Higher education

A call to students worldwide: Now is the time to come study in Israel - opinion

Joining the community of Israeli academia is to take a stand.

 STUDENTS MINGLE on the campus of Shenkar College. ‘In Israel, we are rebuilding – intellectually, emotionally, and physically – after a national trauma. Your presence can be a part of that sunrise,’ says the writer.
deta il of the physical home of the Safra Center for Ethics

Building the future of democratic thought

 TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY President Prof. Ariel Porat, and dean of the Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences Prof. Karen Avraham.

Creating the future for Israeli medicine and healthcare

 Sarit Firon, managing partner at Team8 and Managing Partner of Team8 Capital

Sarit Firon on AI, leadership, Israeli Resilience, and the TAU ties that still matter


HIT President at JPost Conference: '80,000 engineers in applied sciences are needed in Israel'

HIT President Prof. Eduard Yakubov emphasized Israel’s urgent need for 80,000 applied science engineers and called for national unity through STEM education, innovation, and social responsibility.

 Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT)

Tel Aviv University celebrates global achievers with Honorary Degrees at 2025 Annual Ceremony

World-renowned journalist Thomas Friedman, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Prof. Stephen Quake, and climate policy expert Prof. Miranda Schreurs among this year’s honorees.

 2025 TAU honorary degrees winners

Brown University stops hosting controversial history program after Trump antisemitism crackdown

The program notably had controversial teachings about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but university authorities maintain that the curriculum was not antisemitic.

 The Van Wickle Gates stand at the edge of the main campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., August 16, 2022.

'Death to Israel': Northwestern University vandalized with graffiti amid Trump crackdown

The defacement occurred as the federal government has sought to push academic institutions, including Northwestern, to adopt new policies to address campus antisemitism and radicalism.

Signs are displayed in front of Deering Meadow, where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, US. April 25, 2024

Columbia will not surrender independence in face of federal demands, acting president says

"We would reject any agreement that would require us to relinquish our independence and autonomy as an educational institution," acting president Claire Shipman said on Monday.

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Reichman University: Where global education meets Israel’s entrepreneurial spirit

Reichman University blends academic excellence with real-world impact. 'This place has amazing added value,' says VP Jonathan Davis, 'where Israel is one of the world’s top startup nations.'

 Jonathan Davis, Vice President for External Relations and Head of the Raphael Recanati International School

Bar-Ilan University to recruit research students in scientific fields using NIS 1b. gift

Bar-Ilan University, with a NIS 1 billion gift, is recruiting research students to enhance Israel's Deep Tech leadership, featuring an Open Day on April 2.

 Photos of Bar-Ilan University campus, March, 2025.

More than half of Israeli universities fail to report sexual harassment complaints

The report found that some universities have only one staff member handling thousands of sexual harassment cases.

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

'Who is going to develop the next Iron Dome?'

Afeka College of Engineering President Professor Ami Moyal, spoke at JPost Miami Summit.

 Professor Ami Moyal, President of Afeka College of Engineering in Tel Aviv

'We identify talents others have failed to identify and work with them to compete'

Professor Aviad Kleinberg, President of Ruppin Academic Center at JPost Miami Summit.

 Professor Aviad Kleinberg,  President of Ruppin Academic Center

'Education is a major goal of my life'

Ariel University President at Jpost Miami Summit.

 Professor Ehud Grossman, President of Ariel University in a one-on-one interview with Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Zvika Klein