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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was founded in 1969, in Beersheba
Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

The university is mandated to promote development of the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 region, inspired by the vision of Israel's first Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel . He or she wields executive power in the country, and has an official residence in Jerusalem....
, David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
, who believed that the country's future lay in the relatively undeveloped south. Originally named University of the Negev, the name was changed to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev after Ben-Gurion's death in November 1973.






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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was founded in 1969, in Beersheba
Beersheba

Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
.

The university is mandated to promote development of the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 region, inspired by the vision of Israel's first Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Israel

The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of the Israeli government and is the most powerful political officer in Israel . He or she wields executive power in the country, and has an official residence in Jerusalem....
, David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
, who believed that the country's future lay in the relatively undeveloped south. Originally named University of the Negev, the name was changed to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev after Ben-Gurion's death in November 1973. The university also maintains a small campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Midreshet Ben-Gurion

Midreshet Ben-Gurion , also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a communal settlement in southern Israel. Located near Sde Boker in the Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council....
, near kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
 Sde Boker
Sde Boker

Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Best known as the retirement home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council....
 where Ben-Gurion spent his retirement years, which is home to the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research

The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research is part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and is located in the Midreshet Ben-Gurion campus in the centre of the Negev desert in Israel....
, which awards masters degrees and PhDs
Doctorate

A doctorate is an academic degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession ....
 in desert-related subjects. It also operates a campus in Eilat
Eilat

Eilat is Israel's South District city, a busy port as well as a popular resort, located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on the Gulf of Aqaba....
. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev with a current enrollment of 17,400 students, Ben-Gurion is one of Israel's fastest growing universities.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has faculties in:

  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Natural Sciences
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Health Sciences
  • Management
  • Desert Research


International student programs


Most of the courses are taught in Hebrew, but the university runs several English language programs that attracts students from around the world:
  • (MAPMES).
  • The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
    Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies

    The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies is a faculty of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev....
     at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research at the Sde Boker campus offers graduate programs in Desert Studies.
  • In collaboration with Columbia University
    Columbia University

    Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
    , a unique program in is offered by the Medical Faculty.
  • The School of Management offers a full-time .
  • The offers BA and MA programs taught in English.
  • The offers short-, mid- and long-term academic programs and Hebrew language studies.
  • In addition, many departments accept exchange, internship and trainee students.
  • the "Ben Gurion" university was ranked 4th among 36 academic institutes in Israel, according to Above Average ranking institute. this was 1 point descent over the 2006 ranking. the ranking was based on feedback from 8,600 students.


Notable faculty members

  • Aaron Antonovsky
    Aaron Antonovsky

    Aaron Antonovsky PhD, was an American/Israeli sociology and academician whose work emphasized the relationship between stress, health and well-being....
    , sociologist
  • Aharon Appelfeld
    Aharon Appelfeld

    Aharon Appelfeld is an Israeli novelist....
    , author
  • Charles Blattberg
    Charles Blattberg

    Charles Blattberg is a professor of political philosophy at the Universit? de Montr?al. Blattberg grew up in Toronto and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, where he also served as president of its Students? Administrative Council during the 1989-90 academic year....
    , political scientist
  • Avishay Braverman, former president of the university, economist and politician
  • Rivka Carmi
    Rivka Carmi

    Dr. Rivka Carmi is an Israelis pediatrician and geneticist who, since December 2005, is the president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev....
    , pediatrician
  • Haim Chertok, author
  • Shlomi Dolev
    Shlomi Dolev

    Shlomi Dolev is an Israeli computer scientist best known for his contribution to self-stabilization. He is a professor at the Computer Science Department of the Ben-Gurion University, Israel....
    , computer scientist
  • Tikva Frymer-Kensky
    Tikva Frymer-Kensky

    Tikva Frymer-Kensky was a Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She received her Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University....
    , biblical scholar
  • Neve Gordon
    Neve Gordon

    Neve Gordon, born 1965, is a Senior Lecturer and head of the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, who writes on issues relating to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and human rights....
    , political scientist
  • Samuel Hollander
    Samuel Hollander

    Samuel Hollander is a England/Canada/Israeli economist.Born in London, he received a B.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics in 1959....
    , economist
  • Etgar Keret
    Etgar Keret

    Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short story, Graphic Novel and scriptwriting for film and television....
    , author
  • Benny Morris
    Benny Morris

    Benny Morris is a professor of history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.Morris is identified with the loosely defined group of "New Historians"....
    , historian
  • Amos Oz
    Amos Oz

    Amos Oz is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva. Since 1967, he has been a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
    , author
  • Elisha Qimron
    Elisha Qimron

    Dr Elisha Qimron is a leading academic in the study of ancient Hebrew, in which he took his Doctor of Philosophy in 1976 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, writing his dissertation on The Hebrew of the Scrolls. Currently, he is Chairman of the Department of Hebrew Language at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel....
    , Hebrew scholar
  • Aviad Raz
    Aviad Raz

    Aviad Raz is an Israelis sociologist and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev who specialises, inter alia, in the Israel Defense Forces, kibbutz organisations, and Japanese organisations....
    , sociologist
  • Danny Rubinstein
    Danny Rubinstein

    Danny Rubinstein is an Israeli journalist and author....
    , journalist
  • Joshua Prawer
    Joshua Prawer

    Joshua Prawer was a notable Israelis historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European Colonialism expansion....
    , historian
  • Richard Shusterman
    Richard Shusterman

    Richard Shusterman is an United States pragmatism philosophy, currently the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University....
    , philosopher
  • Charles Small
    Charles Small

    Charles or Charlie Small can refer to:*Charles A. Small, a lecturer at Yale University*Charlie Small, a MLB player*Charlie Small , a writer ...
    , urban studies and policy scholar
  • Carsten Peter Thiede
    Carsten Peter Thiede

    The Revd. Prof. Carsten Peter Thiede MA Royal Army Chaplains' Department Venerable Order of St John was a Germany New Testament scholar, widely recognized as a pioneer in his field....
    , biblical scholar
  • Unni Wikan
    Unni Wikan

    Unni Wikan is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo and is the second wife of the well-known Norwegian social anthropologist Fredrik Barth....
    , anthropologist
  • Oren Yiftachel
    Oren Yiftachel

    Oren Yiftachel teaches political geography, urban planning and public policy at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is one of the main critical geographers and social scientists working in Israel....
    , geographer


Notable alumni

  • Amira Dotan
    Amira Dotan

    Amira Dotan is an Israeli military figure and a former member of Knesset for Kadima....
     (behavioral science, psychology), former Knesset
    Knesset

    The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
     member
  • Gonen Segev
    Gonen Segev

    Gonen Segev in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israeli member of Knesset and Cabinet of Israel and pediatrician who was convicted for drug dealer and forgery....
     (medicine), former prisoner, former physician and former cabinet minister
  • Silvan Shalom
    Silvan Shalom

    is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud. He previously served as the country's Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel and Finance Minister of Israel....
     (economics, accountancy), former Israeli minister of finance and of foreign affairs
  • Eliezer Shkedi
    Eliezer Shkedi

    Aluf Eliezer Shkedi is a aluf in the Israel Defense Forces and former Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force. Shkedi , a resident of Yehud-Monosson, was born in Israel and after graduating from high school Kfar-Saba joined the IDF in 1975....
     (mathematics, computer science), former commander of the Israel Air Force
  • Yaakov Turner (behavioral science), former mayor of Beersheba
    Beersheba

    Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 186,100....
  • Mordechai Vanunu
    Mordechai Vanunu

    Mordechai Vanunu , born in Marrakech, Morocco on 14 October, 1954 is an Israeli former nuclear weapon technician who revealed details of Nuclear weapons and Israel to the History of British newspapers in 1986....
     (geography, philosophy), former nuclear technician and convicted spy
  • Shelly Yachimovich (behavioral science), former journalist and current Knesset member
  • Agi Mishol
    Agi Mishol

    File:AgiC.jpgAgi Mishol is a Hungarian-born Israelis poet, the only daughter of Holocaust survivors....
     (literature), poet
  • Isaac Berzin
    Isaac Berzin

    Isaac Berzin is a chemical engineer who in 2001 founded GreenFuel Technologies Corporation, a company that aims to use algae to eat up carbon emissions and to produce renewable energy....
     (chemical engineering), inventor


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