The Universities and Colleges of Zion ( the definitive listing)

This is a list of universities and colleges in Israel. There are nine universities and several dozen colleges in Israel, which are recognized and academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. In addition, Israel founded a university in Ariel in the West Bank, which is recognized and academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria. As many course offerings are varied, Israeli universities are considered to be of top quality, and they are inexpensive to attend. Israel's quality university education is largely responsible for spurring the country's high tech boom and rapid economic development.

The primary difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can confer doctorate degrees, and therefore tends to be more research-oriented than the more teaching-oriented colleges.

Universities

Israel's universities are listed below, followed by their English acronym, establishment date, latest data about the number of students and the institute's academic rank of the top world universities, according to WebOMetrics^] (top 3000), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)^] (top 500) and The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) (top 200):

Institute	Est. Date	Students	World Academic Rank (WebOMetrics, SJTU, THES)
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT)	1912	13,000 (2005)	101–150, 102–150, 301-350
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)	1918	22,600 (2003)	131, 59, 178
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)	1934	2,500 (2012)	346, 102–150, N/A
Bar-Ilan University (BIU)	1955	26,800 (2008)	570, 305–401, N/A
Tel Aviv University (TAU)	1956	29,000 (2005)	266, 102–150, 201-250
University of Haifa (HU)	1963	18,000 (2009)	510, 401–500, N/A
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)	1969	19,000 (2010)	448, 203–304, N/A
Open University of Israel (OPENU)	1974	39,000 (2005)	1893, N/A, N/A
Ariel University (AU)	1982	14,000 (2012)	N/A, N/A, N/A

Most universities offer the full range of graduate and undergraduate degrees – bachelor's, master's and the doctorate. However, the Weizmann Institute does not offer the bachelor's degree and the Open University does not offer the doctorate.

Colleges

ORT Braude College of Engineering

Other institutes (Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה Mikhlala; pl. מכללות Mikhlalot)  of higher education that are accredited by CHEI to confer a bachelor's (and in some cases a master's) degree are known as colleges degrees or associate degrees . There are also over twenty teacher training colleges - most of which will award only the Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.).

The Colleges are Academic Center of Law and Business, Ramat Gan Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo Afeka College of Engineering, Tel Aviv Ashkelon Academic College Beersheba Tehni School Beit Zvi School of the Performing Arts Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem Carmel Academic Center, Haifa Center for Academic Studies, Or Yehuda College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), Rishon LeZion Dan Academic Center, Petah Tikva Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem Haredi College of Jerusalem Holon Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Herzliya Israel College of the Bible, Netanya Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Jerusalem College of Engineering Jerusalem College of Technology Jerusalem University College Kinneret Academic College Lander Institute, Jerusalem Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel Mivhar College, Bnei Brak Neri Bloomfeld School of Design and Education, Haifa Netanya Academic College Netanya Academic College of Law Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono ORT Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel Peres Academic Center, Rehovot Reidman College, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba, Eilat, Kinneret, and Misgav Ruppin Academic Center Sapir Academic College Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Beersheba and Ashdod Sha'arei Mishpat College, Hod HaSharon Shalem College, Jerusalem Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan Tel-Hai Academic College Western Galilee College Zefat Academic College, Safed Yehuda Regional College, Kiryat Arba1

The teacher training colleges include: Ahva Academic College, Ahva Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education,Baqa al-Gharbiyye Arab College for Education, Haifa Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba College of Technology Education, Tel Aviv David Yellin College of Education, Jerusalem Efrata College of Education, Jerusalem Emuna College of Education, Jerusalem Givat Washington College of Education, Givat Washington Gordon College of Education, Haifa Hemdat College of Education, Netivot Herzog College, Alon Shvut Jerusalem College Michlala, Jerusalem Kaye Academic College of Education,Beersheba Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv Lifshitz College of Education,] Jerusalem MOFET Institute, Consortium of Colleges of Education Moreshet Yaakov Religious College of Education, Rehovot Ohalo College, Katzrin (Golan Heights)1 Oranim Academic College, Kiryat Tivon Ort College for Teachers of Technology, Tel Aviv Shaanan Religious College of Education,Haifa Talpiot College of Education, Tel Aviv WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education, Haifa

Foreign university campuses

The following foreign universities maintain international branch campuses in Israel:

• Brigham Young University - the BYU Jerusalem Center
• Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
• Yeshiva University
• University of Indianapolis