Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public

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Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and research of the city, comprising 9 faculties, 17 teaching hospitals, 18 performing arts centers, 27 schools, 106 departments, 340 research centers, and 400 laboratories. Tel Aviv University originated in 1956 when three education units merged to form the university. The original 170-acre campus was expanded and now makes up 220 acres (89 hectares) in Tel Aviv's

Ramat Aviv Ramat Aviv Alef or Ramat Aviv HaYeruka, and originally plainly Ramat Aviv ( he, רָמַת אָבִיב, ''lit.'' Spring Heights), is a neighborhood in northwest Tel Aviv, Israel. History Ramat Aviv was founded in 1950s following the great inf ...

neighborhood.

History

TAU's origins date back to 1956, when three research institutes: the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics (established in 1935), the Institute of Natural Sciences (established in 1931), and the Academic Institute of Jewish Studies (established in 1954) – joined to form Tel Aviv University. Initially operated by the Tel Aviv municipality, the university was granted autonomy in 1963, and George S. Wise was its first president, from that year until 1971. The

campus, covering an area of , on top of the depopulated and razed Palestinian village of Sheikh Munis, was established that same year. Its succeeding Presidents have been

Yuval Ne'eman Yuval Ne'eman ( he, יובל נאמן, 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006) was an Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician. He was Minister of Science and Development in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the President ...

from 1971 to 1977, Haim Ben-Shahar from 1977 to 1983,

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since 2019. The university also maintains academic supervision over the Center for Technological Design in Holon, the New Academic College of

Tel Aviv-Yafo Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, and the Afeka College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. The

Wise Observatory The Florence and George Wise Observatory (IAU code 097) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Tel Aviv University. It is located west of the town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev desert near the edge of the Ramon Crater, and it is ...

is located in

Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon ( he, מִצְפֵּה רָמוֹן, Ramon Lookout; ar, متسبي رمون) is a local council in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters (2,800 feet) overl ...

in the

Negev The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...

desert.

Academic units

Life Sciences Building in Tel Aviv University

The Porter School of Environmental Studies Building

Faculties *Katz Faculty of the Arts *Fleischman Faculty of Engineering *Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences *Entin Faculty of Humanities *Buchmann Faculty of Law *Wise Faculty of Life Sciences * Sackler Faculty of Medicine *Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences * Boris Mints Institute *Coller School of Management Independent schools *Porter School of Environmental Studies *

Buchmann-Mehta School of Music The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music (BMSM) is an institute of higher education in Tel Aviv, Israel. The school is a part of the Faculty of the Arts of Tel Aviv University and is operated in collaboration with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). ...

* David Azrieli School of

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings ...

*Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine *Miller School of

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. ...

*Shapell School of Social Work *TAU International (formerly the School for Overseas Students) *Sagol School of Neuroscience

Institutes and centers

Tel Aviv University has over 130 research institutes and centers.

The Lowy International School– English-taught programs

The Lowy International School (formerly known as TAU International) affords thousands of students from across the globe the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. All Lowy International School programs are conducted in English. Programs include Semester or Year Abroad, Degree Programs, and Specialized Programs, such as the International LL.M at the Faculty of Law. Students in the Undergraduate or Semester Abroad Programs are given the option of housing at the Einstein Dorms, just outside the university. Undergraduate programs: *B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering via the International Engineering School
International B.A. degree in Liberal Arts and Humanities
Graduate programs:
M.A. in Political Science (Leadership, Communications and Elections)M.A. in Security and Diplomacy

M.A in Middle Eastern StudiesArchaeology and History of the Land of the BibleTESOL – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
*

International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation The International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation is an interdisciplinary English-language master's degree program offered at Tel Aviv University in Israel. History The International Program in Conflict Resolution and Mediation, fo ...

M.A. in Social Work with specialization in Crisis and Trauma StudiesM.P.H. in Emergency and Disaster ManagementM.A. in Environmental StudiesSofaer International MBAKellogg Recanati MBAM.A. in Migration StudiesInternational LL.M.
Medical school: Within th
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, there is a four year, English speaking Doctor of Medicine program
which prepares students from North America for residencies in the United States and Canada. The program has a track record of excellent residency matches which far exceeds most international medical school. In May 2007,

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, ...

and Tel Aviv University approved a plan to establish an NYU Study Abroad Campus in Israel based at Tel Aviv University.

