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Name: | UNIV OF HAIFA | | Country: | Israel | | Institution: | University | | Street: | Mt. Carmel, Haifa | | Postcode/City: | 31905 | | Phone: | (04) 824-0111 | | Fax: | | | Web: | http://www.haifa.ac.il/ | | UNIV OF HAIFA:About the University
The campus of the University of Haifa spreads along a Carmel Mountain ridge southeast of the city of Haifa and is surrounded by the Carmel National Park The University was established in 1963 under the joint auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Haifa Municipality In 1972 it gained academic accreditation as a separate institution from the Council for Higher Education
The University of Haifa is the most pluralistic institution of higher education in Israel sons and daughters of both veteran cities and development towns kibbutzim and moshavim new immigrants Jews Arabs and Druzes IDF officers and security personnel—all sitting together on the bench of knowledge in an atmosphere of coexistence tolerance and mutual respect
The University considers the link-up between academic excellence and social responsibility as its flagship and service to the community as one of its important goals
Some 16500 students are studying toward a degree BA MA or PhD in 200506 The University offers six Faculties Humanities Social Sciences Sciences and Science Education Law Social Welfare and Health Studies and Education And five Schools Business Administration Social Work History Public Health and Political Sciences
Research is concentrated in centers and institutes on a wide variety of subjects and fields Among them study of psychological stress information processing and decision-making evolution the Holocaust maritime studies natural and environmental resources shipping and aviation the family Research facilities include The Jewish-Arab Center Herzl Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel Study of Crime Law and Society Study of Pilgrimage Tourism and Recreation Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Emotions International Brain and Behavior Research Center Center for Democratic Studies Center for Law and Technology Center for Research of Education for Peace Center for National Security Studies and Geostrategy IBM put up its largest research center outside the United States on the University campus
The University of Haifa’s involvement in the community is manifested in a varied ways Along with developing academic excellence the University assists many students to gain a higher education by means of Pre-Academic Unit It aids many students to overcome economic obstacles through its Social Involvement Unit The Continuing Education and External Studies Unit offers special curricula for managers in different fields and for a range of professionals and enables some 5000 “students” to take advanced training courses
The Library of the University is a centralized facility serving the needs of its instructors students and administrative employees Most of its holdings numbering some two million book and non-book items are on open shelves and freely accessible Special collections include reserves law rare books shipping and art The University devotes great attention to the arts and cultivates such collections On campus there are art galleries murals by well-known Israeli artists and impressive sculpture
The University new Arts Center building the academic center for the study of the arts designed by the noted architect Haim Kehat occupies an area of 3500 sq meters over four stories The curricula here are based on cooperation theory and joint and parallel creativity among the departments offering three fields of art studies art theater and music Work space in the center was planned specifically to provide students with optimal working conditions and to fulfill the special programs of study in these fields Workshops studios and classrooms are all state of the art The Arts Center was constructed with the aid of a donation from the Hecht Foundations and will be named for the late Dr Reuven Hecht
The Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa was the first in Israel to be located on a university campus Its Archeological Wing displays finds from the Hecht Collection as well as thematic exhibits ancient industries and crafts Phoenicians on the northern coast of Israel in the Biblical period The Museum’s Ancient Ship Wing devoted to the 2400-year-old vessel uncovered from off the coast of Kibbutz Maagan Mikhael exhibits the hull of the ancient craft an anchor and some of its cargo The Art Wing contains the Hecht Collection which includes among others French Impressionist paintings and works from the Jewish School of Paris
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