Academic World

IDF Atidim launches first dedicated engineering track for haredi, minority students

Students will earn practical engineering diplomas before enlistment, serve in leading Military Intelligence technology units, and complete full engineering degrees during their military service.

The students will be integrated into core technological units in the Military Intelligence Directorate and the IDF in general. Program opening ceremony via Walla.
Brown University President Christina Paxson listens during a press conference.

Brown University president Christina Paxson to step down after Trump administration clashes

View of the Judean desert, in the West Bank, February 6, 2026.

Academic Israel vs Israel education

 Dr. Ofek Riemer.

'These boycotts are demoralizing us, silencing us,' Israeli academic tells 'Post' - interview


‘Resilience’ is the word at Reichman University’s International School

Reichman University’s resilience shines as international students volunteer, stay in Israel during the war, and new students transfer to escape antisemitism.

TLC PIZZA BREAK for students in front of the dorms.

Prof. Liran Goren is charting the Earth’s surface—and beyond

Combining her vast knowledge, curiosity, and innovative spirit, Prof. Goren is resolved to uncover the Erath’s secrets.

 Prof. Liran Goren: " When you’re asking questions no one has asked before, sometimes you get stuck. It’s exciting and frustrating all at once."

Amid rising antisemitism, ISGAP hosts largest ever Oxford Summer Institute cohort

With antisemitism on the rise, ISGAP's Oxford program trains academics to fight prejudice through cutting-edge education.

Scholars from around the world convened at Oxford’s ISGAP summer institute.

Tel Aviv University announces second round of special admissions track for reservists

First-year students who have served more than 30 days in IDF reserves will be entitled to a 25% reduction in tuition fees.

Tel Aviv University

How Bar-Ilan University plans to use Its $260 Million donation for growth and tradition - opinion

Bar-Ilan University has received its largest donation ever. Its leaders must now decide how to use this money, balancing their agency for Jewish heritage and innovation.

 Galit Shohat-Ophir walks among researchers in a laboratory at the Bar-Ilan University, in Ramat Gan, Israel.

From the battle to the classroom: Behind the scenes of Israel’s wartime academic year

Israel's universities and colleges lost students, faculties, and staff due to reserve duty for the Israel-Hamas War. This forced academic institutions to adapt on the fly.

 The 2024 graduation ceremony at Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Jewish students are being encouraged to study in Israel in light of increasingly hostile academic environments in the West.

A new immigrant, an Israeli and an international student strolling together at Hebrew University's Safra campus at Givat Ram, in Jerusalem.

Bill to fire academics who 'incite to terror' is unconstitutional, attorney general says

The bill also gives a Knesset subcommittee the authority to slash funding from institutions who ignore the bill, as well as take "other enforcement measures."

 Gali Baharav Miara

Belgium's Ghent University severs ties with all Israeli universities over Hamas war

The university will continue its research projects with six non-academic Israeli institutions, saying they could not find any links between them and human rights violations.

The logo of "Universiteit Gent" is pictured on a building of Ghent University, Belgium, April 4, 2017.

Campus protests must be branded 'Academic Intifada' - opinion

Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters crying “Globalize the intifada” demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.

 A STUDENT wrapped in a keffiyeh stands and whistles while holding up his cap with the words, ‘End The Occupation,’ at the Harvard University Commencement Exercises, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last week.