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Universities in Israel

Israel has 17 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1918. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES17

OLDEST1918

FOUNDED 1900+17

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18990 · 0%

1900 or later17 · 100%

Date unknown0 · 0%

Oldest universities in Israel

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1918Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1924Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

1950The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management

1955Bar-Ilan University

1956Tel Aviv University

1957Tel-Hai Academic College

1963University of Haifa

1969Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

1969Holon Institute of Technology

1974Open University of Israel

1979Center for Jewish Art

1982Ariel University

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