Editing Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

{{Short description|Israeli research university in Haifa}}
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 | name                   = Technion<br />Israel Institute of Technology
 | native_name            = {{lang|he|הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל}} <small>([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]])</small>
 | former_name            = Technikum<br />(1912–1914)
 | image                  = TechnionLogo.svg
 | image_size             = 200
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[Technical university|technical]] [[Research university|research]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1912|4|11|df=y}}
 | endowment              = [[US$]]2.25 billion<ref name="presidentsreport">[https://online.fliphtml5.com/eqig/snqb/#p=84 President's Report], 2022</ref>
 | budget                 = [[US$]]470 million<ref name="presidentsreport" />
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 | faculty                = 
 | president              = [[Uri Sivan]]
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 | students               = 13,703 (2014)<ref name="council2014">[http://che.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Table-8.xlsx Table 8], annual report, [[Council for Higher Education in Israel]], 2014</ref>
 | undergrad              = 9,251 (2014)<ref name="council2014"/>
 | postgrad               = 3,435 (2014)<ref name="council2014"/>
 | doctoral               = 1,004 (2014)<ref name="council2014"/>
 | city                   = [[Haifa]]
 | country                = Israel
 | coordinates            = {{coord|32|46|39|N|35|01|18|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Urban
 | campus_size            = {{convert|1325|dunam|acre}}
 | colors                 = Navy and Gold
 | affiliations           = [[Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research|CESAER]]<br />[[McDonnell International Scholars Academy]]<br />EuroTech Universities
 | website                = {{official url}}
 | pushpin_map            = Israel haifa
 | pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Technion
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The '''Technion – Israel Institute of Technology'''{{efn|{{langx|he|הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל|HaTechnion – Mechon Technologi l'Yisrael}}; {{Langx|ar|التخنيون - معهد إسرائيل للتكنولوجيا}}}} is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] located in [[Haifa]], Israel. Established in 1912 by Jews under the dominion of the [[Ottoman Empire]], the Technion is the oldest university in the country.<ref name="technikum">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/862864|title=War of the Languages: Founding of the Technion/Technikum|author=Sveta Reingold|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

The university offers degrees in science and engineering, and related fields such as architecture, medicine, industrial management, and education. It has 19 academic departments, 60 research centers, and 12 affiliated teaching hospitals.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://int.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Technion-Intl-Brochure-English-2015-16.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 July 2016 |archive-date=23 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123153516/http://int.technion.ac.il/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Technion-Intl-Brochure-English-2015-16.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since its founding, it has awarded more than 123,000 degrees<ref>[http://www.technion.ac.il/en/2014/10/2014-15-welcoming-the-new-academic-year/ 2014–15 Welcoming the New Academic Year], Technion website</ref> and its graduates are cited for providing the skills and education behind the creation and protection of the [[State of Israel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiIYgCC7Gw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3RiIYgCC7Gw| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Technion Nation - Building Israel the Start-Up Nation|last=Technion|date=11 June 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[http://startupnationbook.com/ Start-Up Nation Book]. Start-Up Nation Book (18 January 2013). Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref>

Technion's 565 faculty members include three [[Nobel laureates in Chemistry|Nobel Laureates in chemistry]]. Four [[Nobel Laureates|Nobel laureates]] have been associated with the university. The current [[List of presidents of the Technion|president of the Technion]] is [[Uri Sivan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Prof-Uri-Sivan-takes-office-as-President-of-Technion-603234|title=Prof. Uri Sivan takes office as President of Technion|date = 29 September 2019}}</ref>

The selection of [[Modern Hebrew|Hebrew]] as the language of instruction, defeating German in the [[War of the Languages]], was an important milestone in Hebrew's consolidation as Israel's official language.<ref>[http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/history.php?search=Haifa&dosearch.x=9&dosearch.y=9&dosearch=Search Jewish History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618200329/http://www.jewishhistory.org.il/history.php?search=Haifa&dosearch.x=9&dosearch.y=9&dosearch=Search |date=18 June 2016 }}. Jewish History. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> The Technion is also a major factor behind the growth of Israel's [[high-tech]] industry and innovation, including the country's technical cluster in [[Silicon Wadi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnpublications.net/2011/06/30/israel-leads-in-high-tech-2/|title=Israel leads in high-tech - Reporting on the Middle East, Science, and Education|website=cnpublications.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldcrunch.com/secret-israel-s-high-tech-success/3672/|title=The Secret of Israel's High-tech Success (Le Monde)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302175626/https://worldcrunch.com/secret-israel-s-high-tech-success/3672/|archive-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology}}
[[File:Einstein technion.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Einstein]] at Technion; 11 February 1923]]
The Technikum was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fund [[Ezrah]] as a school of engineering and sciences. It was to be the only institution of higher learning in the then [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Ottoman Palestine]], other than the [[Bezalel Academy of Art and Design]] in [[Jerusalem]] (founded in 1906).<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423201050/https://www.bezalel.ac.il/en/about/milestones|quote="1906: Prof. Boris Schatz founds Bezalel in Jerusalem. The goal: 'Training the people of Jerusalem for handicrafts, forming an original Jewish art and supporting Jewish artists, and finding a visual expression for the desired national spiritual independence - an independence that seeks to synthesize the European artistic tradition and the Jewish design tradition in the East and West, and combine it with the local culture of the Land of Israel.' The carpet weaving department is opened, followed by the stone carving department." Note that much of this information only appears on the much more detailed Hebrew version of the page.|url=https://www.bezalel.ac.il/about/milestones|publisher=Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design|access-date=October 30, 2024|title=Historical Timeline}}</ref> In October 1913, the board of trustees selected [[German language|German]] as the language of instruction, provoking a major controversy known as the [[War of the Languages]]. After opposition from American and Russian Jews to the use of German, the board of trustees reversed itself in February 1914 and selected Hebrew as the language of instruction. The German name Technikum was also replaced by the Hebrew name Technion.<ref name="technikum"/><ref name="cie">{{cite web|title=Technion University Selects Hebrew as Language of Instruction|url=https://israeled.org/hebrew-language/|website=Center for Israel Education|date=22 February 2018|access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

