-based libraries on its campuses, among them the
Rankings
According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Hebrew University is the top university in Israel, overall between 101st and 150th best university in the world, between 301st and 400th in physics, between 201st and 300th in computer science, and between 51st and 75th in business/economics.[41]
In 2021, Shanghai Ranking and the Center for World University Rankings ranked the Hebrew University 1st in Israel in its World University Rankings (90th according to Shanghai Ranking[42] and 64th in the world according to the Center for World University Rankings).[43][44]
The Hebrew University consistently ranks as Israel's best university in mathematics, and among the best worldwide. It was ranked as the 11th best institution in mathematics worldwide in 2017, 19th best in 2018, 21st best in 2019, and 25th best in 2020.[45][46]
Friends of the University
The university has an international Society of Friends organizations covering more than 25 countries. Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (CFHU), founded in 1944 by Canadian philanthropist Allan Bronfman, promotes awareness, leadership and financial support for The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. CFHU facilitates academic and research partnerships between Canada and Israel as well as establishing scholarships, supporting research, cultivating student and faculty exchanges and recruiting Canadian students to attend the Rothberg International School. CFHU has chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
The American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides programs, events and fundraising activities in support of the university. It was founded by the American philanthropist, Felix M. Warburg in 1925. Supported by its founder, Stephen Floersheimer, and headed by Eran Razin, Floersheimer Studies is a singular program, publishing studies in the field of society, governance and space in Israel. It was established in 2007 replacing the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies of 1991.[47]
Faculty
- Dorit Aharonov, computer science
- Joshua David Angrist, economist, 2021 Nobel Prizelaureate for Economics
- Lydia Aran, scholar of Buddhism
- Robert Aumann, 2005 Nobel Prize laureate for Economics
- Shlomo Avineri, Political Science
- Yishai Bar, law
- Yehoshua Bar-Hillel, linguistics
- Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, international relations
- Israeli Supreme Court
- Holocausthistory
- Jacob Bekenstein, physics
- Norman Bentwich, international relations
- Nissim Benvenisty, genetics, the Herbert Cohn Chair in Cancer Research, and Director of the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research, Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences
- Ernst David Bergmann, chairman of Israeli Atomic Energy Commission
- Martin Buber, religion & Jewish philosophy
- Howard Cedar, chairperson, Developmental Biology & Cancer Research, IMRIC
- Ilan Chet, agricultural biotechnology
- Richard I. Cohen, history
- Avishai Dekel Andre Aisenstadt Chair of Theoretical Physics
- Shmuel Eisenstadt, sociology
- Israeli Supreme Court
- Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, mathematics
- Hillel Furstenberg, mathematics, Israel Prize winner
- Leah Goldberg (1911–1970), poet
- Eliezer E. Goldschmidt, agriculture
- Supreme CourtJustice
- Louis Guttman, social sciences and statistics
- Naomi Habib, computational neuroscientist
- Ephraim Halevy, Mossadchief
- Lumír Ondřej Hanuš, analytic chemist
- Yuval Noah Harari, history
- Gabriel Herman, Historian
- Gabriel Horenczyk, psychologist, faculty member of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education and the School of Education.
- Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel Prize laureate for Economics
- Ruth Kark, geography of (Eretz) Israel
- Elihu Katz, communication
- Aharon Katzir, chemistry
- David Kazhdan, mathematics
- Baruch Kimmerling, sociology
- Roger D. Kornberg, visiting professor, 2006 Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry
- David Kretzmer, law
- Ruth Lapidoth, law
- Ruth Lawrence, mathematics
- Hava Lazarus-Yafeh (1930–1998), Orientalist, head of the Department for Islamic Civilization, Israel Prize winner[48]
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz, biochemistry and Jewish philosophy
- Raphael D. Levine, chemist
- Avigdor Levontin, law
- African history, Near East, Islamic, and African studies, President of the Open University of Israel, and executive director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
- Amia Lieblich, psychology
- Elon Lindenstrauss, mathematics, laureate of the 2010 Fields Medal
- Joram Lindenstrauss, mathematics, Israel Prize winner
- Avishai Margalit, philosophy Israel Prize winner
- Amihai Mazar, archaeology, Israel Prize winner
- Benjamin Mazar. archaeologist, Israel Prize winner, former university president and rector
- economic historian, professor, and the eighth president of the Open University of Israel
- Nachrichtenstelle in World War I)
- George Mosse, history
- Bezalel Narkiss, art history
- Amnon Netzer, Jewish studies and history
- Ehud Netzer (1934–2010), archaeology
- Yaakov Nahmias, bioengineering
- Anat Ninio, psychology
- Mordechai Nisan, education
- Dan Pagis, literature
- Nurit Peled-Elhanan, education
- Tsvi Piran, astrophysics
- Joshua Prawer, history
- Michael O. Rabin, computer science and mathematics, Israel Prize winner and recipient of the Turing Award.
- Giulio Racah, physics
- Frances Raday, law
- Aharon Razin, Researcher, IMRIC
- Eliyahu Rips, mathematics
- Mordechai Rotenberg, social work
- Gershom Scholem, Jewish mysticism
- Eliezer Schweid, Jewish philosophy
- Ehud de Shalit, number theorist
- Zlil Sela, mathematics
- Nir Shaviv, astrophysics
- Saharon Shelah, mathematics
- Avigdor Shinan, Hebrew literature
- Avraham Steinberg, medical ethics
- Zeev Sternhell, political science
- Hayim Tadmor, Assyriology
- Jacob Talmon, history
- Gadi Taub, social sciences
- Amos Tversky, psychology
- Claude Vigée, French literature
- Marta Weinstock-Rosin, neuropharmacology, Israel Prize winner
- Avi Wigderson, computer science and mathematics
- Joseph Yahalom, Hebrew poetry
- S. Yizhar, writer
Publications
Institute of Archaeology, Mt. Scopus
- Qedem: Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology
- Qedem Reports
- Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology (JJAR), open-access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal
Notable alumni
Major award laureates
- Fields Medal laureate: Elon Lindenstrauss (2010)
- Nobel Prize laureates: Daniel Kahneman (economics 2002), David Gross (physics 2004), Avram Hershko (chemistry 2004), Aaron Ciechanover (chemistry 2004), Robert Aumann (economics 2005), Roger D. Kornberg (chemistry 2006), and Ada Yonath (chemistry 2009)
- Turing Award laureates: Michael O. Rabin (1976), Richard E. Stearns (1993), Shafi Goldwasser (2012)
Political leaders
- Ambassador Yael Rubinstein
- Members of the Knesset:
- Jerusalem city council members: Ofer Berkovitch
- Presidents of Israel: Ephraim Katzir, Yitzhak Navon, Moshe Katsav, Reuven Rivlin
- Prime Ministers of Israel: Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Naftali Bennett
- Supreme Court Justices: Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch, Menachem Elon, Elyakim Rubinstein, Meir Shamgar, Jacob Turkel, Yitzhak Zamir, Salim Joubran, Uri Shoham
- President of Guatemala: Bernardo Arévalo
By profession
- Academics: Emanuel Adler, Michael Albeck, Yoram Ben-Porat, Ahron Bregman, Richard I. Cohen, Uri Davis, Amitai Etzioni, Esther Farbstein, Gerson Goldhaber, Daphna Hacker, Haim Harari, Jose Itzigsohn, Joshua Jortner, Efraim Karsh, Asa Kasher, Walter Laqueur, Alexander Levitzki, Saul Lieberman, Avishai Margalit, Jacob (Kobi) Metzer, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Dana Olmert, Neri Oxman, Dana Pe'er, Uriel Reichman, Joshua Ronen, Miri Rubin, Ariel Rubinstein, Eli Salzberger, Amit Schejter, Michael Sela, Igal Talmi, Benjamin Elazari Volcani, Menahem Yaari, Reuven Avi-Yonah, Ada Yonath
- Activists: Dorit Reiss, Elie Yossef
- Anthropologist: Eliane Karp
- Archaeologists: Ruth Amiran, Trude Dothan, Aren Maeir, Amihai Mazar, Benjamin Mazar, Eilat Mazar, Yigael Yadin
- Astronomers: David H. Levy
- Biology and biochemistry: Sarah Spiegel (1974)[49]
- Botanists: Daniel Chamovitz, Alexander Eig
- Business: Check Point Software Technologies), Jonathan Kestenbaum, Baron Kestenbaum, chief operating officer of investment trust RIT Capital Partners, and a Labour member of the House of Lords
- Chemists: Yitzhak Apeloig, Adam Heller, Dan Meyerstein, Moshe Ron, Renata Reisfeld
- Climatologists: Amaelle Landais-Israël
- Educators: De La Salle University Manila, University of St. La Salle, De La Salle Lipa, La Salle Green Hills and De La Salle Araneta University.
