Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) held its internal annual conference in Haifa in February 2022. It was the first in-person conference held since the start of the COVID pandemic. There were around 300 participants from Bar-Ilan, including researchers, students, and staff. Faculties and departments represented included Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics, among others. Read More.

A surprise meeting proving the “six degrees of separation” theory took place at Bar-Ilan University in February when the Ambassador of Bahrain to Israel visited the campus. This experience shows how closely connected we all are in the grand scheme of things. Read More.

Bar-Ilan University’s president, Prof. Arie Zaban, deputy president, Prof. Moshe Lewenstein, and the International School hosted H.E. Satybaldy Burshakov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Israel, and Ms. Madina Taushkenova, 2nd Secretary of the Embassy of Kazakhstan, at the university recently. The Ambassador’s visit included a tour of the campus; a special welcome by Prof. Zaban with a presentation about Bar-Ilan University, its history, research, and expertise, the International School, and more; visits to the Faculty of Engineering, the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), and the Department of Chemistry; as well as an introduction...

Bar-Ilan University is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 academic year! This is your chance to apply early and benefit from an early response – so don’t delay. Find out about all the degrees we offer in English on our website or if you already know what you’d like to study, apply now! We will also be hosting two Open Days on February 18 and 20 – in person (COVID-19 regulations permitting) and online – for anyone interested in finding out more about our top-notch degrees. The online Open Day will take place on February 20 from 10:00 to 17:00 (Israel time –...

Bar-Ilan University and Doral Group, an entrepreneurial company in the field of renewable energy, have signed a series of agreements for strategic collaboration. Doral will become a member of Bar-Ilan’s Energy and Sustainability Center and the entities will work to promote research, development, and commercialization of several issues, as well as identify and realize joint business opportunities in response to global challenges in the fields of renewable energy, climate, and environment. Read More.

The Department of Hebrew and Culture at the World Zionist Organization and Bar-Ilan University announced a new partnership that will boost Hebrew language learning around the world. Known as “The International Hebrew Exam”, the project aims to enrich Hebrew language and culture studies for Jewish high school students worldwide by building an international community of young adults who are passionate about Israel. The International Hebrew Exam will include the study of Hebrew language and literature and will give students a stronger understanding of Israeli culture. Participants who qualify will be eligible to receive university-level academic credit.  L-R: Bar-Ilan University CEO...

An international group of Israeli and American researchers (including a few from Bar-Ilan University) has discovered a vertebra from a hominin species dated to 1.5 million years ago that lived in the Jordan Valley. The bone was from a child aged 6-12 and is the most ancient evidence of a human presence in today’s Israel, as well as the second oldest human remain found outside of Africa. Read More.

Musical preferences may have the potential to unite personalities of people around the world, according to a new study led by Dr. David Greenberg, an honorary research associate at the University of Cambridge, a postdoctoral scholar at Bar-Ilan University, and saxophonist. Read More.

Some might view games as merely entertainment, but for Prof. Emanuele Dalla Torre at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and his team, playing games is useful for measuring the effectiveness of today’s commercial quantum computers. Read More. Covid News

How can we identify COVID variants without compromising patient privacy, and perform complex computations more simply, even over encrypted messages? Dr. Mor Weiss, of Bar-Ilan University’s Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, is a cryptography expert who focuses on such questions. Recently, she won third place in the 2021 iDash competition. Read More.