Technion's cornerstone was laid in 1912, and studies began 12 years later in 1924.<ref name="cie"/> In 1923 [[Albert Einstein]] visited and planted the now-famous first [[Arecaceae|palm tree]], as an initiative of [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] tradition. The first palm tree still stands today in front of the old Technion building, which is now the MadaTech museum, in the Hadar neighborhood. Einstein founded the first Technion Society, and served as its president upon his return to [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Einstein and Technion|website=Guandong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|url=https://www.gtiit.edu.cn/en/einstein.aspx}}</ref>

In 1924, [[Arthur Blok]] became the Technion's first president.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-09|title=Technion President - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology|url=https://www.technion.ac.il/en/former-presidents/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Technion - Israel Institute of Technology -|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the early 1950s, under the administration of [[Yaakov Dori]], who had served as the Israel Defense Forces’ first chief of staff, the Technion launched a campaign to recruit Jewish and pro-Israel scientists from abroad to establish research laboratories and teaching departments in the natural and exact sciences.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-when-israel-housed-top-scientists-in-a-transit-camp-deep-in-the-woods-1.10377725 When Israel Housed Top Scientists in a Transit Camp Deep in the Woods], [[Haaretz]]</ref>

==Campuses==
[[File:Churchillbuilding.jpg|thumb|right|Churchill Auditorium]]
[[File:Technion-Obelisk.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The Obelisk, a 28 meters tall stainless-steel structure, is a [[kinetic art|kinetic sculpture]].]]

===Haifa===
Technion City generally refers to the 1.2-square-kilometer site located on the pine-covered north-eastern slopes of [[Mount Carmel]]. The campus comprises over 300 buildings.<ref>[https://www.technion.ac.il/en/about/ About]. www.technion.ac.il. Retrieved on 1 December 2022.</ref> 

The Technion has two additional campuses. Its original building in midtown Haifa, in use by the Technion until the mid-1980s, now houses the [[Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space|Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space]]. The [[Rappaport Faculty of Medicine]] is located in the neighborhood of [[Bat Galim]], adjacent to [[Rambam Hospital]], the largest medical center in Northern Israel.

Recreational activities on the main campus include an Olympic-size swimming pool as well as gymnastics, squash, and tennis facilities.<ref>[http://ciar.technion.ac.il/sport-facilities/ Sports Facilities]. Ciar.technion.ac.il. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> The Technion Symphony Orchestra and Choir are composed mainly of Technion students and staff. Each term, the Orchestra offers a series of daytime and evening concerts. Films and live performances by leading Israeli artists take place on campus on a regular basis.

In April 2022, a cable car station of the [[Rakavlit|Rakvalit]] was opened at the main campus, connecting the Technion to [[University of Haifa|Haifa University]] (higher up on Mount Carmel) and to the [[HaMifratz Central Bus Station]] and public transit hub at the foot of Mount Carmel.

===Tel Aviv===
Technion's Division of Continuing Education and External Studies has been operating in the Tel Aviv area since 1958. In July 2013, the Technion moved to a new campus in [[Sarona (colony)|Sarona]]. The Technion satellite campus in Sarona includes three buildings in a 1,800 sq. meter area, with a total of 16 modern classrooms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technion.ac.il/en/2014/03/technion-azrieli-sarona-campus-tel-aviv/|title=Technion-Azrieli Sarona Campus|date=4 March 2014|publisher=Technion|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Among the programs that are taught at Sarona are the Technion's International MBA program, which includes students from around the world and guest lecturers from universities such as [[London Business School]], [[Columbia University]], and [[INSEAD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technionmba.com|title=MBA in Israel|publisher=Technion|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>

