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| University : BAR-ILAN UNIV - Israel |
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Name: | BAR-ILAN UNIV | | Country: | Israel | | Institution: | University | | Street: | Ramat Gan | | Postcode/City: | 52900 | | Phone: | (03) 531-8111 | | Fax: | | | Web: | http://www.biu.ac.il/ | | BAR-ILAN UNIV: About the University
Bar-Ilan University is the second largest university in Israel with a student population of approximately 24500 at the main campus in Ramat Gan and at the four regional colleges operating under its auspices – in the Jordan Valley in Safed in the western Galilee and in Ashkelon
The university regards the sacred principles of Judaism as the manifestation of the Jewish peoples uniqueness in accordance with the principles defined upon its establishment The universitys basic roles include supporting the safeguarding of these principles out of love and with the purpose of training and producing scholars researchers and men of science knowledgeable in the Torah and imbued with the original Jewish spirit and love of ones brethren
The university cultivates and combines Jewish identity and tradition with modern technologies and research Instilling the fundamentals of Jewish heritage through basic Jewish studies the Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studiesand other activities while offering high-level academic studies and the development of advanced research within the framework of faculties departments and research centers renders the university unique
Aiming to excel in research in recent years Bar-Ilan University has placed major emphasis on expanding its research activities and advanced studies by substantially increasing the number of research students via Presidential and other scholarships The university has also developed unique interdisciplinary study programs and has intensified research and instruction in fields that are at the forefront of sciences such as computational biology biotechnology nanotechnology and more
The 24500 students registered at the university and its colleges hailing from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds study together harmoniously in classrooms laboratories and libraries and thus Bar-Ilan University contributes to tolerance and coexistence between religious and secular and Arab and Jewish students
Since it inception Bar-Ilan University has been aware of the complexity of Israeli society and its fundamental difficulties and has taken steps to strengthen its involvement in the community by establishing branches which over the years have become colleges throughout the country The university has thus brought academia to the periphery and has supplied psychological and legal services to populations in need by granting scholarships to underprivileged students by opening study programs for Bachelors degrees for the religious Orthodox community and more
With the help of its friends and supporters worldwide the university continues to serve as a beacon of light as pledged in its founding charter and opens its gates to applicants from Israel and around the globe
Approximately 88000 Bar-Ilan University alumni hold key positions in society as well as in the public domain in leading economic and security sectors infusing the spirit of Jewish values Jewish morals intellectual values ideological moderation and commitment to the community which they have acquired at the university – in their respective domains and areas of activity
Bar-Ilan University a unique community of scientists who conduct themselves in accordance with the Jewish tradition investing their energy and efforts into the integration of the old with the new the ancient with the modern the sacred with the mundane the spiritual with the scientific | | |
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