IAU-001455
https://www.whed.net/institutions/IAU-001455

Israel

top General Information

Address

Street:Max and Anna Webb St.

City:Ramat-Gan

Post Code:5290002

WWW:https://www1.biu.ac.il

Other Sites

The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Bar-Ilan University 8 Henrietta Szold St, Safed Israel

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1955. The University combines secular and religious studies and is recognized by the Ministry of Education. The State provides 60% of the budget. Regional Colleges: Ashkelon; Safed; Western Galilee (Yad Natan); Jordan Valley (Tzemach); Yehuda and Shomron (Ariel)

Academic Year

November to June (November-February; March-June)

Admission Requirements

Secondary school certificate (Teudat Bagrut) or equivalent, and entrance examination

Tuition Fees

National:3100 (USD)

Language(s)

Hebrew;English

Accrediting Agency

Council for Higher Education (CHE)

Religious Affiliation

Jewish

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Arie Zaban

Job title:President


Senior Administrative Officer : Dan Rotkovitch

Job title:Coordinator of Integration in Science and Post-doctoral Fellows


Senior Administrative Officer : Israel Belfer

Job title:Research Output & Ranking Team Lead


Senior Administrative Officer : Zohar Yinon

Job title:Chief Executive Officer

top Divisions

Centre : Land of Israel Studies

Fields of study:Middle Eastern Studies

More details:David & Jemina Jeselsohn


Course/Programme : American Literature

Fields of study:American Studies

More details:J.M. Kaplan


Course/Programme : Public Communications

Fields of study:Communication Studies

More details:Philip Slomowitz


Faculty : Engineering

Fields of study:Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering


Faculty : Exact Sciences

Fields of study:Chemistry, Mathematics, Mathematics and Computer Science, Optometry, Physics


Faculty : Humanities

Fields of study:Arabic, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, English, French Studies, Information Sciences, Music, Philosophy, Translation and Interpretation, Writing


Faculty : Jewish Studies

Fields of study:Bible, Hebrew, History, Jewish Studies, Judaic Religious Studies, Middle Eastern Studies


Faculty : Law

Fields of study:Law


Faculty : Life Sciences

Fields of study:Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biomedicine, Botany, Cell Biology, Optometry, Physiology

More details:Mina and Everard Goodman


Faculty : Social Sciences

Fields of study:Anthropology, Business Administration, Criminology, Economics, Education, Geography, Government, Journalism, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology


Research Division : Advanced Technology

Fields of study:Technology

More details:Pearl and Jack Resnick


Research Division : Advanced Torah Studies

Fields of study:Holy Writings


Research Division : Advancement of Religious Education

Fields of study:Religious Art

More details:Stern


Research Division : Alzheimer's Disease

Fields of study:Medicine

More details:William Farber


Research Division : Assyriology

Fields of study:Ancient Civilizations

More details:Samuel Noah Kramer


Research Division : Cancer, AIDS and Immunology

Fields of study:Oncology

More details:CAIR


Research Division : Cell Scan for the Early Detection of Cancer

Fields of study:Oncology

More details:Jerome Schottenstein


Research Division : Commercial Law

Fields of study:Commercial Law


Research Division : Comparative Law

Fields of study:Comparative Law


Research Division : Computerized Data in Jewish Studies

Fields of study:Jewish Studies


Research Division : Defence and Peace Economics

Fields of study:Peace and Disarmament


Research Division : Dyslexia and Reading Disorders

Fields of study:Education of the Handicapped

More details:Haddad


Research Division : Economic Structures of Jewish Communities

Fields of study:Jewish Studies


Research Division : Economics

Fields of study:Economics


Research Division : Economy of Israel

Fields of study:Economics

More details:David J. Azrieli


Research Division : European Community

Fields of study:European Studies


Research Division : Family

Fields of study:Family Studies

More details:Kukin


Research Division : History of Jewish Bible

Fields of study:Bible


Research Division : History of Oriental Jewry

Fields of study:Jewish Studies, Oriental Studies


Research Division : History of the Land of Israel and its Settlements

Fields of study:History, Jewish Studies

More details:Rivlin


Research Division : Holocaust Literature

Fields of study:Jewish Studies


Research Division : International Policy and Communications

Fields of study:International Relations and Diplomacy, International Studies


Research Division : Israel-Diaspora Relations

Fields of study:International Relations and Diplomacy

More details:Shlomo Argov


Research Division : Israeli Economy and Society

Fields of study:Economics, Jewish Studies

More details:Schnitzer Foundation


Research Division : Jerusalem Studies

Fields of study:Jewish Studies

More details:Ingeborg Rennert


Research Division : Jewish Education in the Diaspora

Fields of study:Jewish Studies

More details:Lookstein


Research Division : Jewish Thought

Fields of study:Jewish Studies

More details:Rabbi Carlebach


Research Division : Latin American Development

Fields of study:Latin American Studies


Research Division : Lexicography

Fields of study:Terminology


Research Division : Life Sciences Applied Research

Fields of study:Biological and Life Sciences

More details:Dr. Jaime Lusinchi


Research Division : Literature of the People of Israel

Fields of study:Jewish Studies, Literature

More details:Baruch Kurzweil


Research Division : Mathematical Sciences

Fields of study:Mathematics

More details:Abraham Gelbart


Research Division : Medical Diagnostics

Fields of study:Medicine

More details:Gonda Goldschmied


Research Division : Midrasha for Women

Fields of study:Jewish Studies


Research Division : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Fields of study:Nuclear Physics