===Cornell Tech===
{{Main|Cornell Tech}}
On 19 December 2011, a bid by a consortium of [[Cornell University]] and Technion won a competition to establish a new high-tier applied science and engineering institution in New York City. The competition was established by New York City Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] in order to increase entrepreneurship and job growth in the city's technology sector. The winning bid consisted of a {{convert|2100000|sqft|m2}} state-of-the-art tech campus, built on [[Roosevelt Island]], which had its first phase completed by 2017, with a temporary off-site campus opening in 2013 at the [[Google]] New York City headquarters building at [[111 Eighth Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec11/NYCcover.html|title='Game-changing' tech campus goes to Cornell, Technion|publisher=Cornell University|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Harman|first=Danna|title=The Technion: Israel's Hard Drive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/education/edlife/inside-the-technion-israels-premier-technological-institute-and-cornells-global-partner.html|access-date=20 April 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 April 2013}}</ref> The new school has been named the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.cornell.edu/jacobs-technion-cornell-institute|title=Overview|work=Cornell Tech|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> Its Founding Director was [[Craig Gotsman]], Technion's Hewlett-Packard Professor of Computer Engineering.

In 2015, [[AOL]] announced an investment of $5 million in a video research project at the institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/01/18/shirt-that-monitors-hearts-destroying-cancer-cells-new-gas-fields-its-good-news-from-israel/|title=Shirt that Monitors Hearts, Destroying Cancer Cells, New Gas Fields: It's Good News from Israel!|work=Jewish Business News|date=18 January 2015 |access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> Positive media coverage abounds,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2014/08/8551250/future-island|title=Future island|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> as well as some small scale protests from the margins of political and environmental activism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mondoweiss.net/2013/11/partnership-technions-militarization|title=Technion's role in U.S. militarization and domestic spying|work=Mondoweiss|date=17 November 2013|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

===Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology===
{{Main|Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology}}

In September 2013 the [[Li Ka Shing Foundation]] and the Technion announced they would be joining forces to create a new institute for technology at [[Shantou University]], [[Guangdong|Guangdong province]], south-eastern China. The Li Ka Shing Foundation pledged a grant of US$130 million for the creation of the institute. The degrees taught, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates, will be accredited by the Technion. The total construction costs are $147 million. English will be GTIIT's language of instruction. GTIIT will comprise three units: the College of Engineering; the College of Science; and the College of Life Science. The goal is to have about 5,000 students eventually. The institute will eventually grant Technion engineering degrees at all levels - Bachelor, Masters and PhD. Initially the courses offered are Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Materials Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PROGRAMS OF STUDY - ACADEMIC - GUANGDONG TECHNION-ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY|url=http://www.gtiit.edu.cn/en/programs-of-study.aspx|access-date=2021-05-27|website=www.gtiit.edu.cn}}</ref> By 2020 the institute will start teaching other disciplines from Mechanics to Aerospace Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) in China is launched|url=http://pard.technion.ac.il/4198-2/|access-date=4 November 2014|website=pard.technion.co.il|date=29 September 2013|archive-date=26 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226154916/http://pard.technion.ac.il/4198-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shantou University|url=http://www.lksf.org/shantou-university/|access-date=4 November 2014|website=[[Li Ka Shing Foundation]]|date=29 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Neuman|first=Efrat|title=The story behind a HK billionaire's $130 million donation to the Technion|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.550634|access-date=4 November 2014|newspaper=[[Haaretz]]|date=5 October 2013}}</ref>

==Faculties==
===Aerospace Engineering===
[[File:Aerospace Faculty (Technion).JPG|thumb|Aerospace Faculty (Technion)]]

Founded in 1954, the [[Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering|Faculty of Aerospace Engineering]] conducts research and education in a wide range of aerospace disciplines. The Aerospace Research Center also consists of the Aerodynamics (wind tunnels) Laboratory, the Aerospace Structures Laboratory, the Combustion and Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, the Turbo and Jet Engine Laboratory, the Flight Control Laboratory and the Design for Manufacturing Laboratory.

===Architecture and Town Planning===
The Technion Faculty of Architecture<ref>{{cite web|url=http://architecture.technion.ac.il/|title=ארכיטקטורה ובינוי ערים|website=architecture.technion.ac.il}}</ref> awards BSc in architecture degree after four years and March professional degree after six years of study.<ref name="technionil">{{cite web |url=http://architecture.technion.ac.il/faculty.php?pi=15 |title=Technion, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning |publisher=technion.ac.il |access-date=8 September 2011 |archive-date=10 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210223738/http://architecture.technion.ac.il/faculty.php?pi=15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The faculty offers 4 programs: Architecture (under graduate and graduate), Landscape architecture (undergraduate and graduate), Industrial design (graduate) and regional and urban planning (graduate). Its undergraduate program in architecture and landscape architecture accepts about 100 students each year. Its graduate programs accepts about 70 students each year, and it accepts about 15 doctoral students, focusing on subjects related to it four programs.<ref name="technionil"/>

===Biology===
The Faculty of Biology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biology.technion.ac.il/|title=Biology Technion|website=biology.technion.ac.il}}</ref> was established in 1971. Advanced research is carried out in 23 research groups, focusing on a variety of aspects of cellular, molecular and developmental biology. The faculty has extensive collaborations with the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The Faculty has around 350 undergraduate students and over 100 graduate students.<ref name="The Technion Insider 2007">The Technion Insider: Technion prospectus from 2007.</ref>

