Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University (BIU; Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic institution. It has about 20,000 students and 1,350 faculty members.

Bar-Ilan University
אוניברסיטת בר-אילן (Hebrew)
Other name
BIU
MottoImpacting tomorrow, today
TypePublic research
Established1955
PresidentArie Zaban
RectorAmnon Albeck
PrincipalZohar Yinon
Administrative staff
1,250
Students20,000
2,200+
Location
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District
,
Israel

32°4′4″N 34°50′33″E
CampusUrban
Colors    Dark green and sky blue
Websitewww.biu.ac.il
Academic rankings
National
ARWU5
Global
ARWU401–500
QS=545
THE501–600

Bar-Ilan's mission is to "blend Jewish tradition with modern technologies and scholarship and the university endeavors to ... teach the Jewish heritage to all its students while providing [an] academic education."The university is among the best in the Middle East in the field of computer science and engineering.

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