Campus Information

The campus of the University of Haifa spreads along the Carmel Mountain ridge, southeast of the city of Haifa, surrounded by the Carmel National Park. The University was established in 1963 under the joint auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Haifa Municipality. In 1972, it gained academic accreditation as a separate institution from the Council for Higher Education.
The University of Haifa is the most pluralistic institution of higher education in Israel: Jews, Arabs, and Druze, IDF officers and security personnel - all sitting together on the bench of knowledge in an atmosphere of coexistence, tolerance, and mutual respect.
Around 17,000 students are studying toward an academic degree (B.A., M.A., or Ph.D.) in the University's six Faculties (Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences and Science Education, Law, Social Welfare and Health Studies, and Education) and five Schools (Management, Social Work, History, Public Health, and Political Sciences).
Research is concentrated in centers and institutes on a wide variety of subjects and fields. Among them: study of psychological stress, information processing and decision-making, evolution, the Holocaust; maritime studies, natural and environmental resources, shipping and aviation, the family. Research facilities include The Jewish-Arab Center, Herzl Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel, Study of Crime, Law, and Society, Study of Pilgrimage, Tourism and Recreation; Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Emotions; International Brain and Behavior Research Center; Center for Democratic Studies; Center for Law and Technology; Center for Research of Education for Peace; Center for National Security Studies and Geostrategy. IBM put up its largest research center outside the United States on the University campus.

The conference will take place mainly at the Observation Gallery, Edmond Safdie Auditorium and at the Hecht Auditorium.

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