Bar-Ilan University’s International School hosted a Zikaron BaSalon event to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah). Memorial candles were lit by each participant, an explanation of Yom Hashoah, the Holocaust, and Zikaron BaSalon was provided by third-year student, Chloe Schwartz, and a presentation was given by Dr. Batya Brutin, art historian and curator, after which, a discussion was held with the students.   L-R: Dr. Batya Brutin and Chloe Schwartz. Dr. Brutin was presented with a Zikaron BaSalon Certificate of Appreciation for her participation in the event Schwartz explained the meaning of Yom Hashoah to the international students, many of whom...

Bar-Ilan University’s international students gathered on campus just before Passover (Pesach) in April to learn about the Jewish holiday and the traditional Passover Seder (meal). This event was part of the lecture series arranged by the International School for students to get to know more about life in Israel, Jewish and Israeli customs, holidays, and lifecycle events. About 30 students attended. Rabbanit Devorah Evron, BIU’s campus spiritual leader, spoke about the origins of Passover and the Exodus from Egypt, and explained the commandments of the Haggadah (the book that is read during the Seder that takes participants through the story...

Madina Telkhozhayeva, who hails from Almaty, Kazakhstan, has been a doctoral student in the lab of Prof. Gilbert Daniel Nessim in the Department of Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University since October 2018. She graduated with an MSc in Technics and Technology from Al Farabi Kazakh National University in her hometown of Almaty in March 2017. As a top student in her field, she has received various scholarships for her studies, including for her PhD. She was awarded a Presidential Fellowship (Milgat Nasi) for pursuing a PhD in Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University for 2018-2019 and she received the Nano Scholarship for Outstanding...

Erasmus+Strategic Partnerships aim to support the development, transfer, and/or implementation of innovative practices at organizational, local, regional, national, or European levels. Strategic Partnerships offer the opportunity to organizations active in the fields of education, training, and youth, as well as enterprises, public authorities, civil society organizations active in different socio-economic sectors to cooperate in order to implement innovative practices leading to high-quality teaching, training, learning and youth work, institutional modernization and societal innovation. Read more about these Strategic Partnerships here. What is TEAM? Many countries face a variety of problems and challenges within the educational system and in teacher education...

What is the DOCMEN Project? The main purpose of the DOCMEN Project is the modernization of academic curricula in the field of microelectronics through developing innovative courses and methodologies using the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), the three-cycle system, and the recognition of degrees. The DOCMEN Project's aim is to reform curricula in study courses related to microelectronics at higher educational institutions in the partner countries – Armenia, Israel, and Kazakhstan. This goal is achieved through the cooperation of the partner countries with European partners and industrial project participants. DOCMEN is a multinational project and is coordinated by...

In-person higher education fairs are slowly returning to the world stage and Bar-Ilan University’s International School participated successfully in the French fairs organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)  in February 2022. Yael Toledano, Director of External Academic and Diplomatic Relations, represented BIU’s International School at the week-long events in Paris. These included fairs at about eight Jewish high schools, a general fair for all potential students (undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduates), and meetings with the Israeli Embassy in Paris and the Union des Étudiants Juifs de France (UEJF – the Jewish Students’ Association of France). Back L-R: Prof. Galia...

Open Day Session for Undergraduate Students Bar-Ilan University’s International School will host an information session to discuss all the options for undergraduate studies offered at the university on 18 April 2021. There will be two sessions – one in the morning and one in the evening (Israel time). Each session will include an overview of Bar-Ilan University and each degree and specialty offered. In the meantime, you can find out more about the different Bachelor’s degree programs below and on our website – undergraduate studies. If you're interested in any of our Master’s degrees, please visit the graduate studies section...

At the beginning of 2018, Bar-Ilan University undergraduate students, Sariba Feinstein, a Jewish immigrant (olah) from the US, and Fatima Amer, an Arab Muslim Israeli, combined forces to start a branch of the Interfaith Encounter Association (IEA) at Bar-Ilan University under the leadership of their professor, Dr. Ben Mollov. The success of this initiative sparked the innovative and pioneering “Jewish-Arab Inter-Religious Dialogue” academic program, created by Dr. Mollov, which is now completing its second year as part of the Bachelor of Arts in Communications, a degree offered in English at Bar-Ilan’s International School. At the time, both Sariba and Fatima were students of Dr. Mollov,...

The Bar-Ilan University International School's representatives in India have arranged a special event on April 8, 2021, at 13:30 (GMT+3) to promote the English MSc in Physics program especially to Indian students, although potential students from other countries are welcome to participate. The subject of the open day is “Frontier Research Opportunities in the Physics Department at BIU” and it will include an overview of the research topics and groups in the department. The open day will be hosted by Bar-Ilan University’s International School. Prof. Rachel Dekel, Academic Head, Dafi Forer-Kremer, Marketing and Recruitment Director, and Divya Shevale, our India...