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BGU School Year Begins (includes slideshow)

BGU School Year Begins (includes slideshow)

October 19, 2010

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BGU Campus Life

Click on the photo above to see a photo slideshow set to music by BGU staff photographer Dani Machlis

The first semester of Israel’s 2010-2011 academic year opened this past week. There were little to no threats of a faculty or student strike for once — that pleasure was left to the Union of Local Authorities of Israel — and 293,000 students began studying on time at Israel’s 66 institutions of higher learning.

Of these, 228,740 young persons entered into or continued their first degree studies. More significantly, of this number, 88,500 are studying at colleges (35 academic and 23 teacher training colleges); this is the first time that this number exceeds registration at the seven universities where 75,200 students are registered for Bachelor’s degrees.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev stands out with more than 19,000 students, including 4,650 new ones. The number of students enrolled for a first degree rose, particularly in humanities and exact sciences; this may be due to new study tracks that allow for interdisciplinary studies — not an unusual notion for North Americans but a new concept here.

Here’s a glimpse into the little university that has become the number one choice for undergraduates, both Jewish and Arab, from all over the country due in part to its research and development capabilities. Click here to view photo slideshow set to music.