Rankings

The

Center for World University Rankings College and university rankings order the best institutions in higher education based on factors that vary depending on the ranking. Some rankings evaluate institutions within a single country, while others assess institutions worldwide. Ranking ...

ranked Tel Aviv University 81st in the world and third in Israel in its 2016 CWUR World University Rankings. They have also ranked it as 56 in 2012. The

Times Higher Education World University Rankings The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarel ...

for 2019 placed Tel Aviv University at 189th in the world. The ratings reflect an overall measure of esteem that combines data on the institutions' reputation for research and teaching. In 2013

QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for th ...

ranked Tel Aviv University 196th in the world, making it the second-highest ranked university in Israel. Its subject rankings were: 202nd in Arts and Humanities, 295th in Engineering and Technology, 193rd in Life Sciences and Medicine, 208th in Natural Science, and 240th in Social Sciences and Management. In 2016

ranked Tel Aviv University 22nd in the world for citations per faculty, which is the indicator that measures a university's research impact. This makes Tel Aviv University the leading university in Israel in terms of research. In 2015 the

Academic Ranking of World Universities The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...

gave Tel Aviv University the following subject rankings: 20th in Computer Science, 51–75 in Mathematics, 76–100 in Physics and 76-100 Economics/Business. In 2016 it was ranked as 51–75 in Engineering. From the year 2007 until 2018, Tel Aviv university ranks as 35th in the world in Computer Science according to CSRankings, the same rank as Harvard and the second-highest ranked in Israel. As of 2021, it is ranked as the 191th best university in the world by '' THE World University Rankings'', 230th by the ''

'' and in the 151-200th bracket by the Shanghai Rankings In 2022, PitchBook Data ranked Tel Aviv University 7th in the world in terms of number of alumni who have founded

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backed companies, the highest out of any University outside the United States.

Relations with other universities

Tel Aviv University offers special programs of Jewish studies to teachers and students from the United States, France,

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and Mexico. The programs are in English. The Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law has exchange agreements with 36 overseas universities, including: University of Virginia, Cornell University, Boston University, UCLA, Bucerius (Germany), EBS (Germany), McGill (Canada), Osgoode Hall (Canada), Ottawa (Canada), Queens University (Queens), Toronto (Canada), Bergen (Norway), STL (China), KoGuan (China), Tsinghua (China), Jindal Global (India), University of Hong Kong, Singapore Management University, Stockholm University (Sweden), Monash (Australia), Sydney (Australia), Sciences Po (France), Seoul (South Korea), Lucern (Switzerland), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bocconi (Italy) and Madrid (Spain). The Coller School of Management has exchange agreements with over 100 overseas universities
The Coller Exchange Program
is open to MBA/MSc/MA students and qualified professionals. The school offers a wide variety of courses for its visiting students in strategy, entrepreneurship, finance-accounting, marketing, organizational behavior, decisions and operations research, technology and information systems. The program also offers courses from other TAU schools on Israeli Culture, History, Economics and more. In 2013, Tel Aviv University and Ruppin Academic Center jointly created a study center at the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

, where students will undertake advanced studies of issues impacting the coastal environment and its resources.

International cooperation

In Germany, Tel Aviv University cooperates with the Goethe-University in Frankfurt/Main. Both cities are linked by a long-lasting partnership agreement.

Publications

* Tel Aviv (journal), peer-reviewed international journal of archaeology in the

Levant The Levant () is an approximation, approximate historical geography, historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology an ...

and the history and culture of Near Eastern civilizations, with a focus on biblical and protohistoric periods and also dealing with the classical and prehistoric periods

Notable people

Faculty

Notable faculty members (past and present) include: * Yakir Aharonov, physicist * Noga Alon, mathematician *

Yitzhak Arad Yitzhak Arad ( he, יצחק ארד; né Icchak Rudnicki; November 11, 1926 – May 6, 2021) was an Israeli historian, author, IDF brigadier general and Soviet partisan. He also served as Yad Vashem's director from 1972 to 1993, and specialis ...

