Tel Aviv University (TAU) - Israel's largest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning - is home to over 30,000 students studying in nine faculties and over 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, humanities and the arts.
Situated in Israel's cultural, financial and technological capital, TAU shares Tel Aviv's unshakable spirit of openness and innovation – and boasts a campus life as dynamic and pluralistic as the metropolis itself. Tel Aviv the city and Tel Aviv the university are one and the same – a thriving Mediterranean center of diversity and discovery.
Consistently ranked in the top 20 in the world in terms of scientific citations and among the top 100 universities internationally, Tel Aviv University is also Israel's first choice for students, and its graduates are the most sought after by Israeli companies. Global in outlook and impact, TAU advances teaching and research that break down the walls between disciplines, striving to address the twenty-first century's most pressing challenges through bold, interdisciplinary solutions.
Our students, faculty, and staff take pride in our tradition of global excellence in the heart of the Mediterranean region. TAU's Campus is located in Israel’s capital of innovation and culture. Ranked as one of the world’s top 10 cities, Tel Aviv is known for its entrepreneurial atmosphere and exciting social lifestyles which feeds the same atmosphere to TAU. Ranked among the world’s top 100 innovation universities, TAU has a strong interdisciplinary focus and collaborates closely with leading institutions worldwide.
Today, the university maintains strong partnerships and joint programs with more than 150 leading academic institutions, organizations, and businesses around the world.
- Israel’s largest and most comprehensive research university, with 9 faculties and 125 schools and departments
- Located in Tel Aviv, the high-tech, business and cultural center of the country
- Founded in 1956
- 30,000 students, of whom 14,000 are master’s and doctoral candidates
- 15,000 international alumni
- 1,000 senior faculty members and 1,400 affiliated physicians at 17 hospitals
- More than 20 International programs (degree and non degree)
- Over 2,000 international students from over 100 countries
- 130 research centers and institutes
- 209 chairs
- 3,500 research projects each year
- 400 labs
- Israel ranks 2nd in the world for innovation out of 138 economies according to the 2016-17 Global Competitiveness Report issued by the World Economic Forum.
- It is the 4th most educated country among OECD countries.
- #22 - TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
- TOP 100 innovation University
- 8th in the worlds for graduators that established “unicorn” companies worth $1 Billion or more.
- TAU ranks 26th in the world for citation impact per faculty member in the 2017 QS rankings. According to "US World News Report," citations per faculty are the best understood and most widely accepted measure of research strength and faculty productivity at a university.
- TAU ranks 10th outside the USA , 43rd in the world and 1st in Israel for US patents (2016 NAI & IPO).
- TAU is in 75th place in the world, and leads Israel in both the number of research publications and the number of publications in the most prestigious journals according to the 2017 Leiden Ranking, another objective measure of research strength and standing.
- TAU ranks 5th in winning European Research Council (ERC) grants among 172 leading European research institutions.
- 2 Oscar-nominated films in a row
- No. 1 in research output among Israeli universities
- No. 1 in citation impact among Israeli universities
- No. 1 choice among Israeli students
- 11th in world in Bioinformatics and 12th in Algorithms (2013 Microsoft Academic Search)
- Among top 15 international film schools (Hollywood Reporter 2016)
- 20th in world in Computer Science (2015 Shanghai Ranking)
- Among top 30 business schools (2016 Eduniversal Ranking)
- Among top 75 for Engineering (2016 Shanghai Ranking)
- Among top 75 for Sociology (2017 Shanghai Ranking)
- Among top 100 for Economics, Statistics, Political Sciences, Psychology (2017 Shanghai Ranking)
- 80th in world in Arts & Humanities (2016 US News)
