Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University
אוניברסיטת בר-אילן (Hebrew)
Other name
BIU
MottoImpacting tomorrow, today
TypePublic research
Established1955
PresidentArie Zaban
RectorAmnon Albeck
PrincipalZohar Yinon
Administrative staff
1,250
Students20,000
2,200+
Location,
Israel

32°4′4″N 34°50′33″E / 32.06778°N 34.84250°E / 32.06778; 34.84250
CampusUrban
Colors    Dark green and sky blue
Websitewww.biu.ac.il
Academic rankings
National
ARWU[1]5
Global
ARWU[2]401–500
QS[3]=545
THE[4]501–600
Aerial view of Bar-Ilan University
Anna & Max Webb and Family Psychology Building at the Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Bar-Ilan University (BIU, Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has 20,000 students and 1,350 faculty members.[5]

Bar-Ilan's mission is to "blend Jewish tradition with modern technologies and scholarship and the university endeavors to ... teach the Jewish heritage to all its students while providing [an] academic education."[6] The university is among the best in the Middle East in the field of computer science, engineering , engineering physics and applied physics.[7][8] on 2024 the university got donation of 260 million dollars, one of the biggest donations to university in Israel.[9]

  1. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2025: Top global universities". Quacquarelli Symonds. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ "World University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Bar-Ilan University - BIU". www.biu.ac.il. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ Higher Education in Israel: Bar-Ilan University, Jewish Virtual Library
  7. ^ "Bar-Ilan University [2023 Rankings by topic]". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Israel's best Applied/Engineering Physics universities [Rankings]". EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Transformative gift of $260 million to Bar-Ilan University is one of the largest bequests ever to an Israeli university". www.biu.ac.il. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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