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There are eight official universities in Israel. In addition, there are a few dozen colleges and other institutes of higher learning, as well as about a dozen foreign university extensions. All are academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHEI). The main difference between a university and a college in Israel is that only a university can issue doctorate degrees. Theoretically, a college can apply to the CHEI to upgrade its status to university.

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Universities

Colleges

References

See also

Universities

Israel's official universities are listed below, followed by their English acronym (if commonly used), internet domain, 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	Internet Domain	Est. Date	Students	World Academic Rank (WebOMetrics, SJTU, THES)
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT)	technion.ac.il	1924	13,000 (2005)	198, 102-150, 194
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)	huji.ac.il	1925	22,600 (2003)	131, 64, 77
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)	weizmann.ac.il	1949	700 (2006)	346, 102-150, N/A
Bar-Ilan University (BIU)	biu.ac.il	1955	32,000 (2005)	570, 305-401, N/A
Tel Aviv University (TAU)	tau.ac.il	1956	29,000 (2005)	266, 102-150, 188
University of Haifa (HU)	haifa.ac.il	1963	13,000 (2005)	604, 402-508, N/A
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)	bgu.ac.il	1969	17,300 (2005)	448, 203-304, N/A
Open University of Israel	openu.ac.il	1974	39,000 (2005)	1893, N/A, N/A

Colleges

Other institutes of higher-learning in Israel that are accredited by CHEI to confer a Bachelor's (and in some cases also a Master's) degree are called ''Colleges'' (, ''Mikhlalot''). There are also over twenty teacher training colleges or seminaries, most of which can award only a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree.
The ''Colleges'' include:

★ Holon Academic Institute of Technology

★ Ariel University Center of Samaria

★ Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

★ Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

★ Jerusalem College of Technology

★ Kaye Academic College of Education

★ Shenkar College of Engineering and Design

★ Ruppin - The Academic Center

★ Ashkelon Academic College

★ The College of Management

★ ORT Braude College of Engineering

★ Academic College of Tel-Aviv - Yaffo

★ Hadassah Academic College [1]

★ Jezreel Valley College [2]

★ Tel-Hai Academic College

★ Netanya Academic College [3]

★ Interdisciplinary Center (WebOMetric rank: 2241)

★ Academic College of Engineering in Tel-Aviv

★ Sapir Academic College [4]

★ Negev Academic College of Engineering

★ Sha'arei Mishpat

★ Academic College of Law

★ Jerusalem College of Engineering

★ Achva Academic College [5]

★ Kinneret Academic College [6]

★ Shamoon College of Engineering [7]

References

★ The Council for Higher Education in Israel and its official description of types of Israeli higher learning institutions, and their full lists.

See also

★ Teacher Training Colleges in Israel

★ Mechina