===Biomedical Engineering===
Established in 1968, the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/Pages/Information_BME_Department.aspx |title=BME Department &#124; הנדסה ביו רפואית בטכניון |access-date=20 September 2012 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107033120/http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/Pages/Information_BME_Department.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> has a multidisciplinary scope nurturing research activities that blend medical and biological engineering. Research projects have resulted in the development of patented medical aids. Recent research breakthroughs include the identification of a structured neurological code for syllables and could let paraplegics "speak" virtually through the connection of the brain to a computer.<ref>Siegel, Judy. (23 August 2012) [http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=282255 Israeli research may help severely paralyzed speak | JPost | Israel News]. JPost. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref>

===Biotechnology and Food Engineering===
Unique in Israel, the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biotech.technion.ac.il/|title=הפקולטה להנדסת ביוטכנולוגיה ומזון - הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל|website=biotech.technion.ac.il}}</ref> offers a blend of courses in engineering, life and natural sciences as well as joint degree programs with the Faculties of Biology and Chemistry. The Faculty houses biotechnology laboratories, as well as a large food processing pilot plant and a packaging laboratory. It currently has 350 undergraduates and more than 120 graduate students.

===Civil and Environmental Engineering===
[[File:Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Faculty Technion.jpg|thumb|Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Technion]]

In 2002, two of the original Technion Faculties – Civil and Agricultural engineering, were merged to create the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cee.technion.ac.il/eng/|title=Technion Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering דף בית|first=Minicy Catom Software Engineering Ltd.|last=www.catom.com|website=cee.technion.ac.il|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=3 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803232532/http://cee.technion.ac.il/eng/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Faculty is the home of Technion's expanding [[Technion International School of Engineering|International School of Engineering]].

===Chemical Engineering===
The Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chemeng.technion.ac.il/|title=Home Page - הפקולטה להנדסה כימית - הפקולטה להנדסה כימית בטכניון|website=chemeng.technion.ac.il}}</ref> is Israel's oldest and largest faculty in the field, educating the vast majority of chemical engineers in Israel's chemical industries.<ref name="The Technion Insider 2007"/> Research activities include materials, complex fluids, processing, transport and surface phenomena and process control.

===Chemistry===
The Schulich Faculty of Chemistry<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chemistry.technion.ac.il/|title=שוליך – הפקולטה לכימיה|website=chemistry.technion.ac.il}}</ref> offers a variety of joint programs, including with materials engineering, chemical engineering, physics, and food engineering. It also offers a joint degree with the Faculty of Biology leading to a degree in molecular biochemistry. Around 100 research projects at the faculty are sponsored by industry and national and international foundations. It also offers a variety of outreach and youth programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chemistry.technion.ac.il/#|title=הפקולטה לכימיה ע"ש שוליך|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>
[[File:מבנה בריכת הגלים.png|thumb|The Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute Building]]

=== Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute (CAMERI)===
Held equally by the Technion and The Israeli Ports Company, The Israeli CAMERI<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute Website|url=https://www.cameri-eng.com}}</ref> is the leading applicative research Institute in Israel dedicated to Physical Oceanography, Marine Engineering and Coastal Engineering. Founded in 1976 it hosts two research facilities (wave-basin and wave-flume), both are the biggest of their kind in Israel. CAMERI has become with time a national authority in various data and research aspects related to the Israeli coastal and marine environments.

===Computer Science===
[[File:Technion Computer Science Faculty.jpg|thumb|right|Computer Science Faculty Building]]

Founded in 1969, this is one of the largest Technion faculties, with over 1,800 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students.

The Faculty of Computer Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.technion.ac.il|title=Computer Science Department, Technion|first=Yaniv |last=Hamo |website=www.cs.technion.ac.il}}</ref> was ranked 15th among 500 universities in computer sciences for 2011 and 18th of 500 since 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Technion-Israel-Institute-of-Technology.html|title=Technion-Israel Institute of Technology - Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2016 - Shanghai Ranking - 2016|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=24 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824142650/http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Technion-Israel-Institute-of-Technology.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Faculty is located in the Taub Family Science and Technology Center, following the support of the philanthropist [[Henry Taub]].

===Education in Technology and Science===
Founded in 1965, the Department of Education in Technology & Science<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edu.technion.ac.il/en/|title=אהרון (ארי) גרו – הפקולטה לחינוך למדע וטכנולוגיה|website=edu.technion.ac.il}}</ref> became a faculty in 2015. The faculty trains undergraduates in the most advanced methods of teaching science and technology in schools. The faculty is home to a research and development center in the field. It has over 100 graduate students and 350 undergraduate students including second career engineers and scientists who elect to study toward STEM educator career.

