Higher Education in Israel

Higher Education in Israel

Multi-Year Plan and Internationalization

Academic Research and Innovation

Israel’s Higher Education System

Higher Education in Israel

Multi-Year Plan and Internationalization

Academic Research and Innovation

Israel’s Higher Education System

The Higher Education System and its InterfacesTHE STATE

KNESSET GOVERNMENT

Finance Education

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

LAW1958

CHECHAIR

VICE CHAIR

Council for Higher Education (CHE)

The Council for Higher Education (CHE)

Provides accreditation of new degrees and programs

Approves the establishment of new institutions and licensing of branches of foreign HE institutions

Conducts Quality Assurance of existing programs

The Higher Education System and its InterfacesTHE STATE

KNESSET GOVERNMENT

Finance Education

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

LAW1958

GOVT DECISION

1977

CHECHAIR

VICE CHAIR

PBCCHAIR

Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC)

The Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC)

Plans the development of the HE system at the national level, taking into account academic and national needs

Negotiates with the Ministry of Finance on the state budget for higher education

Allocates the budget to the HE Institutions

Ensures that institutional budgets are balanced

Israeli HE System - Snapshot 310,000 students (50% of age cohort) in 62 institutions

9 Universities - Public 53 Colleges

8 Research Universities

1 Open University

32 Academic Colleges

(20 public, 12 private)

21 Teacher Training Colleges (public)

HE Institutions in Israel

Universities Budgeted CollegesNon-Budgeted

Colleges

Status Budgeted and Planned by PBC Not budgeted and planned by PBC but supervisedacademically

Research and Training

Budgeted for research Not budgeted for research

May have research funds

Programs Bachelors, Masters, PhDwide range of fields

Bachelor and Master, limited number of fields

Faculty Ranks Full Prof; Associate Prof; Senior Lecturer, Lecturer

Israel’s HE Institutions - Timeline

1923: Technion

1925: Hebrew University

1934: Weizmann Institute

1955: Bar Ilan University

1956: Tel Aviv University

1969: Ben Gurion University

1972: Haifa University

1974: Open University

1975-1990: Some new colleges

1990s: MassiveOpening of Colleges

2012: Ariel declared as University

Significant Growth in Number of Colleges

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9

58

16 1821 21 21 21 21 20 20

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31

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1989/90 1994/95 99/2000 2004/05 2009/10 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

Universities Budgeted Colleges Non Budgeted Colleges Teacher Training Colleges

Accelerated Growth in Number of Students

192,700

266,830

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

1985/86 1989/90 1993/94 1997/98 2001/02 2005/06 2009/10 2013/14 2017/18

Total Students

Bachelor Students

NB: These figures do not include students studying at the Open University, of which there are approximately 42,700 in 2017/18

Higher Education in Israel

Multi-Year Plan and Internationalization

Academic Research and Innovation

Israel’s Higher Education System

Individual Research Funding in Israel

Home Institution

H2020

Israel Science Foundation

Bi-National Funds

MoST Grants

PBC MoST~3B USD

2.1B USD (~70%)

106M USD

140M USD

International Research CollaborationEuropean Framework Programs (FP4 >Horizon 2020)

BSF: Bi-National Science Foundation with US

GIF: German-Israel Foundation

Joint research program with NSFC of China

Joint Research Program with UGC of India

Joint Research Program with NRF of Singapore

Joint research program with CIHR of Canada

Research Infrastructure

CERN: Full Member

SESAME: Middle East Collaboration

Israeli Universities in Shanghai Ranking

Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2017

Country Rank Institution World Rank

1 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 93

2 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 101-150

3 Weizmann Institute of Science 101-150

4 Tel Aviv University 151-200

5 Ben Gurion University 401-500

6 Bar Ilan University 401-500

Citations Per Publication 1996-2016

#1 Computer Science

#5 Engineering

#7 Chemistry

#5 Biochemistry, Genetics, and

Molecular Biology#6 Country Ranking

Israel’s Recent Nobel, Turing Prize and Fields Medal Laureates

Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt, Nobel in Chemistry, 2013, Weizmann Institute

Shafi Goldwasser, Turing Prize, 2012, Weizmann Institute

Dan Shechtman, Nobel in Chemistry, 2011, Technion

Elon Lindenstrauss, Fields Medal, 2010, Hebrew University

Ada E. Yonat, Nobel in Chemistry, 2009, Weizmann Institute

Robert Aumann, Nobel in Economics, 2005, Hebrew University

Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko, Nobel in Chemistry, 2004, Technion

Daniel Kahneman, Nobel in Economics, 2002, Hebrew University

Adi Shamir, Turing Prize, 2002, Weizmann Institute

Israel’s Investment in ResearchIsrael’s Investment in R&D

R&D and Innovation in Israel – The role of universitiesPBC budget model encourages research excellence

Long history of TT companies within universities (Weizmann Institute and Hebrew University established 2nd and 3rd TT companies in the world) - single point of contact for industry and academic researchers

New models for encouraging innovation on campus (e.g. Hebrew University’s BioGiv“excubator”)

Three Israeli universities (Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, Technion) ranked amongst top 100 ‘Most Innovative’ in the world – high number of registered patents, licensed technologies, and start-up spin-off companies.

Some key Israeli innovations from universities:

All HEIs Have Their Own TT CompanyWeizmann Institute – Yeda (1959)

Hebrew University – Yissum (1964)

Tel Aviv University – Ramot (1973)

Technion – T3

Ben Gurion University – BGN Technologies

Bar Ilan University – BIRAD

Haifa University – Carmel

Israeli colleges and hospitals – SNE Rosetta IP

Government Intervention Programs

Under the responsibility of the Israel Innovation Authority

Different intervention programs for academic-industry collaboration (MAGNET, MAGNETON etc.)

International collaboration programs

Higher Education in Israel

Multi-Year Plan and Internationalization

Academic Research and Innovation

Israel’s Higher Education System

CHE/PBC Multi-Year Plan Priorities2016-2022

Strengthening and Streamlining the System

National Needs and the Labor Market

Innovation in Teaching

Research Infrastructure in the Cloud Era

Internationalization

Internationalization Policy Goals

Supporting Institutional

Capacity

Attracting International

Students

Global Experience and Skills for

Israeli Students

International Research Linkages

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