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  native Name אוניברסיטת תל אביב
  established 1956
  type Public
  president Zvi Galil
  rector Dany Leviatan
  head Label Vice-Presidents
  head Yehiel Ben-Zvi , Hagit Messer-Yaron
  students 29,000
  city Ramat Aviv , Tel Aviv
  country Israel
  campus Urban
  website wwwtauacil/


Tel Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל־אביב, את"א) is Israel 's largest on-site University . As Of 2006 , the Tel Aviv University teaches around 29,000 students.

TAU was founded in 1956 when the Tel Aviv School of Law and Economics , the Institute of Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Jewish Studies joined together to form a university.

TAU received its autonomy from the Tel Aviv Municipality in 1963 , when its Campus , in the northern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Ramat Aviv was established.

TAU comprises nine Faculties , 106 departments, and 90 research institutes.


FACULTIES

The nine faculties of the university are (in no particular order):

Some other university schools and programs include (very partial):


RELATIONS WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES

Tel Aviv University offers special programs of Jewish studies to teachers and students from the United States , France , Brazil , Argentina and Mexico . The programs are in English.

The School for Overseas Students gives young people from different countries the opportunity to study at Tel Aviv University. The program is in English and also offers the opportunity to live and study in a Kibbutz .

Other study opportunities for students from abroad are:
  • a Master's Program in Middle Eastern Studies

  • a Master's Program in Biblical Archaeology

  • a Summer Law Program co-sponsored by Temple University Law School

  • a future study abroad site for students at New York University

  • the Sackler School of Medicine New York State/American Program

  • the Wharton-Recanati-INSEAD-York Project in Management

  • the International Executive MBA Program with the Kellogg School, Northwestern University

  • the Spring Engineering Program with Boston University 's College of Engineering

  • the High-Tech Management School.



FACULTY