Bar-Ilan University
Overview
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Ramat Gan of the Tel Aviv District
Tel Aviv District
The Tel Aviv District is the smallest and most densely populated of six administrative districts of Israel with a population of 1.2 million residents...
, Israel
Israel
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Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students (including 9,000 students in its affiliated regional colleges) and 1,350 faculty
Faculty (university)
A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...
members. Bar-Ilan University has eight faculties: Exact Sciences, Life Sciences
Life sciences
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, Social Sciences
Social sciences
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, Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, Jewish Studies
Jewish studies
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, Medicine
Medicine
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, Engineering
Engineering
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, and Law
Law
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