Sami Shamoon College of Engineering (abbreviated SCE) is a college in Israel with campuses in Beersheba and

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

, focusing on

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education. It was founded in 1995 in Beersheba and expanded into Ashdod in the 2000s. The college provides B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs and has over 6,500 students. The president since 2021 is Professor Semyon Levitsky.

History

Sami Shamoon College of Engineering started out as part of a program to expand academic studies in Israel's geographic periphery. It was founded by faculty from

Ben Gurion University Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

, and originally named Negev Academic College of Engineering. The first curriculum was approved in 1994, and the college opened in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed to , after a British-Israeli businessman who donated over US $10 million to the college. In 2006, Ness Technologies opened a development center at the college. In 2012 the college received permission to grant master's degrees. A Haredi-oriented five-year study program was inaugurated in 2013, which includes preparatory studies before starting the degree.

Campuses

Sami Shamoon College is the first college in Israel that is not officially a university to have campuses in more than one city.

Beersheba

The Beersheba campus was designed by the architect Gershon Shevah and inaugurated in 2001. Shevah remains involved in the college's overall architectural planning, along with

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Ashdod

Government approval for the Ashdod campus was received in 2002.

Departments

* Electrical engineering * Chemical engineering * Mechanical engineering * Software engineering * Industrial engineering and management * Civil engineering

SCE in the Israeli society

SCE takes an active role in empowering students from unrepresented groups in the Israeli society, such as ultra orthodox Jew, students from the social periphery, and Arabs, by giving dedicated scholarships, social programs, and additional financial support.

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