Connections: International Reach

TAU Aim:

Now more than ever, as a muscular response to the boycott of Israeli academia, we need to bolster funded joint programs with prominent overseas universities.

Benefits:

Simply: Will help counter the BDS movement.
Will bolster the prestige of TAU and Israel as an academic destination and partner.
Will ramp up academic exchange between the donor’s home university and Israel, bringing recognition in his/her community and in Israel.
Will support the Israeli government’s goal of making Israel a magnet for outstanding international students.

Current Statistics

Over 30,000 international alumni worldwide
19 master’s and 4 undergraduate degree programs taught in English, including a new International BA in Management & Liberal Arts and two new Master’s in Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Cooperation agreements with over 280 institutions in 46 countries
Ranks 3rd among Europe’s research institutions for ERC (European Research Council) Young Investigator grants, and among the top 10 universities in all Europe for “Horizon” scientific funding.

Latest Developments

TAU’s Symphony Orchestra traveled to Frankfurt to perform a concert under renowned Maestro Zubin Mehta in celebration of Goethe University’s 110th anniversary, further reinforcing international ties even during wartime through academia and music.
A team of TAU students took the gold medal at the prestigious IGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) Competition in Paris with their development of a new method that facilitates personalized cancer therapies for patients with currently incurable cancers.
The King Baudouin Foundation in Belgium awarded the prestigious Rousseeuw Prize in Statistics to TAU researchers Prof. Yoav Benjamini, Prof. Daniel Yekutieli, and Prof. Ruth Heller for their pioneering work on false positives.

Donor Opportunities: