Open University of Israel
| Open University of Israel | |
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| founding | 1974 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Ra'anana , Israel |
| president | Mimi Ajzenstadt |
| Students | 38,000 |
| Website | www.openu.ac.il |
The Open University of Israel ( Hebrew האוניברסיטה הפתוחה ha-universita ha-ptucha , Arabic الجامعه المفتوحه) is the largest of Israel's eight state universities with around 40,000 students in Israel and several hundred students in over 60 other countries. It only offers distance learning courses . The common name of the university in Israel is the Hebrew one.
history
On an initiative of the then Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Yigal Allon , the establishment of a university was discussed for the first time in 1969, which is open to every citizen of Israel and implements modern methods and approaches in the transfer of knowledge. On April 14, 1972 , the "Everyman's University" ("Ha-universita ha-ptucha") was founded in Ramat Aviv , whose English name was later changed to "The Open University of Israel" analogous to the Hebrew name. The financial support came from Yad Hanadiv, a foundation of the Rothschild family . Max Rowe, chairman of the Rothschild Foundation, was the college's first president. In addition to imparting education and knowledge through teaching and research, the declared goals also include the establishment of research institutes. In 1995 the company moved to the newly built Dorothy de Rothschild campus in Ra'anana . The modern building was designed by the Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede.
- 1976: The university opens five courses for 2,200 students in Ramat Aviv
- 2006: More than 600 courses with almost 40,000 students, every sixth student in Israel is an Open University student
- 1976: 16 study centers
- 2006: More than 70 study centers in Israel - around half of them are equipped with devices for broadcasting interactive courses
- 1976: 5 textbooks were published
- 2006: The circulation of textbooks reaches one million - half is used by students and faculty from other universities in Israel
- 1982: 41 graduates at the first graduation ceremony
- 2006: A total of 14,500 graduates
Departments
There are nine departments:
- Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Studies Studies
- Department of Literature, Language and Art
- Department of Education and Psychology
- Department of Management and Economics
- Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication
- Faculty of Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Computer Science
- English Department
Students at the Open University of Israel
Distance learning also enables those people to receive an academic education who are otherwise excluded from it for reasons of time, geography, religion or financial resources or because of the admission requirements of other universities. The student body includes working professionals, gifted high school students, soldiers (both military service and professional soldiers), Orthodox Jews, and people from remote areas.
Distance learning and teaching methods
Distance learning takes place using textbooks, (individual) lessons through various media (Internet, television, radio, telephone), lessons in the laboratory (natural sciences), excursions as well as symposia, tests and final exams. More than 40 bachelor's degree programs in all departments and five master’s degree programs are offered. All degrees from the Open University of Israel are certified by the Council for Higher Education in Israel.
Web links
- [1] (available in Hebrew, English and Arabic)
