Multiversity of Haifa @ 2022

“Welcome to the University of Haifa’s 45th Board of Governors Meeting. This is an especially exciting year for our Board, as we discuss our bold multi-campus expansion plans and chart the future course of the University. I especially look forward to joining you in paying tribute to our distinguished honorary doctorate recipients and sharing our research successes.”

RE-establishing

the University of Haifa

As 2022 draws near, marking the University of Haifa’s 50th year, an ambitious five-year plan will set in motion accelerated institutional growth, enhanced educational experiences for our diverse student population, increased opportunities for social mobility, and further growth for the region. By undertaking this bold new strategy, we will transform the University into a magnet for the best and brightest and a breeding ground for knowledge and innovation.

The University of Haifa’s ‘Multiversity’ will encompass academic entry points or portals across Haifa, the Galilee region and as far as China, that offer world-class education in the humanities and social sciences, health and biomedical sciences, marine and natural sciences, biotechnology and healthcare, law, management and education, as well as emerging interdisciplinary fields such as artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, and behavioral economics.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                President Robin

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY

We envision an institution of higher learning with academic portals, each offering academic opportunities in their areas of expertise,

and geared towards transdisciplinary collaboration and networking.

 

The Mount Carmel Portal will continue to serve as the main portal and administrative center. The Carmel campus is

home to 7 faculties, 8 schools and some 70 innovative research centers. Our diverse research institutes range from the National

Security Studies Center, The Helmsley Charitable Trust Mediterranean Sea Research Center, and the Research Center for Cyber,

Law and Policy to Learning In a Networked Society (LINKS) I-CORE, the Center for Gene Manipulation in the Brain, the Strochlitz

Institute for Holocaust Research, and The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities.

 

 

 

  The Mount Carmel campus was originally

  built for 7,000 students and now

  serves 18,000. Built on a nature

  reserve, this campus has reached its

  maximum capacity.

 

 

 

Marine Sciences Portal is poised for a dramatic expansion of its research efforts, thanks to the generous grant

from the Leona and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust provided to the Leon H. Charney School of Marine

Sciences towards cutting-edge equipment and lab space for its departments of Marine Biology, Strauss Marine

Geosciences, Hatter Marine Technologies, and Marine Civilizations.

 

 

 

 

   The University of Haifa is leading the

  advancement of marine research and is

  home to the only marine graduate studies

  program in Israel.

 

The Biotechnology & Healthcare Portal promises to have a transformative impact on life sciences research

in Haifa, which is establishing itself as a biomedical hub. In April, the University signed a landmark agreement

with the renowned Rambam Health Care Campus to build a 20-floor Biomedical Discovery Tower adjacent to the

hospital. This partnership in academic research and practical medicine is supported by the Israeli government and

will serve as an engine for economic and scientific growth for the north and for all of Israel in the fields of bio-

technology and healthcare. The construction of the Tower is based on a joint capital campaign launched by the

University and Rambam. (more details here)

 

 

  The Biomedical Discovery Tower

  promises to become a magnet

  for innovation and

  technology transfer.

 

 

 

 

 

Engineering Portal will expand the University’s academic offerings into the important field of engineering, 

and extend its role in educating Israel’s growing high tech sector. Under an academic agreement, the highly

reputed engineering school, ORT Braude College in Karmiel, will become the University of Haifa’s

Faculty of Engineering. Braude’s location in the Western Galilee will afford us a unique opportunity to

introduce university-level education to students in the region. The driving forces behind this initiative

are the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education (VATAT).

 

 

  An academic merger with

  ORT Braude College will

  bring university-level

  education to the

  Galilee and expand

  the University’s

  science offerings.

 

 

Industrial Design Portal will transform the NB School of Design (WIZO) in downtown Haifa into the

University of Haifa’s Faculty of Design and Architecture. The University’s respected School of the Arts

will compliment the new faculty and support interdisciplinary interaction. The Israeli government has

committed to supplying bridge funds for this merger.

 

 

  WIZO’s expertise

  in diverse design

  disciplines will usher

  in a new era of education

  and innovation at the

  University of Haifa.

 

The China Portal spans from Haifa to Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou. The University of Haifa partnered 

with East China Normal University (ECNU) in the fields of Statistics and Big Data, Neuroscience and

Oceanographic Studies, to establish a joint research center in Shanghai.

 

 

 

  The new ECNU-UH

  Joint Translational

  Science & Technology

  Research Institute

  building at the ECNU

  campus in Shanghai.

 

 

 

 

Another landmark partnership opening up in China will establish three joint Artificial Intelligence

Technology Centers portals in Haifa, Beijing, and Hangzhou. The agreement was signed with

Chinese conglomerate, Wahaha Group and the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of

Sciences (CASIA). (more details here)

 

  University of

  Haifa partners

  with Wahaha

  Group and

  CASIA to

  establish three

  joint AI R&D

  centers.

 

 

 

Our ambitious plans to expand the University in size, scope of reach and areas of research, promise to have a transformative

impact on the city of Haifa, and the entire northern region. The Multiversity of Haifa strategy, aimed at driving innovation and growth,

attracting top talent and opening up educational opportunities for all, is encouraged and supported by the Israeli government. I look

forward to advancing the next chapter of the University.

Sincerely,

Ron Robin

President