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The Technion — Israel Institute Of Technology (; commonly abbreviated as '''Technion IIT''') is a University in Haifa , Israel , founded 1924 . The Technion was instituted with a focus on physical sciences, engineering, and architecture, but has also become one of the top medical schools in the world — boasting more current Nobel Laureates on faculty than any other medical school in the world Its faculty of Electrical engineering is considered being among the top 10 Electrical engineering departments throughout the world[http://www.ee.technion.ac.il/English/a_report_review_comittee_scan_2_e.html . The Technion was ranked at the 38 place among the top 100 world universities in engineering/technology and computer sciences [http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2007/ENG.htm]. The Technion offers both undergraduate and graduate studies in a wide range of fields, including:
Currently the Technion teaches around 13,000 students, about 10,000 of whom are undergraduates. EARLY HISTORY The Technion was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fund Ezrah , as a school of engineering and sciences, and the only higher learning institution, in then Ottoman Palestine — other than the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (founded 1907). The cornerstone was laid in 1912, but studies began only 12 years later, following an intense debate over the language of instruction. Ezrah deemed the then-developing Modern Hebrew inappropriate for scientific instruction, and demanded that German be used instead. However, in the aftermath of World War I and the decline of Germany's influence as a European superpower, Hebrew was adopted. The Technion was opened in 1924, although the official opening ceremony took place in 1925. The first class amounted to 16 students, majoring in civil engineering and architecture. During the 1930s, the Technion absorbed many Jewish scientists fleeing Nazi Germany and its neighboring countries. Until the opening of the school of engineering in the Ben Gurion University in the early 1970s, the Technion was the only institution in the country offering engineering degrees. FACULTY OF MEDICINE The Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine is one of three state sponsored medical schools in Israel. It was founded in 1969 and is active in basic science research and preclinical medical training in anatomy, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, microbiology, physiology, pharmacology. Other facilities on the Faculty of Medicine campus include teaching laboraories, an exhaustive medical library, lecture halls and seminar rooms. Academic programs are offered at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine leading to the Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees. They have developed collaborative research and medical education programs with the world's leading institutions in medicine and bio-medical engineering including Johns Hopkins University and Mayo Medical College. Similarly, the Technion American Medical Students (TEAMS) program {Link without Title} at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine offers an American-styled, four-year, graduate medical training program geared towared American & Canadian students that wish to take advantage of the academic resources of the Technion, but plan to return to North America to practice medicine. The instruction and testing of TEAMS program is entirely in English. DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
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