Guide to the University

Tel Aviv University has a depth and breadth unparalleled anywhere in Israel.

It comprises nine faculties and a number of interdisciplinary schools and programs.

Click on any listing in red to visit its individual website.

• Faculty of the Arts
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Exact Sciences
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Life Sciences
• Faculty of Management: Graduate School of Business Administration
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Schools and Programs

Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts

• David Azrieli School of Architecture
• Department of Art History
• Conservation of the Built Heritage Studies Program
• Faculty General Enrichment Courses
• Faculty Graduate Program
• Department of Film & Television
• The Multidisciplinary Program in the Arts
• Buchmann-Mehta School of Music
• Department of Musicology
• Studies for a Certificate in Museology
• Women and Gender Studies Program (National Council of Jewish Women)
• Department of Theatre Arts
• University Resources:
• Archives and Collections
• Endowed Chairs
• Enrichment Program in the Arts
• Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery
• Sourasky Central Library
• University Theatre (Hebrew only)

Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering

• Department of Biomedical Engineering
• School of Electrical Engineering
• Department of Electrical Engineering: Physical Electronics
• Department of Electrical Engineering: Systems
• Department of Industrial Engineering
• Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
• School of Mechanical Engineering
• Research Institutes:
• Advanced Communication Center
• Max and Betty Kranzberg Research Institute of Electronic Devices
• Yitzhak and Chaya Weinstein Research Institute for Signal Processing

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences

• School of Chemistry
• Blavatnik School of Computer Science
• Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences
• School of Mathematical Sciences
• School of Physics and Astronomy
• Research Institutes:
• Abramson Center for Medical Physics
• Deutsch Institute of Computer Sciences
• Heinrich Hertz-Minerva Center for High Temperature Superconductivity
• Institute of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications
• International Institute for Experimental Astrophysics
• Minerva-Dead Sea Research Center
• Hermann Minkowski-Minerva Center for Geometry
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Biophysics
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Chemical Physics
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scientific Computation Center
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Solid State Physics
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Theoretical Physics
• Wladimir Schreiber Institute of Mathematical Sciences
• Laura Schwarz-Kipp Institute of Computer Networks
• Teva Institute for Organic and Biomedical Chemistry
• Florence and George S. Wise Observatory

Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities

• American Studies
• Arabic and Islamic Studies
• Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures
• Classics
• Cognitive Study of Language (Hebrew only)
• Unit of Culture Research
• East Asian Studies
• English
• Division of Foreign Languages
• French
• General and Interdisciplinary Studies (Hebrew only)
• Geography
• Hebrew Culture (Hebrew only)
• History
• Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education (Hebrew only)
• Jewish History
• Linguistics
• Literature
• Middle Eastern and African History
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies Program
• Women and Gender Studies Program (Hebrew only) (National Council of Jewish Women)
• Research Institutes:
• S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies
• Eva and Marc Besen Institute for the Study of Historical Consciousness
• Center for the Advancement of Scientific and Technological Education
• Center for Iranian Studies in Israel
• Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies
• Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
• Goldreich Family Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture
• Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center
• Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations
• Kantor Research Center for the History, Culture and Life of Eurasian Jews
• Katz Institute for Research in Hebrew Literature
• Kelman Center for Jewish Education
• Kipp Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities
• Lessing Institute for European History
• Minerva Institute for German History
• Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
• Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics
• Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism
• Laura Schwarz-Kipp Center for Hebrew Literature and Culture
• Sverdlin Institute for Latin American History and Culture
• Chaim Weizmann Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel

Buchmann Faculty of Law

• Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies
• Research Institutes:
• Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law
• Batya and Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance and Capital Market Regulation
• Institute for Continuing Legal Studies (with the Israel Bar Association)
• Minerva Center for Human Rights
• Prof. Dr. Raphael Taubenschlag Institute of Criminal Law

George W. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences

• Biochemistry
• Cell Research and Immunology
• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
• Nature Conservation (currently closed)
• Neurobiology
• Plant Sciences
• Zoology
• Research Institutes:
• Botanic Gardens
• Albert and Elba Cuenca Institute for Anti-Aging Therapy Research
• Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement
• Ela Kodesz Institute for Research on Cancer Development and Prevention
• Esfira and Israel Maiman Institute of Proteome Research
• Manna Center for Plant Biosciences
• Laura Schwarz-Kipp Institute of Biotechnology
• Yitzhak Rabin Institute for Neurobiology
• Daniella Rich Institute for Structual Biology
• I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research