, historian * Karen Avraham, geneticist * Shlomo Ben-Ami, historian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Yoav Benjamini Yoav Benjamini ( he, יואב בנימיני; born January 5, 1949) is an Israeli statistician best known for development (with Yosef Hochberg) of the “false discovery rate” criterion. He is currently The Nathan and Lily Silver Professor of Ap ...

, statistician *

Ziva Ben-Porat Ziva Ben-Porat is a literary theorist, writer, and editor who lives in Israel and is a professor at Tel Aviv University. Personal life Ben-Porat graduated with a bachelor's degree in English and Hebrew literature and a master's degree in Englis ...

, literary theorist, writer, and editor *

Joseph Bernstein Joseph Bernstein (sometimes spelled I. N. Bernshtein; he, יוס(י)ף נאומוביץ ברנשטיין; russian: Иосиф Наумович Бернштейн; born 18 April 1945) is a Soviet-born Israeli mathematician working at Tel Aviv Un ...

, mathematician *

Silvia Blumenfeld Silvia N. Blumenfeld is an expert on mycology. From 1986 to 2004, she was a Professor of Mycology and Biotechnology of Filamentous Fungi at the National University of Comahue, in Río Negro, Argentina. She emigrated to Israel in 2002, where she b ...

, curator of the fungi collection * Athalya Brenner, feminist Biblical scholar * Daniel Chamovitz, biologist * Guy Deutscher, physicist * Yoram Dinstein, international law professor emeritus and former president of Tel Aviv University * Uzi Even, chemist and political activist for

LGBT ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term i ...

rights * Margalit Finkelberg, historian and linguist *

Israel Finkelstein Israel Finkelstein ( he, ישראל פינקלשטיין, born March 29, 1949) is an Israeli archaeologist, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures at the University of Haifa. Fi ...

, archaeologist *

Yisrael Friedman Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn ( he, ישראל פרידמן מרוז'ין) (5 October 1796 – 9 October 1850Assaf, ''The Regal Way'', p. 170.), also called Israel Ruzhin, was a Hasidic ''rebbe'' in 19th-century Ukraine and Austria. Known as ''Der He ...

, historian *

Raphael E. Freundlich Raphael E. Freundlich (January 16, 1928 – October 12, 2012) was a classical scholar, humanist and Latinist trained in structural linguistics. He was a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University in Israel. His fields of study and teaching includ ...

, Biblical studies and Latin *

Ehud Gazit Ehud Gazit ( he, אהוד גזית; russian: Эхуд Газит; zh, 以笏) is an Israeli biochemist, biophysicist and nanotechnologist. He is Professor and Endowed Chair at Tel Aviv University and a Member of the Executive Board of the Univers ...

, nanotechnologist, chief scientist - ministry of Science *

David Ginzburg David Ginzburg is a professor of mathematics at Tel Aviv University working in number theory and automorphic forms. Career Ginzburg received his PhD in mathematics from Tel Aviv University in 1988 under the supervision of Stephen Gelbart. H ...

, mathematician * Bob Griffin (born 1980), basketball player and English Literature professor * Daphna Hacker, lawyer * Sylvie Honigman, senior lecturer in ancient history *

Benjamin Isaac Benjamin Henri Isaac (Ben Isaac; he, בנימין איזק; born May 10, 1945) is the Fred and Helen Lessing Professor of Ancient History Emeritus at Tel Aviv University. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and of the A ...

, historian * Joshua Jortner, physical chemist * Shoshana Kamin, mathematician * Aryeh Kasher, historian *

Asa Kasher Asa Kasher ( he, אסא כשר, born June 6, 1940) is an Israeli philosopher and linguist working as a Professor at Tel Aviv University. Biography Asa Kasher is the grandson of talmudist Menachem Mendel Kasher. He is noted for authorship of Israel ...

, philosopher and authority on Ethics, author of IDF's Code of Conduct * David S. Katz, historian *

chemical physics Chemical physics is a subdiscipline of chemistry and physics that investigates physicochemical phenomena using techniques from atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics; it is the branch of physics that studies chemical proce ...

, the eighth president of Tel Aviv University * Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering * Fred Landman, semanticist *

Zvi Laron Zvi Laron ( he, צבי לרון, born February 6, 1927) is an Israeli paediatric endocrinologist. Born in Cernăuţi, Romania, Laron is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron ...

, pediatric endocrinologist * Orna Lin, lawyer * Raphael Mahler, historian * Yossi Matias, Computer Scientist *

Vitali Milman Vitali Davidovich Milman ( he, ויטלי מילמן; russian: Виталий Давидович Мильман) (born 23 August 1939) is a mathematician specializing in analysis. He is a professor at the Tel Aviv University. In the past he was ...

, mathematician * Moshé Mizrahi, Oscar-winning film director * Baruch Modan, oncologist *

(1925–2006), physicist, former minister of Science and Technology *

Abraham Nitzan Abraham Nitzan ( he, אברהם ניצן, born 1944) is a professor of chemistry at the Tel Aviv University department of chemical physics and the University of Pennsylvania department of chemistry. Education Abraham Nitzan was born in Tel Aviv. ...

, chemical physicist. *

Kennedy Otieno Kennedy Otieno Obuya (born 11 March 1972), also known as Kennedy Otieno, is a former Kenyan international cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, Otieno is the brother of fellow internationals Collins and David Obuya. Domestic care ...

, criminologist *

, legal scholar and president of Tel Aviv University * Itamar Rabinovich, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and former president of Tel Aviv University *

Aviad Raz Aviad Raz is an Israeli professor of sociology. He is director of the Behavioral Sciences program of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Academic career Aviad Raz earned his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Te ...

, sociologist * Tanya Reinhart (1943–2007), linguist * Amnon Rubinstein, former Dean of Law, also former Education minister *

Ariel Rubinstein Ariel Rubinstein (Hebrew: אריאל רובינשטיין; born April 13, 1951) is an Israeli economist who works in economic theory, game theory and bounded rationality. Biography Ariel Rubinstein is a professor of economics at the School of ...

, economist * Joseph Sadan, emeritus professor, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies *

Pnina Salzman Pnina Salzman (Hebrew: פנינה זלצמן) (February 24, 1922, Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine – December 16, 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel) was an Israeli classical pianist and piano pedagogue. Salzman showed an early aptitude for the piano, and gave he ...

, pianist and piano pedagogue * Shlomo Sand, historian *

Leon Schidlowsky Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (; 21 July 1931 – 10 October 2022) was a Chilean-Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, ha ...

, composer * Anita Shapira, historian * Micha Sharir, mathematician * Edna Shavit, drama * Margot Shiner, gastroenterologist * Joshua Sobol, playwright, writer, and director *

David Soudry David Soudry (born 1956) is a professor of mathematics at Tel Aviv University working in number theory and automorphic forms. Career Soudry was born in 1956. He received his PhD in mathematics from Tel Aviv University in 1983 under the supervisio ...

, mathematician * Carlo Strenger psychologist, philosopher * Leonard Susskind, physicist * Boris Tsirelson, mathematician *

Jacob Turkel Jacob "Yaakov" Turkel (Hebrew: יעקב טירקל; born in 1935 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli judge, and former Supreme Court of Israel Justice. Turkel served as a judge for 38 years, a decade of that time on the Israeli Supreme Court. In June 2010, ...

, Israeli Supreme Court Justice * Lev Vaidman, physicist *

Avi Weinroth Avraham Weinroth (born 1963) is the owner and founder of Avi Weinroth & Co. Law firm which specializes in litigation, real estate and commercial law. Weinroth was a senior partner for 25 years in the office of Jacob Weinroth (his brother) and ...

, lawyer * Paul Wexler, linguist * George S. Wise, first president of the university (1963–1971) * Moshe Wolman, neuropathologist * Amotz Zahavi, biologist * Moshe Zviran, Dean of the Coller School of Management

Alumni

Ilan Ramon, NASA photo portrait in orange suit

Carmela Abraham Carmela R. Abraham is an American neuroscientist who focuses on the study of Alzheimer's disease. Early life and education Abraham earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Tel Aviv University and her PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard ...

, neuroscientist and Alzheimer's disease researcher * Zvi Arad (1942–2018), mathematician, acting president of

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic ...

