The Institute for Advanced Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS or IAS in Israel) of Jerusalem, Israel (Hebrew: המכון ללימודים מתקדמים) is a national institution devoted to academic research in physics, mathematics, the life sciences, economics, and comparative religion. It is a self-governing body, both in its administrative function as well as its academic pursuits. It is one of the nine members of the symposium Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS).

The IIAS is located at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the Edmond J. Safra campus at Givat Ram, where the National Library of the State of Israel is located as well. The Institute brings together scholars from around the world to engage in collaborative research projects for periods of four to twelve months. Throughout the more than forty years of its existence it has been dedicated to unrestricted academic research.

There are many academic centers of varying status known as "Advanced Study" Institutes throughout the world, but the Institute for Advanced Study located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is the original Advanced Study Institute upon which all the others were modeled.

The Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem was founded in 1975 by Israeli mathematician Aryeh Dvoretzky, a winner of the Israel Prize for Mathematics. Professor Dvoretzky had several times visited the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, and this inspired him to establish an IAS in Jerusalem in 1975. In March, 1976 Professor Dvoretzky wrote:

The Institute is similar in concept to several existing Institutes of Advanced Study, notably the Princeton Institute. An IAS in Israel will fulfill a long-acknowledged need for an appropriate setting to encourage scientific and academic leadership, along with promoting the highest standard of research. The proliferation of universities in Israel, along with the overall trend toward mass higher education, has heightened the need for an IAS here in Israel. The inspiration and achievement of these Institutes are essential to strengthening and advancing Israel's scientific and academic landscape.

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