Research Centers and Institutes
Tel Aviv University has over 2,200 faculty members, among them internationally renowned scientists who've made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in fields as diverse as particle physics, cell biology, biotechnology, genetics, fiber optics, the humanities, arts and social sciences. Israel's largest and most comprehensive university, TAU is comprised of nine faculties, 27 schools, 98 departments and some 130 research institutes and centers. Institutes and centers support research in a specific field. Often interdisciplinary in nature, they provide a formal framework for researchers, as well as their master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral students, to collaborate and exchange ideas.
The University operates Israel's largest Supercomputer and the only astronomical observatory in the Middle East. Its Cereal Crops Improvement Institute has supplied improved varieties of seed to nations around the world. The University promotes a multidisciplinary approach to research in neuroscience, environmental studies, cardiac research, cancer research, energy studies, nanoscience and technology, bioinformatics, aging, communications and cultural studies, among others.
The University enjoys extensive research contacts with leading academic and scientific institutions abroad, including over 150 cooperation agreements with universities in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
RESEARCH INSTITUTES
Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering
Max and Betty Kranzberg Research Institute of Electronic Devices
Yitzhak and Chaya Weinstein Research Institute for Signal Processing
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences
Abramson Center for Medical Physics
Deutsch Institute of Computer Sciences
Laura Schwarz-Kipp Institute of Computer Networks
Heinrich Hertz--Minerva Center for High Temperature Superconductivity
Minerva-Dead Sea Research Center
Hermann Minkowski--Minerva Center for Geometry
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Astronomy
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Chemical Physics
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Solid State Physics
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute of Theoretical Physics
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scientific Computation Center
Wladimir Schreiber Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Florence and George S. Wise Observatory
Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Konrad Adenauer Center for Jewish-Arab Cooperation
Eva and Marc Besen Institute of Historical Consciousness
Center for the Advancement of Scientific and Technological Education
Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center
Institute for Latin American History and Culture
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Katz Institute for Research in Hebrew Literature
Kelman Center for Jewish Education
Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology
Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics
Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism
Chaim Weizmann Zionist Research Institute
Cegla Super-Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law
Institute for Continuing Legal Studies (with the Israel Bar Association)
Minerva Center for Human Rights
Prof. Dr. Raphael Taubenschlag Institute of Criminal Law
George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement
Institute for Nature Conservation Research
Laura Schwarz-Kipp Institute of Biotechnology
Ela Kodesz Institute for Research on Cancer Development and Prevention
Esfira and Israel Maiman Institute of Proteome Research
Manna Center for Plant Biosciences
I. Meier Segals Gardens for Zoological Research
Alrov Institute for Real Estate Research
Coller Institute of Venture
The Hogeg Blockchain Research Institute
Eli Hurvitz Institute for Strategic Management
Marcel and Annie Adams Institute for Management Information Systems
Henry Crown Institute of Business Research in Israel
Joseph Kasierer Institute for Research in Accounting
M.W. Erhard Center for Higher Studies and Research in Insurance
The Miriam and Georg Faktor Entrepreneurial Center
Max Perlman Center for Global Business
Raya Strauss Family Business Research Center
Whitman Family Center for Coexistence
The Covence Center of Health Management
Julius Friedrich Cohnheim-Minerva Center for Cellular and Molecular Phagocyte Research
Djerassi-Elias Institute of Oncology
Felsenstein Medical Research Center
Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger Eye Institute at the Sheba Medical Center
Institute for International Scientific Exchanges in Medical Sciences
Institute of Occupational Health
Eduarda and Dr. Moshe Ishay Institute for the Study of the Effect of Natural Food on the Quality of Life and Human Health
Ela Kodesz Institute of Host Defense against Infectious Diseases
Claire and Amédée Maratier Institute for the Study of Blindness and Visual Disorders
Minerva Center for Cholesterol Gallstones and Lipid Metabolism in the Liver
Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute
The Amalia Biron Research Institute of Thrombosis and Hemostasis
The Herczeg Institute on Aging
Institute for Molecular Medicine
Stanley Steyer Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Research
Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences
Adler Research Center for Child Welfare and Protection
B.I and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research
Foerder Institute for Economic Research
Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society
David Horowitz Institute on Society and Economy
Institute for Social Research
Golda Meir Institute of Labor and Social Research
The Herczeg Institute on Aging
Sackler Institute of Economic Studies
Pinhas Sapir Center for Development
University Institute for Diplomacy and Regional Cooperation founded by the Peres Center for Peace and TAU
Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies
Interdisciplinary Institutes
Adams Super-Center for Brain Studies
Alrov Center for Digital Medicine
Andrea and Charles Bronfman Center for Media of the Jewish People
BLAVATNIK CENTER for Drug Discovery (BCDD)
Cancer Biology Research Center
City Center - TAU Research Center for Cities and Urbanism
Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas
The Center for AI and Data Science (TAD)
Edmond J. Safra Center for Bioinformatics
Joan and Jaime Constantiner Institute for Molecular Genetics
Morris E. Curiel Center for International Studies
Marian Gertner Institute for Medical Nanosystems
Levie-Edersheim-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging
Gordon Center for Energy Studies
The Herczeg Institute for Aging
ICRC – Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center
Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis and Forecasting
Ela Kodesz Institute for Cardiac Physical Sciences and Engineering
Kovens Health Systems Management Center
Landa Center for Equal Opportunity through Education
Walter Lebach Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence Through Education
The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Porter Super-Center for Ecological and Environmental Studies
Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies
Elizabeth and Nicholas Slezak Super-Center for Cardiac Research and Medical Engineering
Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
Shlomo Shmeltzer Institute for Smart Transportation
Switzerland Institute for Developmental Biology
Wolfson Applied Materials Research Centre
Shalom and Varda Yoran Institute for Human Genome Research