, president of Netanya Academic College * Dan Ariely, author and academic *

Fouad Awad Fouad Awad (born October 7, 1956; Arabic: فؤاد عوض; Hebrew: פואד עווד) is an avant-garde Israeli-Palestinian theatre director, and a prominent figure in the Palestinian theatrical movement. Biography Awad was born on October 7, 19 ...

, theatre director *

Lucy Ayoub Lucy Ayoub ( ar, لوسي ايوب; he, לוסי איוב; born 21 June 1992) is an Israeli television presenter, poet and radio host, formerly of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) and currently working for Keshet Media Group. ...

, television host * Alon Bar, award-winning filmmaker *

Daphne Barak Erez Daphne Barak-Erez (; born 2 January 1965) is an Israeli law professor. Since May 2012, she serves as a judge in the Supreme Court of Israel. Personal life Daphne Barak-Erez was born in the United States to Israeli parents, and became a citizen ...

, current Supreme Court of Israel justice * Mohammad Barakeh, Knesset member and leader of Hadash *

Rebecka Belldegrun Rebecka Belldegrun (born 1950), is a Finnish-born Israeli-American ophthalmologist, billionaire businesswoman and investor. Early life and education Belldegrun was born in Helsinki, Finland to Pola and Shlomo Zabludowicz. Her younger brother ...

(born 1950),

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and businesswoman * Shlomo Ben-Ami, historian, former Minister of Foreign Affairs (Labor) *

Yochai Benkler Yochai Benkler (; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Univer ...

, co-director of the Berkman Center, Harvard Law School * Aluf Benn, editor-in-chief of ''

Haaretz ''Haaretz'' ( , originally ''Ḥadshot Haaretz'' – , ) is an Israeli newspaper. It was founded in 1918, making it the longest running newspaper currently in print in Israel, and is now published in both Hebrew and English in the Berliner ...

'' *

Avishay Braverman Avishay Braverman ( he, אבישי ברוורמן, born 15 January 1948) is an economics professor, politician, and Israeli public figure. Having held senior positions as economist at the World Bank, he was later elected as fifth president of the ...

(born 1948), Knesset member and president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev *

Shimshon Brokman Shimshon Brokman (also "Brockman"; he, שמשון ברוקמן; born 16 September 1957) is an Israeli former Olympic sailor. Brokman and Eitan Friedlander won the 1972 420 International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) Youth Sailing World Championshi ...

(born 1957), Olympic sailor *

Moran Cerf Moran Cerf is am American-French-Israeli neuroscientist, professor of business (at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University), investor and former white hat hacker. He is the founder of Think-Alike and B-Cube and the host and ...

(born 1977),

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, professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University *

Nili Cohen Nili Cohen (born 1947) is an Israeli professor and legal expert. She is a recipient of the Israel Prize, and was the President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, succeeding Prof. Ruth Arnon, Cohen's role model. She is aa member of t ...

(born 1947), professor and legal expert * Ran Cohen, former Minister of Housing (Meretz) *

Orna Donath Orna Donath (in Hebrew: אורנה דונת; born October 15, 1976) is an Israeli sociologist, lecturer, writer and feminist activist. She teaches at Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University, and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo. Her field ...

(born 1976), academic and activist * Arie Eldad, former Knesset member ( National Union (Israel)) * Israel Eliashiv, former Israeli Ambassador to Singapore *

Nancy Ezer Nancy Ezer (Hebrew: ) was a scholar, critic of Hebrew literature, author, and Senior Lecturer in Hebrew in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Education She earned her B.A. from Te ...

, author and professor of Hebrew at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

* Yael S. Feldman, Abraham I. Katsh Professor of Hebrew Culture and Education and professor of Hebrew and Judaic studies at

* Ari Folman, filmmaker (Director of '' Waltz with Bashir'') * Tal Friedman, comedian, actor, and musician *

Amir Gal-Or Amir Gal-Or ( he, אמיר גלאור; ; born 1962) is an Israeli businessman. He is the founder and managing partner of Infinity Group, and founder and chairman of Innonation. Gal-Or served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force. Biography Gal-Or ...

, founder of the Infinity Group * Zvi Galil (born 1947), computer scientist, mathematician, and president of Tel Aviv University *

Benny Gantz Benjamin Gantz ( he, בִּנְיָמִין "בֵּנִי" גַּנְץ, Transliterated: ; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general serving as the minister of Defense since 2020 and deputy prime minister of Israel si ...

