Technion — Israel Institute of Technology
| הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל | |
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Public Technical |
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| Established | April 11, 1912 |
| Endowment | US$1.6 billion |
| Budget | US$381.202 million |
| President | Peretz Lavie |
| Students | 13,703 (2014) |
| Undergraduates | 9,251 (2014) |
| Postgraduates | 3,435 (2014) |
| 1,004 (2014) | |
| Location | Haifa, Israel |
| Campus | Urban 1,325 dunams (327 acres) |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Affiliations | CESAER |
| Website | technion.ac.il |
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The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Hebrew: הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל Ha-Tekhniyon — Makhon Tekhnologi le-Yisrael) is a public research university in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the Ottoman Empire and more than 35 years before the State of Israel, the Technion is the oldest university in the country. The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management and education. It has 19 academic departments, 60 research centers and 12 affiliated teaching hospitals. Since its founding, it has awarded more than 100,000 degrees and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of the State of Israel.
The university's principal language of instruction is Hebrew. Choosing the language of instruction was the subject of a national debate in pre-Israel statehood that became an important milestone in the consolidation of Hebrew as the spoken language in the State of Israel.
Technion's 565 faculty members currently include three Nobel Laureates in chemistry. Four Nobel Laureates have been associated with the university.
The current president of the Technion is Peretz Lavie, who was ranked in 2012 by the Israeli national newspaper TheMarker as one of the country's 100 most influential people.
The Technion is cited as one of the factors behind the growth of Israel's high-tech industry and innovation, such as the country's Silicon Wadi.
The Technion was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fund Ezrah as a school of engineering and sciences. It was to be the only institution of higher learning in the then Ottoman Palestine, other than the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (founded in 1907). Its cornerstone was laid in 1912, and studies began 12 years later in 1924. The Technion was the venue for Israel's "battle of the languages", an intense debate over the language of instruction.
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