Press Release:
Israel promotes study opportunities for Chinese students
In October 2015, eight of Israel's leading higher education
institutions will head to China to promote study opportunities for Chinese
students at the International
Graduate Scholarship Fair (IGSF) and the China Education Expo (CEE), the
largest education expos in China. This is the third time Israel will have a
national pavilion at the CEE, reflecting the increased focus of Israeli higher
education institutions on attracting Chinese students.
In recent years, encouraged by Israeli Government
scholarship programs for Chinese students, there has been significant growth in
the amount of Chinese students studying in Israeli higher education
institutions. Up to 350 scholarships are available annually to Chinese students
for undergraduate and graduate degrees and short-term summer courses in a
variety of fields and universities. Up to 100 post-doctoral fellowships are
also available annually for study in all areas of research (for more
information see here).
So what does Israel have to offer Chinese students who are
interested in studying abroad? Israel has a long tradition of academic
excellence, boasting world class universities, colleges and research institutes.
Two of its universities (The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem and the Technion) are
ranked in the top 100 universities in the world, and another four in the top 500.
Israel has high global rankings in scientific publications per capita and
number of citations per paper. Eight
Israelis have been awarded Nobel Prizes in the fields of Chemistry and
Economics since 2002.
Israel provides a dynamic and stimulating environment for
international students. Known as the 'Start-Up Nation', Israel excels in
innovation and technology in a wide range of fields including internet and
communications technology, bio and nanotechnology, clean technologies, and
agritech. It is a hotbed of innovative activity, with the world's highest
R&D expenditure to GDP, world's largest number of companies on the NASDAQ
outside the US, the 5th country in the world in terms of patents per
capita, and a huge number of local hi-tech companies.
Most Israeli universities and colleges provide a diversity
of programs in English for international students at the undergraduate and
postgraduate levels, ranging from summer courses to full degrees.
Israeli universities also welcome international students for
PhD and postdoctoral research, and assign them with some of the leading
researchers in their fields.
The Israeli delegation to the IGSF and CEE (including the
following institutions: The Hebrew University, The Technion, Tel Aviv
University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Bar Ilan University, Haifa
University, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and Levinsky College) will
participate in the IGSF in Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai (17-22 October) and the
CEE in Beijing (24-25 October). We look forward to welcoming prospective
students and discussing all the opportunities Israel has to offer!