- Film, theatre, show business: Joseph Cedar, Natalie Portman, Uri Zohar
- Foreign service: Naomi Ben-Ami, Gabriela Shalev, Rafael Harpaz, Zion Evrony
- Journalists: Haviv Rettig, Dan Margalit, Ya'akov Ahimeir, Michael Bar-Zohar, David Witzthum, Haim Gouri, Ehud Yaari, Zvi Yehezkeli
- Historians: Esther Farbstein, Yuval Noah Harari, Itamar Rabinovich, Ron Robin, Semion Goldin
- Law
- Judges: Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin
- Lawyers:
- Law professor: Dorit Reiss
- Mathematicians: (1969)
- Physicists: Amikam Aharoni, David Gross, Haim Harari, Max Jammer, Igal Talmi, Micha Tomkiewicz
- Psychologists: Shlomo Breznitz, Asher Cohen, Esther Perel
- Religion: Jonathan Markovitch, Chief rabbi of Kyiv
- Clergy: Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo, 2nd Sri Lankan to be made a cardinal, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
- Theologians: Fr Malachi Martin, Yigal Arnon
- Soldiers: Yishai Beer, Uzi Dayan, Yuval Neria, Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, Hans Ludwig Striem
- Sports: Itzik Kornfein, Shaul Ladany, Adin Talbar, Yochanan Vollach
- Writers: Yehuda Amichai, Galila Ron-Feder Amit, Aharon Appelfeld, Netiva Ben-Yehuda, Elias Chacour, Yael Dayan, Yuval Elizur, Helen Epstein, Jonah Frankel, David Grossman, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Batya Gur, Shifra Horn, Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, Amnon Jackont, Amalia Kahana-Carmon, Yehoshua Kenaz, Miriam Roth, Amir Segal, Anton Shammas, Gideon Telpaz, Natan Yonatan
Yissum Research Development Company
Yissum Research Development Company is the university's technology transfer company, founded in 1964. Yissum handles all licenses and patents of the researchers and employees of the Hebrew University. Since its formation Yissum has founded more than 80 spin-off companies such as: Mobileye, BriefCam, HumanEyes, OrCam, ExLibris, BioCancell, NewStem[50] and many more. Yissum is led by Yaacov Michlin and other leaders in the business industry such as: Tamir Huberman,[51] Dov Reichman, Shoshi Keinan, Ariela Markel and Michal Levy. Yissum is also a member of ITTN (Israel Technology Transfer Organization).
See also
- Einstein Papers Project
- Yehezkel Kaufman
- List of Israeli universities and colleges
- Punjabi University
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External links
Friends of The Hebrew University
- American Friends of the Hebrew University
- British Friends of The Hebrew University (BFHU)
- Canadian Friends of The Hebrew University (CFHU)