Bar-Ilan University’s students and alumni are successful, well-rounded, and high achievers. Not only have they received various honors, but they have also contributed to society in a variety of ways. Meet two of our current students and two alumni. Sara Meir, MSc in Engineering Sara Meir is a Master's student in BIU’s Kofkin Faculty of Engineering. Recently, she was awarded the coveted 2022 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for her potential contribution to the field of optics. Sara conducts her research in the lab of Prof. Moti Fridman where she studies...

Israeli Innovation Highest number of startups per capita in the world Highest number of companies listed in NASDAQ after the U.S. and Canada Highest number of Israeli unicorns per capita in the world (more than 50) Highest number of research institutes per capita R&D centers of leading multinational companies in Israel, including Intel, Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and Apple Israeli Excellence World’s highest rate of university degrees per capita Highest production of scientific papers annually per capita Leading country using solar water heating per capita Highest number of non-profit organizations. World leader in vaccinating against Covid-19 Innovative robot vacuum for solar...

Academics planted the seeds of collaboration in Bahrain recently, strengthening ties started with the Abraham Accords. Bar-Ilan University (BIU) was one of four Israeli universities to visit Bahrain at the end of June on a mission to develop partnerships with academic institutions in the country. This trip followed the successful meeting with Ambassador Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma, Bahraini ambassador to Israel, at BIU in February 2022. Read More. In between meetings, the group was treated to a visit to the recently renovated synagogue in Manama, hosted by Ambassador Houda Nonoo, former Bahraini Ambassador to the USA and one of the leaders...

We are happy and proud to announce that two of our international students made it onto the Bar-Ilan University Dean’s List of 2022. Xiuyue Lu from China and Jegors Krisbergs from Latvia are both undergraduate students in communication and political science. We wish them both luck and all the best for what lies ahead!

Bar-Ilan University's International School students, researchers, and alumni are always happy to spread the word about their experiences at the university. They talk about their studies, the professors, social life on campus, why they love BIU, and more. Read about Reut Koltzker here or watch the video testimonials of the others below. Reut Koltzker, an Israeli who has chosen to study in English through the International School, is doing her BA in Linguistics and French Culture. She shares her feelings about studying at Bar-Ilan. I chose to study for this degree for the simple reason that I love languages and,...

Over the past year, under the guidance of Rabbanit Devorah Evron, BIU’s campus spiritual leader, BIU’s International School has offered international students an experiential journey into the Jewish-Israeli calendar and the holidays and lifecycle events that fill it. Last month, Shavuot was the holiday about which students learned. In addition, Chinese students shared their traditional holiday, the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, with everyone. Read More.

During her first official visit to Israel at the beginning of May 2022, Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, Kosovo’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, spent time at Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) and the Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, meeting with Prof. Arie Zaban, BIU’s President, Prof. Zeev Zalevsky, Dean of the Kofkin Faculty, and Prof. Dror Fixler, Nano Institute’s Director, among others. Read More.

Every month, Bar-Ilan University’s International School arranges various events for international students. Although there were no Jewish holidays in May, students were treated to an assortment of entertaining experiences this past month. These included an Israeli Night to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day; an Open Stage Night; and a tour of Haifa in the north of Israel. Read about these exciting events here.

The Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy for 2021 has been conferred on Prof. Gilbert Daniel Nessim by Italy’s president “for his remarkable contribution to the development of scientific and technological innovation and for his significant role in promoting academic cooperation between Italy and Israel.” Read More.

Six researchers and physician-scientists from Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, the Galilee Medical Center, and the Poriya Medical Center, visited the Czech Republic from April 24-27 to share research in their fields and promote mutual academic collaboration with their counterparts at Palacký University (UP) Olomouc’s Faculty of Medicine. Read More.