===Electrical Engineering===
[[File:ViewtoElectricalengg.jpg|thumb|right|View towards the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Building from Obelisk]]

The [[Technion Faculty of Electrical Engineering|Faculty of Electrical Engineering]] claims to be the major source of engineers who lead the development of advanced Israeli technology in the fields of electronics, computers and communications. Some 2000 undergraduate students study in the department for a BSc degree in electrical engineering / computer engineering / computer and software engineering, and 400 graduate students study for the degrees of MSc and PhD. The department has extensive relations with industry as well as academic and industrial special liaison support programs.<ref>[http://webee.technion.ac.il/Industrial-Relations/Mission-and-Activities Technion – Electrical Engineering: Your Portal to High-Tech]. Webee.technion.ac.il. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref>

===Humanities and Arts===
The Department of Humanities and Arts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://humanities.technion.ac.il/|title=Home Page|website=humanities.technion.ac.il}}</ref> serves all the Technion community, offering courses taught by visiting and adjunct scholars including philosophy of science, social and political sciences, linguistics, psychology, law and anthropology and an array of theoretical and performing arts courses.

The Technion Theater was established in 1986, by Professor [[Ouriel Zohar]]. The theater teaches 8 courses, and it has about 150 students per semester. The theater presented 52 performances in different styles, some by [[Hanoch Levin]], [[Yehoshua Sobol]], [[Moliere]], [[Shakespeare]], [[Pierre de Marivaux]], [[Henrik Ibsen]] and [[George Bernard Shaw|Bernard Shaw]], [[Sławomir Mrożek]] among others. The theater also presented plays written by the director and the actors. The theater is invited to many festivals in Europe universities. Director [[Scandar Copti]] received [[Ophir Award]] in 2010, played in "End End" directed by Zohar, which was presented in [[Jerusalem]] festival in 2001. Shlomo Plessner participated in collective plays "soft mattress" and "Mix Marriage" 1986–1987. The play "Transparent Chains" by Sheli Baliti from the Faculty of [[Chemical Engineering]] performed at [[Bratislava]] in 2006, [[Granada]], [[Haifa Cinematheque]], Neve Yosef Festival and the Theatre Department at the [[University of Haifa]] in 2007. The play [[An Enemy of the People]] by Ibsen, the main actor Rooney Navon, Professor at the Faculty of [[Civil and Environmental Engineering]], received honorable nomination at [[Benevento]] in Italy in 2009, and also in [[Isfia]] near Haifa. The Show "invisible clothes" written and directed by Ouriel Zohar presented at The International Theater Festival in [[Saint Petersburg State University]] in 2012.

=== Data and Decision Sciences ===
[[File:Industrial Engineering and Management at Technion by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management]]

[[The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management|The Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences]],  formerly the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management (IE&M). The faculty was launched as a Technion academic Department in 1958. The Department grew under the leadership of ''Pinchas Naor'', who served as its founding Dean. Naor's vision was to combine Industrial engineering with Management by creating a large, inherently multidisciplinary unit covering a wide spectrum of activities such as applied engineering, mathematical modeling, economics, [[behavioral sciences]], [[operations research]], [[data science]] and statistics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ie.technion.ac.il/|title=Home - הנדסת תעשייה וניהול בטכניון|website=ie.technion.ac.il|access-date=18 September 2012|archive-date=12 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912010110/http://ie.technion.ac.il/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Over the years, the faculty underwent significant shifts in research focus and curriculum, leading to a name change in January 2023 to the '''Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences''', better reflecting its academic core.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-01 |title=The Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences |url=https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2023/01/the-faculty-of-data-and-decision-sciences/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Materials Science and Engineering===
Home to Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Distinguished [[Dan Shechtman|Prof. Dan Shechtman]], the Faculty of Materials Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://materials.technion.ac.il/about-materials-engineering-faculty-technion/|title=Page not found – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|website=materials.technion.ac.il|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=16 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216094300/http://materials.technion.ac.il/about-materials-engineering-faculty-technion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is Israel's major study center in materials science. The Faculty houses the Electron Microscopy Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://materials.technion.ac.il/electron-microscopy-Mika-Materials-Engineering/|title=Page not found – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|website=materials.technion.ac.il|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728221416/http://materials.technion.ac.il/electron-microscopy-Mika-Materials-Engineering/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://materials.technion.ac.il/x-ray-lab-Materials-Engineering/-Engineering/|title=Engineering Nanostructured Thin Films for Greener Electronics – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|website=materials.technion.ac.il}}</ref> the Atomic force microscopy Laboratory<ref>{{cite web|url=http://materials.technion.ac.il/AFM-atomic-force-microscopy-lab/|title=Page not found – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|website=materials.technion.ac.il|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728204857/http://materials.technion.ac.il/AFM-atomic-force-microscopy-lab/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Physical and Mechanical Measurements lab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://materials.technion.ac.il/physical-mechanical-measurments-lab/|title=Page not found – Department of Materials Science and Engineering|website=materials.technion.ac.il|access-date=20 September 2012|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927054910/http://materials.technion.ac.il/physical-mechanical-measurments-lab/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Mathematics===
[[File:Mathematics department.jpg|thumb|right|Faculty of Mathematics]]

The Faculty of Mathematics<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.math.technion.ac.il/ |title=Home |website=math.technion.ac.il}}</ref> houses both pure and applied mathematics, and was home to the mathematician [[Paul Erdős]]. Founded in 1950, it has around 46 faculty members, 200 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students. It provides instruction for students in all other Technion faculties and organizes mathematics competition for gifted high school students and a summer camp in number theory.