More details:NMR


Research Division : Post-Talmudic Halakhic

Fields of study:Judaic Religious Studies


Research Division : Religious Anthropology

Fields of study:Anthropology

More details:Jacob Taubes


Research Division : Religious Zionism

Fields of study:Judaic Religious Studies


Research Division : Shoah

Fields of study:Jewish Studies

More details:Leona and Arnold Finkler


Research Division : Sociology of Ethnic Groups

Fields of study:Sociology


Research Division : Strategic Studies

Fields of study:Military Science, Peace and Disarmament

More details:Begin-Sadat (BESA)


Research Division : Study and Dissemination of Oral Law

Fields of study:Law

More details:Naftal


Research Division : Study of Developmental Disorders in Infants and Young Children

Fields of study:Developmental Psychology

More details:Fanny and Edward Baker


Research Division : Study of Mountainous Areas in Judea and the Etzion Bloc

Fields of study:Mountain Studies


Research Division : Study of Women in Judaism

Fields of study:Women's Studies

More details:Fanya Gottesfeld Heller


Research Division : Teaching of Sciences

Fields of study:Science Education


Research Division : Yiddish Culture

Fields of study:Jewish Studies

More details:Rena Costa

top Degrees

Bachelor's Degree

Fields of study:Arabic, Archaeology, Bible, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, English, French, Hebrew, History, Information Sciences, Jewish Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Medicine, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Neurosciences, Philosophy, Translation and Interpretation


Diploma

Fields of study:Anthropology, Art Therapy, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Criminology, Economics, Education, Geography (Human), Government, Hotel Management, Journalism, Library Science, Management, Mathematics, Music, Optometry, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Tourism, Translation and Interpretation


Master's Degree

Fields of study:Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Bible, Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Chemistry, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Criminology, Cultural Studies, Education, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, French, French Studies, Gender Studies, Geography (Human), Hebrew, History, Holy Writings, Information Sciences, Jewish Studies, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Microelectronics, Middle Eastern Studies, Music, Natural Sciences, Neurosciences, Peace and Disarmament, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology, Technology, Telecommunications Engineering, Translation and Interpretation, Zoology


Doctorate

Fields of study:Administrative Law, Ancient Languages, Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Archaeology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Chemistry, Civil Law, Classical Languages, Commercial Law, Comparative Literature, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Constitutional Law, Contemporary History, Criminal Law, Criminology, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Fiscal Law, French, French Studies, Geography (Human), Grammar, Greek (Classical), History, Information Sciences, International Law, Jewish Studies, Latin, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Logic, Mathematics, Medicine, Medieval Studies, Metaphysics, Microbiology, Microelectronics, Modern History, Music, Neurosciences, Philosophical Schools, Philosophy, Physics, Political Sciences, Private Law, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Telecommunications Engineering, Translation and Interpretation, Zoology

Note

Also International MBA Program (iMBA), Executive MBA Program (EMBA) teaching certificates in Comparative Literature, English, French Studies and Music

top Academic Periodicals

Periodicals

Ladinar - Ladino Studies.

Alei Sefer - Studies in Bibliography and the History of the Printed and the Digital Hebrew Book

Ayin Gimel - A Journal of Agnon Studies

BADAD - Quarterly Journal of Torah and Scholarship

Bar Ilan Law Studies

Criticism and Interpretation - Interdisciplinary Academic Journal for the Study of Literature and Culture

Daat - Journal for Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah [He,En]

Democratic Culture

Hebrew Linguistics - A Journal for Hebrew Descriptive, Computational and Applied Linguistics

Jerusalem and Israel - Journal for Israel and Archeology Studies

JSIJ - Jewish Studies, an Internet Journal

Kabbalah - Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts

Literacy and Language

Meidaat - Journal of Information Science and Librarianship

Sidra: A Journal for the Study of Rabbinic Literature

Tzohar l'Beit ha'Sohar [Window into the Prison, Heb] - Criminology and Correctional Studies

Main Press

Bar-Ilan University Press

top Student & Staff Numbers

Staff

Statistics Year:2018-2019

Full Time Male:581

Full Time Female:326

Full Time Total:907

Students

Statistics Year:2018-2019

Male:6968

Female:9819

Total:16787

Updated on 08-12-2020