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Tel Aviv University
אוניברסיטת תל אביב
Image:Logo-tel-aviv.jpg
Established: 1956
Type: Public
President: Zvi Galil
Rector: Dany Leviatan
Vice-Presidents: Yehiel Ben-Zvi, Hagit Messer-Yaron
Students: 29,000
Location: Flag of Israel Tel Aviv, Israel
Campus: Urban
Website: www.tau.ac.il/
The Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard
The Leigh Engineering Faculty Boulevard
The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center
The Cymbalista Synagogue and Jewish Heritage Center
The Smolarsh Auditorium
The Smolarsh Auditorium

Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel's largest on-site university. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Zvi Galil (צבי גליל born 1947 is an Israeli Computer scientist and Mathematician. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects [1] As of 2006, the Tel Aviv University teaches around 29,000 students.

TAU was founded in 1956 when the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies joined together to form a university. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

TAU received its autonomy from the Tel Aviv municipality in 1963, when its campus, in the northern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Aviv was established. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated Ramat Aviv is a district of several Neighbourhoods in northern Tel Aviv, on the north bank of the Yarkon River.

TAU comprises nine faculties, 106 departments, and 90 research institutes. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had

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History

Located in Israel's cultural, financial and industrial heartland, Tel Aviv University is the largest university in Israel and the biggest Jewish university in the world. It is a major center of teaching and research, comprising nine faculties, 106 departments, and 90 research institutes. Its origins go back to 1956, when three small education units - The Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics, an Institute of Natural Sciences, and an Institute of Jewish Studies - joined together to form the University of Tel Aviv. At first attached to the Tel Aviv municipality, the University was granted autonomy in 1963, and its campus in the residential section of Ramat Aviv was established the same year.

Tel Aviv University offers an extensive range of study programs in the arts and sciences, within its Faculties of Engineering, Exact Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Arts and Management. The original 170-acre (0. 69 km²) campus has been expanded to include an additional 50 acre tract, now being developed. The University also maintains academic supervision over the Center for Technological Design in Holon, the New Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, and the Tel Aviv Engineering College.

Location

Greater Tel Aviv, encompassing neighboring cities such as Ramat Gan and Holon, has a population of over one million, making it Israel's largest metropolitan area. Ramat Gan (רָמַת גַּן is a city in the Tel Aviv district of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west Holon (חוֹלוֹן, Ḥōlōn is a City in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. The most cosmopolitan of Israeli cities, Tel Aviv serves as the center of Israel's theatre, music and arts communities, hosting entertainment and nightlife from around the world.

Campus

With over 27,000 full-time students, Tel Aviv University is Israel's largest academic institution. The University consistently ranks highly among institutions of higher learning world-wide. Many members of its faculty have won international recognition and are considered leaders in their fields of research.

Faculties

The nine faculties of the university are:

Other university schools and programs include:

Relations with other universities

Tel Aviv University offers special programs of Jewish studies to teachers and students from the United States, France, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual David Joshua Azrieli, CM, CQ, BA, MArch, LLD, (דוד עזריאלי born May 10, 1922) is a Canadian The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Zubin Mehta (born April 29 1936 is an Indian conductor Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and The term exact science refers to fields of Science that are capable of accurate quantitative expression or precise predictions and rigorous methods of testing History Founded in October 1971 as a collaboration between Tel-Aviv University and the Smithsonian Institution, and named after the late Mitzpe Ramon (מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן lit Ramon Lookout) is a town in the Negev Desert of southern Israel. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency Tami Steinmetz Center For Peace Research is an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University which surveys public opinion regarding the peace process, the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The programs are in English.

The School for Overseas Students gives young people from different countries the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. The program is in English and also offers the opportunity to live and study in a kibbutz. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in

The Tel Aviv University Law Faculty currently has exchange programs from thirteen overseas universities. Namely: Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Virginia, Cornell, Boston University, Temple, Cardozo, Toronto, Bucerius (Hamburg), Monash (Melbourne), Milan, and Seoul National University[1]. The university offers about 20 courses a year in English, recruiting many top lecturers from overseas to teach.

It is now possible to take these courses through the School for Overseas Students if you are currently studying at any overseas Law school.

Other study opportunities for students from abroad are:

A letter of intent was signed between New York University and Tel Aviv University (TAU) on May 30, 2007. Temple University is a state-related public research University in Philadelphia. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. The plan is to establish an NYU Study Abroad Campus in Israel with a base in, and partnership with, TAU. [2]

Faculty

Notable faculty members (past and present) include:

Notable alumni

See also

References

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