Chief of General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces ( militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Af ...

of the Israel Defense Forces. * Lior Geller,

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment in ...

and

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

nominated filmmaker and

Guinness World Record ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...

holder *

Dan Gillerman Dan Gillerman ( he, דן גילרמן, born 1944 in Tel Aviv) was Israel's 13th Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was appointed in July 2002 and assumed his post on January 1, 2003, serving through 2008. Education Gillerman wa ...

, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, and vice-president of the 60th

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* Bob Griffin (born 1950), basketball player and English Literature professor * Tamar Halperin, harpsichordist, pianist and musicologist * Tzachi Hanegbi, member of Knesset, former minister of Internal Security (

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Shar ...

and Kadima) * Rafael Harpaz, Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines * Michael Harris, academic *

Avi Hasson Avi Hasson (Hebrew: אבי חסון) is the CEO of Startup Nation Central. Previously, he was the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy (formerly Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor) of the State of Israel. Biography Avi Hasson holds Ba ...

, current Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy *

Zvi Heifetz Zvi Heifetz, born 9 December 1956, is an Israeli diplomat, a lawyer, businessman and media executive. Heifetz previously served as an Ambassador at large, Special Envoy to the Golf countries, UAE and Bahrain, Ambassador of the State of Israel to ...

, former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom * Ron Huldai, current mayor of

, historian *

Moshe Kam Moshe Kam (born October 3, 1955) is an American engineering educator presently serving as the dean of the Newark College of Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Until August 2014 he served as the Robert G. Quinn Professor and de ...

, 49th President of

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and Dean of the Newark College of Engineering * Moshe Kaplinsky, Deputy Chief of the IDF General Staff * Efraim Karsh, historian * Rita Katz, terrorism analyst *

Etgar Keret Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Personal life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third chil ...

, writer * Dov Khenin, political scientist and Knesset member Hadash *

professor, the eighth president of Tel Aviv University * Yosef Lapid, former Israeli vice premier, Minister of Justice and founder of the Shinui party *

Amos Lapidot Aluf Amos Lapidot ( he, עמוס לפידות; &lrm); (1934 – November 20, 2019) was an Israeli fighter pilot who served as the tenth Commander of the Israeli Air Force, a position he held from 1982 to 1987. From 1998 to 2001 he was the Pre ...

(1934–2019), fighter pilot, 10th commander of the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

, and president of

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( he, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technio ...

* Peretz Lavie (born 1949), expert in the psychophysiology of sleep and sleep disorders, 16th president of the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dean of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine * Keren Leibovitch, champion Paralympic swimmer * Hanoch Levin (1943–99), dramatist, theater director, author and poet * Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, former Israeli Chief of Staff and Minister of Tourism and Transportation * Yossi Matias, computer scientist and Google executive * Moni Moshonov, actor and comedian *

Yitzhak Mordechai Yitzhak "Itzik" Mordechai ( he, יצחק מרדכי, born 22 November 1944) is an Israeli former general and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1996 and 2001, and as Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport. He retir ...

, former Israeli Minister of Defense and Transportation * Natasha Mozgovaya, journalist *

, chemical physicist *

Sassona Norton Sassona Norton (born 26 February 1942) is an Israeli-born American sculptor. Early life Norton was born and raised in Israel. She graduated from Tel Aviv University with a degree in Literature and Theatre. She went on to teach literature in h ...

, sculptor *

Daniella Ohad Smith Daniella Ohad is an American-Israeli design historian, educator, writer, and influencer. She teaches history of design, material culture, design connoisseurship, and design culture at Parsons School of Design and New York School of Interior De ...

, design historian *

Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach Yitshak Orpaz (Hebrew:יצחק אוורבוך אורפז) (born 1921 – 14 August 2015) was an Israeli writer. Biography Yitzhak Orpaz was born in the Soviet Union. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine at the age of 17. He enlisted in the Britis ...

, author * Ophir Pines-Paz, former Interior Minister (Labor) *

(born 1956), president of Tel Aviv University *

Gideon Raff Gideon "Gidi" Raff ( he, גדעון „גידי" רף; born 10 September 1972) is an Israeli film and television director, screenwriter, and writer. He is best known for his creation of the Channel 2 thriller drama series '' Prisoners of War'', ...

