Tel Aviv University


Established in 1956 with the merger of three schools, today Tel Aviv University is the largest university in Israel and the biggest Jewish university in the world. Located on approximately 220 acres in the Ramat Aviv section of Tel Aviv, the University boasts approximately 2,200 faculty members, over 100 departments, and 90 research institutes, including the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. TAU offers numerous undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs, including in medicine, law, business administration, education, the arts, and the humanities.


Source: Bard, Mitchell G. and Moshe Schwartz. 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know About Israel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.