3 Israeli universities in top 100 ranking
Israeli academia achievement: For the first time, three Israeli universities are ranked within the top 100 universities in the world. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has risen 4 points from number 57 in 2011 to 53 in 2012, according to the Shanghai Academic Ranking.
The Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) was ranked 78th, and the Weizmann Institute of Science was ranked 93rd. The Tel Aviv University ranked in the top 150 while the Bar Ilan University and theBen Gurion University were both ranked in the top 400.
President of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Menachem Ben-Sasson, said, "The Hebrew University strives to be a leading research institution in Israel and the world. We aim to have the university ranked among the top universities in the world, but that depends on government support of education and research."President of the Technion, Prof. Peretz Lavie, said that "such achievements are the result of the Technion's uncompromising excellence. Staff and researchers will continue to promote Technion students."
Harvard University was ranked number one, as it was since 2003, when the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published. It was followed by three other US schools –Stanford, MIT and Berkley. Coming fifth is UK's University of Cambridge.
The Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) was ranked 78th, and the Weizmann Institute of Science was ranked 93rd. The Tel Aviv University ranked in the top 150 while the Bar Ilan University and theBen Gurion University were both ranked in the top 400.
President of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Menachem Ben-Sasson, said, "The Hebrew University strives to be a leading research institution in Israel and the world. We aim to have the university ranked among the top universities in the world, but that depends on government support of education and research."President of the Technion, Prof. Peretz Lavie, said that "such achievements are the result of the Technion's uncompromising excellence. Staff and researchers will continue to promote Technion students."
Harvard University was ranked number one, as it was since 2003, when the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published. It was followed by three other US schools –Stanford, MIT and Berkley. Coming fifth is UK's University of Cambridge.