, director and screenwriter, creator of the award-winning Israeli TV series ''Prisoners of War'', adapted into ''Homeland'' *

Haim Ramon Haim Ramon ( he, חיים רמון, born 10 April 1950) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1983 and 2009, and as both Vice Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for st ...

, former Minister of Health and Justice (Labor and Kadima) * Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), first Israeli astronaut *

Yoram Raved Yoram Raved ( he, יורם ראב"ד, born June 22, 1956) is an Israeli lawyer who specializes in commercial law. He is co-director of Shibolet, the fourth-largest law firm in Israel and Liberia's honorary consul in Israel. Biography Yoram Raved ...

, attorney * Daniel Reisner, former Head of the International Law Branch of the IDF Legal Division *

Elie Rekhess Elie Rekhess (אלי רכס) (born 1945, Haifa) is an Israeli scholar of political history of the Arabs in Israel; Islamic resurgence in Israel; the West Bank and Gaza and Palestinian affairs. He serves as Crown Visiting professor in Israel Studi ...

, historian of the

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and faculty of

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* Gideon Sa'ar, Knesset member and Minister of Interior Affairs (Likud) *Hanoch Senderowitz (born 1963), Israeli chemist *

Hamutal Shabtai Hamutal Shabtai ( he, חמוטל שבתאי; born 1956) is an Israeli psychiatrist and novelist who wrote a 1997 dystopian science fiction novel, ''2020'', that foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic and many of the circumstances surrounding response to the ...

, novelist * Ron Shachar, professor and researcher * Simon Shaheen, musician * Silvan Shalom, former minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs (Likud) * Ayelet Shaked, Israel's former Minister of Justice and current Minister of Interior (Yamina) * Adi Shamir, cryptographer, co-inventor of the

RSA RSA may refer to: Organizations Academia and education * Rabbinical Seminary of America, a yeshiva in New York City *Regional Science Association International (formerly the Regional Science Association), a US-based learned society *Renaissance S ...

cryptosystem *

Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon (; ; ; also known by his diminutive Arik, , born Ariel Scheinermann, ; 26 February 1928 – 11 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. S ...

(1928–2014), Prime Minister of Israel (Likud and Kadima) * Lou Silver, basketball player * Daniel Sivan, professor * Uri Sivan, physicist, professor, and president of the

Nahum Sonenberg Nahum Sonenberg, ( he, נחום סוננברג; born December 29, 1946) is an Israeli Canadian microbiologist and biochemist. He is a James McGill professor of biochemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

, biochemist at

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* Michael Wolffsohn, author and former professor for contemporary history at the Bundeswehr University Munich *

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, founder of Payoneer *

Gadi Taub Gadi Taub ( he, גדי טאוב; born April 19, 1965, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli historian, author, screenwriter and neo-conservative political commentator. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Policy and the Department of Communicati ...

, historian, author, screenwriter, and political commentator * Hagit Messer Yaron (born 1953), electrical engineer, businesswoman, and president of

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* Natan Yonatan (1923–2004), poet * Poju Zabludowicz, billionaire, philanthropist, and owner of Tamares Group *

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, singer and actress *

Abdel Rahman Zuabi Abdel Rahman Zuabi ( ar, عبدالرحمن زعبي, he, עבד אל-רחמן זועבי; November 19, 1932 – September 12, 2014) (also Abd-er-Rahman Zoabi) was an Israeli Arab judge. In 1999, he served as an Israeli Supreme Court justice. ...

, former Supreme Court of Israel justice *

Ghil'ad Zuckermann Ghil'ad Zuckermann ( he, גלעד צוקרמן, ; ) is an Israeli-born language revivalist and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity. Zuckermann is Professor of Linguistics and Ch ...

, linguist Sackler Family Tel Aviv University has long held significant ties to the Sackler family as evidenced by several schools and many endowed chairs being in their honor. As more has become known of the role of members of the Sackler family in the global opioid crisis, many including the Israeli Medical Association have called for the removal of the Sackler name from the Faculty of Medicine. As of November 2021, no members of the Sackler family served on the university's board of governors.

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