Why Support HU?

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has earned a stellar reputation as Israel’s foremost center of higher education and interdisciplinary research. It has been repeatedly ranked in the top 100 worldwide, and generates one-third of all civilian research in Israel.

Hebrew University Opens its Doors in 1925

Photo: Hebrew University Opens Its Doors in 1925

Faculty
HU faculty includes recent Nobel and Israel Prize winners, as well as top grant recipients. The University continues to attract the best and the brightest students from Israel and more than 50 countries, engaging them in a community of open dialogue. Distinguished alumni include present and former Israeli Prime Ministers, the first female Supreme Court President, 25% of Knesset members and 12 of the 16 Supreme Court justices.

Click on the links below to see a sampling of what has kept Hebrew University at the forefront of excellence:

- Research, Innovations and Licensing

- Top Rankings and Nobel Prizes

- Hebrew University Is Home To...

Read our updated Progress Begins Here brochure to learn more about what makes Hebrew University Israel's flagship institution of higher learning.

Read about breakthrough advances by Hebrew University's Faculty of Science in the High-Tech Innovation Begins Here brochure.

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Donor Recognition

Yissum
Learn about new ventures in agriculture, the environment and clean tech at Yissum, the technology transfer company of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Read an article on the 90th anniversary of the cornerstone laying ceremony at Hebrew University written by Dr. Assaf Seltzer, an expert on Hebrew University's early history.

View Hebrew University's historic Milestones video | Take a 360° tour of HU campuses

"Visit" Hebrew University's Mount Scopus Student Village and dormitories and residential faciities on other HU campuses

View video of Hebrew University's Open House on Wheels | Read the press release

Check out HU's new Facebook video series, Expert on the Spot: Your Questions, Their Answers; Watch a new video the first Monday of every month and pose your questions in the comment section (Facebook account required to pose a question/comment).

Download Hebrew University Publications:

2009-2010 Annual Report (combines President's and Rector's Reports)

Truman News 2010, a publication of the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace

FOCUS, the newsletter of The Rothberg International School

Board of Governors E-newsletters: March 2010 Board of Governors E-newsletter | December 2009 HU Board of Governors E-newsletter

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