Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Founded 1912. Israel's first university, engine of the startup nation's technical workforce.
Overview
Founded in 1912 in Haifa under Ottoman rule, Technion opened classes in 1924 after a war and a language war over German or Hebrew instruction. Its graduates built Israel's power grid, water systems, and later its semiconductor and medical device industries. Three chemistry Nobels tie to faculty: Ciechanover and Hershko for ubiquitin, Shechtman for quasicrystals. About 15,000 students study on the Neve Shaanan ridge overlooking the bay. The faculty club's view stretches to the Carmel coast. Its graduates account for a large share of Israeli tech founders and faculty.
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