===Mechanical Engineering===
Founded in 1948, the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering<ref name="technion.ac.il">{{cite web|url=http://meeng.technion.ac.il/en/|title=Energy performance analysis of a passive elastic element with a timed clutch for human load carriage - Mechanical Engineering Faculty|website=meeng.technion.ac.il}}</ref> has over 830 students and 215 graduate students. Research is conducted in the faculty's 36 laboratories across the whole spectrum of mechanical engineering, from nano-scale fields through to applied engineering of national projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D8815BC3AF656ED|title=Mechanical-Engineering-Technion - YouTube|website=YouTube}}</ref>

===Medicine===
[[File:Technion Faculty of Medicine.jpg|thumb|upright|Technion Faculty of Medicine]]

The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://md.technion.ac.il|title=The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine|website=md.technion.ac.il}}</ref> is home to two [[Nobel Laureates]]: [[Avram Hershko]] and [[Aaron Ciechanover]]. It is one of four state-sponsored medical schools in Israel. It was founded in 1979 through the philanthropy of [[Bruce Rappaport]] and is active in basic science research and pre-clinical medical training in [[anatomy]], [[biochemistry]], [[biophysics]], [[immunology]], [[microbiology]], [[physiology]], and [[pharmacology]].<ref>[http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page/About+Us/News+and+Events/News+2010/Rambam+Mourns+Baruch+Rappaport+Visionary+and+Generous+Donor.htm rambam mourns baruch rappaport visionary and generous donor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007025655/http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page/About+Us/News+and+Events/News+2010/Rambam+Mourns+Baruch+Rappaport+Visionary+and+Generous+Donor.htm |date=7 October 2013 }}. Rambam.org.il (11 January 2010). Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> Other facilities on the Faculty of Medicine campus include teaching laboratories, a medical library, lecture halls, and seminar rooms. Academic programs lead to Master of Science (M.S.), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degrees. It also offers medical training leading to a M.D. degree to qualified American and Canadian graduates of pre-med programs under the Technion American Medical School Program (TeAMS).<ref>{{YouTube|KSIoZYsnMBk|Technion American Medical Students Program TEAMS}} (3 June 2012). Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref> The school has developed collaborative research and medical education programs with various institutions in medicine and bio-medical engineering including [[Harvard University]], [[New York University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Haifa-and-NY-researchers-collaborate-on-treatment-for-two-deadly-cancers-452214|title=Haifa and NY researchers collaborate on treatment for two deadly cancers|date=25 April 2016 }}</ref> [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[University of Toronto]], [[University of California, Santa Cruz]] and [[Mayo Medical School]].

===Physics===
The Faculty of Physics<ref name="technion.ac.il1">{{cite web|url=http://physics.technion.ac.il/eng/|title=home|website=physics.technion.ac.il}}</ref> engages in experimental and theoretical research in the fields of astrophysics, high energy physics, solid state physics and biophysics. Founded in 1960, it includes the Einstein Institute of Physics, the Lidow Physics Complex, The Rosen Solid State Building and the Werksman Physics Building.

==Multidisciplinary centers==
===Nanotechnology and science===
The [[Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute]] (RBNI) was established in January 2005 as a joint endeavour of the Russell Berrie Foundation, the government of Israel, and the Technion. It is one of the largest academic programs in Israel, and is among the largest nanotechnology centers in Europe and the US. RBNI has over 110 faculty members, and approximately 300 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows under its auspices at Technion. Its multidisciplinary activities span 14 different faculties.

===Energy research===
The [[Grand Technion Energy Program|GTEP Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program]] is a multidisciplinary center of excellence bringing together Technion's top researchers in energy science and technology from over nine different faculties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gtep.technion.ac.il/|title=Grand Technion Energy Program - Home Page|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref> Founded in 2007, GTEP's 4-point strategy targets research and development of alternative fuels; renewable energy sources; energy storage and conversion; and energy conservation. The GTEP is presently the only center in Israel offering graduate studies in energy science and technology.

===Space research===
The [[Asher Space Research Institute|Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI)]] is a specialized institute dedicated to multidisciplinary [[science|scientific]] [[research]]. Established in 1984, its members come from five Technion faculties, and it has a technical staff of Technion scientists in a variety of space-related fields: (Physics,<ref name="technion.ac.il1"/> Aerospace Engineering,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ae-www.technion.ac.il/|title=Faculty of Aerospace Engineering - Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|website=ae-www.technion.ac.il|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928041040/http://ae-www.technion.ac.il/|archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> Mechanical Engineering,<ref name="technion.ac.il"/> Electrical Engineering,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webee.technion.ac.il/|title=Technion - Electrical Engineering: Your Portal to High-Tech|website=webee.technion.ac.il}}</ref> Autonomous Systems,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasp.technion.ac.il/|title=Home|website=tasp.technion.ac.il}}</ref> and Computer Sciences).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cs.technion.ac.il/|title=Computer Science Department, Technion|first=Yaniv |last=Hamo |website=www.cs.technion.ac.il}}</ref>

==Technion international==
The Technion International<ref>{{cite web|url=http://int.technion.ac.il/|title=Technion - Technion International|website=int.technion.ac.il}}</ref> (TI) is a department in the Technion, offering courses taught entirely in English. The TI began its first year in 2009, and now offers a full BSc in Civil Engineering, BSc in Mechanical Engineering as well as various study abroad options, all taught in English. Student come from all over the globe – Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe and Israel. They live on campus and enjoy trips around Israel and activities throughout the year.