Faculty of Management:
Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration

• Accounting
• Business Administration
• Management
• Research Institutes:
• Marcel and Annie Adams Institute for Business Management Information Systems
• Alfred Akirov Institute for Business and Environment
• BRM Institute of Technology and Society
• Henry Crown Institute of Business Research in Israel
• Erhard Center for Higher Studies and Research in Insurance
• Miriam and Georg Faktor Entrepreneurial Center
• Eli Hurvitz Institute for Strategic Management
• Institute for Tourism and Transportation Management Research
• Joseph Kasierer Institute for Research in Accounting
• Chaim Katzman Gazit Globe Real Estate Institute
• Netvision Institute for Internet Research
• Operations Research Center
• Max Perlman Center for Global Business

Sackler Faculty of Medicine

• School of Medicine
• School of Continuing Medical Education
• School of Dental Medicine
• Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Graduate School of Medicine
• Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions
• New York State / American Program
• School of Public Health
• Research Institutes:
• Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases
• Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
• Julius Friedrich Cohnheim-Minerva Center for Cellular and Molecular Phagocyte Research
• Djerassi-Elias Institute of Oncology
• Felsenstein Medical Research Center
• Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Research Institute at the Sheba Medical Center
• Institute for International Scientific Exchanges in Medical Sciences
• Institute of Occupational Health
• Eduarda and Dr. Moshe Ishay Institute for the Study of the Effect of Natural Food on the Quality of Life and Human Health
• Ela Kodesz Institute of Host Defense Against Infectious Diseases
• Claire and Amedee Maratier Institute for the Study of Blindness and Visual Disorders
• Minerva Center for Cholesterol Gallstones and Lipid Metabolism in the Liver
• Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute
• Sackler Institute for Molecular Medicine
• Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research

Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences

• Department of Communication
• Eitan Berglas School of Economics
• Evens Program in Mediation and Conflict Resolution
• Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy
• Department of Labor Studies
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Public Policy
• Bob Shapell School of Social Work (Hebrew only)
• Department of Sociology and Anthropology
• Research Institutes:
• Adler Center for Research in Child Development and Psychopathology
• Adler Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection
• B.I. and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research
• Foerder Institute for Economic Research
• Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society
• David Horowitz Institute on Society and Economy
• Institute for Social Research
• Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies
• Golda Meir Institute of Labor and Social Research
• Sackler Institute of Economic Studies
• Pinhas Sapir Center for Development
• University Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation

Interdisciplinary Schools and Programs

• Bioinformatics
• Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students
• Porter School for Environmental Studies
• Special Program for Outstanding Students
• Women and Gender Studies Program (Hebrew only) (National Council of Jewish Women)
• Multidisciplinary Research Institutes:
• Adams Super-Center for Brain Studies
• Andrea and Charles Bronfman Institute for Media of the Jewish People (Hebrew only)
• Cancer Biology Research Center
• Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Chaoul Center for Nanoscale Materials and Systems
• Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas
• Colton Family Next Generation Technologies Institute
• Joan and Jaime Constantiner Institute for Molecular Genetics
• Morris E. Curiel Institute for European Studies
• Marian Gertner Institute for Medical Nanosystems
• Levie-Edersheim-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging
• Gordon Center for Energy Studies
• Rosita and Esteban Herczeg Institute on Aging
• Institute for National Security Studies
• Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting
• Ela Kodesz Institute for Cardiac Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Kovens Health Systems Management Center
• Landa Center for Equal Opportunity through Education
• Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence through Education
• Ilona Rich Institute for Nanoscale Bioscience and Biotechnology
• Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies
• Sivan Center for Community Initiative
• Elizabeth and Nicholas Slezak Super-Center for Cardiac Research and Medical Engineering
• Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
• Alfredo Federico Strauss Center for Computational Neuro-Imaging
• Switzerland Institute for Developmental Biology
• Wolfson Center for Applied Materials Research
• Shalom and Varda Yoran Institute for Human Genome Research

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