Northwestern and Israel

Partnerships
Students
Units and Groups
Research Highlight
Alumni
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In Israel, Northwestern offers its students and faculty innovative educational and research opportunities across many scholarly fields through collaborative partnerships and creative ventures.

Partnerships

Partner Institution	Partner Type & Sponsor
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Research > Office for Research
Tel Aviv University	Undergraduate Student Exchange > Global Learning Office Visiting Scholar Program > Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholar Program > McCormick School of Engineering
Tel Aviv University: Coller School of Management	Graduate Student Exchange > Kellogg School of Management Faculty Exchange > Kellogg School of Management
Tel Aviv University: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences	Clinical Rotation > Feinberg School of Medicine
Tel Aviv University: The Buchmann Faculty of Law	Graduate Student Exchange > Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Dual Degree > Northwestern Pritzker School of Law

Students

*Scholars category includes visiting faculty, researchers, post-doctoral fellows and lecturers

47 students and scholars from Israel at Northwestern

2 Undergraduate
26 Masters
2 Doctoral
17 Scholars

For historical data visit the Office of International Student and Scholar Services website.

50 Northwestern students in Israel

16 Undergraduate
34 Graduate

Units and Groups

Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA)

The Middle East and North African Studies Program (MENA) offers the Northwestern community an in-depth understanding of the region that stretches from Morocco to the Gulf States and Iran, and from the Mediterranean into the Sahara and beyond.

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Israel Innovation Project

IIP promotes collaborations between Northwestern and Israeli institutions in the sciences, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM).

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Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies

The Center promotes the academic study of the modern state of Israel through interdisciplinary teaching, scholarship, and research with an undergraduate minor and major in Jewish Studies, a minor in Hebrew Studies, and a Jewish Studies Graduate Cluster.

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Crown Family Israel Center for Innovation (ICI)

Through programs, courses and fellowships focused on the Israeli economy, the ICI, housed within the Kellogg School of Management, connects students and faculty with Israeli businesses and institutions, encouraging collaboration, partnership and learning.

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Research Highlight

Water in Israel

At Northwestern, a coordinated effort between the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering, and the Northwestern Center for Water Research is dedicated to the examination of water in Israel. This interdisciplinary collaboration includes an annual undergraduate seminar on water in Israel and the Middle East, an annual international symposium, and a 12-day Global Engineering Trek to Israel, in which students study the realities and impact of water issues first-hand.

Representatives from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering, and the Northwestern Center for Water Research at an annual undergraduate seminar on water in Israel

May 2024 - Eighth Annual Symposium on Water in Israel and the Middle East
Water Innovation for Wet and Dry Lands: Between the Great Lakes and the Middle East

Alumni

~1,400

Northwestern alumni are based in Israel.
One-third are located in Tel Aviv.

The Kellogg Alumni Club of Israel offers social and networking opportunities to keep alumni connected to Northwestern and fellow alumni in Israel. Other ways to get and stay connected can be found here.

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This page features data and information from the 2023-2024 academic year and gets updated annually. The last update was made in October 2024. For questions or comments about the information listed here, please contact Janka Pieper, Senior Director of Communications.