Hebrew University
Faculties & Centres
Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment
The Faculty plays a central role in advancing agriculture to strengthen the Israeli economy, protecting and rehabilitating the environment, increasing food production and reducing world hunger; mobilizing agriculture to meet human health need, improving the quality and purity of agricultural products and sharing the benefits of Israeli research and innovation with other nations.
Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities focuses on Jewish studies, Archeology, Islamic and Middle-Eastern studies, Asian studies, as well as fields in the general humanities such as History, Philosophy, Comparative Religions, Literature, and the Arts.
Faculty of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University educates the future generation of scientists, doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, public health professionals and pharmacists.
Faculty of Science
This Faculty is an Israeli leader in the research and teaching of basic and applied science. It encompasses leading academics in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Earth Sciences. The Faculty also incorporates cutting-edge research institutes in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marine Biogeochemistry, and more.
Faculty of Dental Medicine
The faculty provides the highest standard of Dental Medicine through a comprehensive approach involving the training of dentists and dental auxiliary professionals, extensive community outreach programs and innovative research into dental diseases, application of new technologies in the field and extensive research in the craniofacial complex
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Hebrew University’s Faculty of Social Sciences aims at understanding and advancing a wide range of issues related to human societies. Our research and teaching at the BA level encompass a broad spectrum of fields which are divided into nine different academic units.
Faculty of Law
The law faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, located on Mount Scopus, is the flagship of legal research and education in Israel. The faculty, established in 1949 as the first law faculty at an Israeli university, has a glorious past, an impressive record of present day excellence and a promising future.
Rothberg International School
Attracts more than 2,000 students annually from over 80 countries to its diverse undergraduate and graduate degree exchange programs.
The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC)
IMRIC conducts basic and translational research in all fields of Biomedicine. The Institute carries out basic research on genes and proteins that control essential processes in living cells to unlock the mysteries of disease and find the keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. IMRIC’s goal is application and dissemination of knowledge through publication, education and international co-operation.
ASPER-HUJI Innovate
The Hebrew University’s centre for innovation and entrepreneurship, leverages the University’s innovation potential to solve substantial problems through entrepreneurship. The Centre promotes the University as a supportive environment for entrepreneurship, cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset and skills among students, researchers and staff and serves as a catalyst for the development of startups and social enterprises.
Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies
The Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies activities focus on research, publications, public lectures, visiting professors program, courses in Canadian Studies, Library Resources, and Conferences.
Advanced School of Environmental Studies
Consists of the study of environmental policy and resource management. Students learn to be adaptive to the capacity of the populations, and learn tools to rationally evaluate technological solutions for environmental issues.
Federmann School of Public Policy and Government
Seeks to develop a new generation of professional civil servants who will provide the state of Israel–and the Israeli society–with stability and growth.
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine
Israel’s first and only veterinary school and the only facility of its kind in the Middle East. The School builds bridges to peace through animal care, shares medical knowledge, and offers joint research projects with countries around the world.
Seymour Fox School of Education
A leader in academic instruction, training, and research. Faculty members advance new ways of thinking about education by using an interdisciplinary approach while accounting for today’s social and cultural challenges.
Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
ELSC is Israel’s foremost institute for brain research and is at the forefront of revolutionizing neuroscience. With a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration, researchers combine theoretical, biological, and cognitive approaches to better understand the inner workings of our minds, and pursue answers to help to alleviate Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s symptoms, develop sensory substitution devices for the visually-impaired, and more.
School of Pharmacy
A globally recognized leader in training pharmacists and conducting basic research in drug science. The School trains students for professional practice in the pharmaceutical industry, providing them with a scientific and professional basis. It also offers higher education in pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutical sciences, as well as a doctoral degree in Clinical Pharmacy.
Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine
The Braun School works to improve the physical, mental, and social welfare of the global community with a commitment to excellence in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary public health research, training, and practice. Since 1961, the Braun School is dedicated to advancing public health knowledge in Israel and worldwide, and inspire personal, professional, and political commitment toward ‘Tikun Olam,’ a Jewish adage that connotes social action and the pursuit of social justice, equity, and health.
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare
The scool endeavors to further social justice and the personal and social well-being of individuals through path-breaking research and the development of social services and policies for individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in Israel and across the globe.
Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering
Maintains world-renowned excellence in research and is at the forefront of the technological revolution, with strength in Applied Physics and Biomedical Engineering. The School has a substantial impact on the high-tech industry in Israel.
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Israel’s first graduate school in the humanities, the School fosters a dynamic and vibrant academic community, prioritizing intellectual interaction, and placing Jewish Studies within the broader fabric of Western and Eastern cultures.
Jerusalem School of Business Administration
Israel’s premier academic business school, playing a central role in shaping the Start-Up Nation’s business and management leadership ecosystem.