==Technology transfer, partnerships and outreach programs==
Technion has a dedicated office to bridge the transition of scientific and technological discovery to successfully commercialized innovation since 2007:  [[T3 Technion Technology Transfer|T<sup>3</sup> – Technion Technology Transfer.]] As of 2011, 424 [[patents]] were granted to Technion innovations, with 845 patents pending. T<sup>3</sup>'s partners include incubators, entrepreneurs, private investors, [[Venture capital|VCs]] and [[angel groups]]. It has strategic partnerships with [[Microsoft]], [[IBM]], [[Intel]], [[Philips]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], [[Coca-Cola]], among others.

Technion offers after-school and summer enrichment courses for young people on subjects ranging from introductory electronics and computer programming to aerospace, architecture, biology, chemistry and physics. Two examples are Scitech<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scitech.technion.ac.il/ |title=Scitech summer camp at the Technion |publisher=technion.ac.il |access-date=8 September 2011}}</ref> and the Math Summer Camp, devoted to number theory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.math.technion.ac.il/Noam/tomba-e.html |title=Math Summer Camp |publisher=technion.ac.il |access-date=8 September 2011}}</ref>

Technion set up the Israeli chapter of [[Engineers Without Borders]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci1henu1OQg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ci1henu1OQg| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Engineering with a Soul - Technion Engineers Without Borders|last=Technion|date=27 January 2011|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which among other projects, installed a network of [[biogas]] systems in rural [[Nepal]] providing sustainable energy and improved sanitation.<ref>[http://www.focus.technion.ac.il/May10/studentsStory2.htm TECHNION FOCUS MAGAZINE – Students – Engineering with a Soul]. Focus.technion.ac.il. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref>

The Technion includes students from underrepresented groups such as [[Haredim]] and Arabs through scholarships, social programs and financial support. The Technion is one of the main sponsors of the Israeli league of [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] robotics competition which became a formal project of the Technion since 2013.{{CN|date=January 2023}} The percentage of [[Arab]] students at the Technion equals the percentage of the general Arab population in Israel: 20%.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/education/edlife/inside-the-technion-israels-premier-technological-institute-and-cornells-global-partner.html|title=Inside the Technion, Israel's premier technological institute and Cornell's global partner.|first=Danna|last=Harman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=12 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technion.ac.il/en/2014/05/new-program-for-outstanding-arab-students-2/|title=Outstanding Arab Students|date=21 May 2014|access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

The Technion and [[Technische Universität Darmstadt]] formed a partnership in cyber security, entrepreneurship and materials science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cysec.tu-darmstadt.de/cysec/news_and_events/newsarchiv_cysec/newsarchiv_cysec_details_117184.en.jsp|title=Cooperation with Israel Institute of Technology|last=Cybersecurity|first=Profile Area|date=2016-01-08|website=Profile Area Cybersecurity – Technische Universität Darmstadt|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.intern.tu-darmstadt.de/informationsportal/nachrichten_2/news_details_de_en_135616.de.jsp|title=Neue Partnerschaft mit Technion|last=Darmstadt|first=Technische Universität|date=2015-11-27|website=Technische Universität Darmstadt|language=de|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

Technion became a partner of [[Washington University in St. Louis]] through the [[McDonnell International Scholars Academy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.wustl.edu/mcdonnell-academy/|title=McDonnell International Scholars Academy|website=Global|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>

==Rankings and reputation==
Technion is commonly referred to as "Israel's [[MIT]]" due to its reputation for math and science talent.<ref name="Solomon">{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Daniel |title='Israeli MIT' Triples Arab Enrollment in Decade |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/357361/israeli-mit-triples-arab-enrollment-in-decade/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=[[The Forward]] |date=2016-12-16}}</ref><ref name="Kessler">{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Oren |title=Meet the Valedictorian of 'Israel's MIT': Muslim, Female, Feminist, and a Voice for Academic Freedom |url=https://www.thetower.org/meet-the-valedictorian-of-israels-mit-muslim-female-feminist-and-a-voice-for-academic-freedom/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=Tower Magazine |date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref name="Lieber">{{cite news |last1=Lieber |first1=Dov |title=At Israel's MIT, education, not affirmative action, triples Arab enrollment |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-mit-uses-education-not-affirmative-action-to-triple-arab-enrollment/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2016-12-16}}</ref><ref name="Coy">{{cite news |last1=Coy |first1=Peter |title=At Israel's MIT, Arab Women (and Men) Are Suddenly Thriving |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-05/israeli-arabs-flourish-at-technion |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |date=2014-12-05}}</ref>

