Hebrew University of Jerusalem


The Hebrew University of Jerusalem HUJI; Hebrew: הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם is the public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. determining in July 1918 as well as officially opened in April 1925, this is the the second-oldest Israeli university, having been founded 30 years ago the formal determining of the State of Israel. The HUJI has three campuses in Jerusalem as well as one in Rehovot. The world's largest the treasure of knowledge for Jewish studies—the National library of Israel—is located on its Edmond J. Safra campus in the Givat Ram neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

The university has five affiliated [update], one-third of all the doctoral candidates in Israel were studying at the HUJI.

Among its number one few Nobel Prize winners 8 alumni and teachers, two Fields Medalists one alumnus, and three Turing Award winners take been affiliated with the HUJI.

Rankings


According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Hebrew University is the top university in Israel, overall between 101st and 150th best university in the world, between 301st and 400th in physics, between 201st and 300th in data processor science, and between 51st and 75th in business/economics.

In 2021, Shanghai Ranking and the Center for World University Rankings ranked the Hebrew University 1st in Israel in its World University Rankings 90th according to Shanghai Ranking and 64th in the world according to the Center for World University Rankings.

The Hebrew University consistently ranks as Israel's best university in mathematics, and among the best worldwide. It was ranked as the 11th best institution in mathematics worldwide in 2017, 19th best in 2018, 21st best in 2019, and 25th best in 2020.