Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
אוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב | |
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| Motto | In the Negev, the people of Israel will be challenged |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1969 |
| President | Rivka Carmi |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.bgu.ac.il |
The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב) was founded in 1969, in Be'er Sheva, Israel.
The University is mandated to promote development of the Negev region, inspired by the vision of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the country's future lay in the relatively undeveloped south.
The university is rapidly expanding and has a current enrollment of 17,400 students.
Ben Gurion is one of Israel's faster growing universities, and is known for its graduated engineers in electronics, chemistry, computers and mechanics. Along with Tel Aviv University, it is ranked second or third after the Technion in engineering disciplines. After the collapse of the USSR, the university was stengthened by hiring faculty from prestigious Soviet universities, including Leningrad, Riga, Moscow, and Kharkov.
Faculty
- Netanel Altschuler, computer scientist
- Aharon Appelfeld, author
- Haim Chertok, author
- Shlomi Dolev, computer scientist
- Samuel Hollander, economist
- Amos Oz, author
- Benny Morris, historian
- Danny Rubinstein, journalist
Graduates
- Amira Dotan, Israeli member of parliament
- Gonen Segev, physician and former cabinet minister
- Silvan Shalom, former Israeli minister of finance and foreign affairs
- Elyezer Shkedy, Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force
- Yaakov Turner, Mayor of Beersheba
- Mordechai Vanunu, former nuclear technician
- Shelli Yehimovich, journalist and member of parliament
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