As of June 2023, Technion is ranked 79th in the world by [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ShanghaiRanking]], 83rd worldwide in the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] 2022, 317th in the [[U.S. News & World Report|USNEWS]] Global Universities Ranking 2022-2023, 392nd worldwide in the [[QS World University Rankings|QS WUR]] 2024, and 501–600th in the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE WUR]] 2023.<ref name="ARWU">{{cite web | url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Technion-Israel-Institute-of-Technology.html | title=3 Academic Ranking of World Universities | access-date=10 January 2022 | archive-date=24 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824142650/http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Technion-Israel-Institute-of-Technology.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Technion is the 288th best-ranked university worldwide in 2022 in terms of aggregate performance across QS, THE, and ARWU.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Overview {{!}} Rankings |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/overview |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=research.unsw.edu.au}}</ref>

In 2012, the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked Technion 51st in the world and third in Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwur.org/top100.html|title= Top 100 |publisher=Center for World University Rankings| year=2012 | access-date=4 July 2012}}</ref>

Previously, Technion has been ranked 183rd worldwide in QS WUR 2014 and 193rd worldwide in THE WUR 2013.

Technion was ranked 176–200th worldwide in the THE Reputation Ranking 2020.

In 2012, the magazine [[Business Insider]] ranked Technion among the top 25 engineering schools in the world.<ref>[http://israel21c.org/news/technion-in-top-25-engineering-schools-in-the-world/ Technion in Top 25 engineering schools in the world]. ISRAEL21c (10 July 2012). Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings 2013-2014 |url=http://www.arwu.org/# |access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref>

In 2013, the Technion was the only school outside the United States to make it into the top 10 on a new Bloomberg Rankings list of schools whose graduates are CEOs of top U.S. tech companies.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel's Technion Ranks High on Bloomberg List of Schools Sending Graduates to Top Tech Companies|url=http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/09/02/israels-technion-ranks-high-on-bloomberg-list-of-schools-sending-graduates-to-top-tech-companies/|access-date=10 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Algemeiner]]|date=2 September 2013}}</ref>

==Notable research ==
[[File:Rasagiline-3D-balls-A.png|thumb|Chemical structure of Rasagline]]

* In 1982, [[Dan Shechtman]] discovered a [[Quasicrystal]] structure. This is a structure with a Symmetry in the order of 5 – a phenomenon considered impossible until then by the then-current prevailing theories of [[Crystallography]]. In 2011 he won the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] for this discovery.
* In 2004, two Technion professors, [[Avram Hershko]] and [[Aaron Ciechanover]], won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the biological system responsible for disassembling protein in the cell.
* Shulamit Levenberg, 37, was chosen by ''[[Scientific American]]'' magazine as one of the leading scientists in 2006 for the discovery of a method to transplant skin in a way the body does not reject.<ref>[http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/~shulamit BME Person Info | הנדסה ביו רפואית בטכניון] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527080118/http://www.bm.technion.ac.il/~shulamit |date=27 May 2009 }}. Bm.technion.ac.il. Retrieved on 5 October 2013.</ref>
* [[Moussa B.H. Youdim]] developed [[Rasagiline]], a drug marketed by [[Teva Pharmaceuticals]] as [[Azilect|Azilect (TM)]] for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, especially [[Parkinson's disease]].
* In 1998, Technion successfully launched the "Gurwin TechSat II" microsatellite, making Technion one of five universities with a student program that designs, builds, and launches its own satellite. The satellite stayed in orbit until 2010.<ref>{{cite news |author=Web Development Company |url=http://www.focus.technion.ac.il/May10/newsStory11.htm |title=News |publisher=Technion Focus Magazine |date=10 July 1998 |access-date=8 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929095838/http://www.focus.technion.ac.il/May10/newsStory11.htm |archive-date=29 September 2013}}</ref>
* In the 1970s, computer scientists [[Abraham Lempel]] and [[Jacob Ziv]] developed the [[Lempel-Ziv-Welch]] algorithm for data compression. In 1995 and 2007 they won an [[IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal]] for pioneering work in data compression and especially for developing the algorithm.
*In 2019, a team of 12 students won a gold medal at [[IGEM competition|iGEM]] for developing bee-free honey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.israel21c.org/israeli-students-win-award-for-making-honey-without-bees/|title=Israeli students win award for making honey without bees|last=Blum|first=Brian|date=2019-11-17|website=Israel21c|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-24}}</ref>

== Library ==
[[File:Technion Central Library.JPG|thumb|A frontal view of Elyachar Central Library]]

The Technion library system is made of the [[Elyachar Central Library]] and research libraries that are located in the faculty buildings. The Central Library determines professional policies and guidelines and provides services for all the Technion libraries, including the library operating systems, the libraries' [[web portal]], [[library acquisitions|acquisitions]], [[cataloging]], [[library classification|classification]], and [[interlibrary loan]]s.

The faculty research libraries' aim is to focus on the information needs of their students and academic staff. The libraries are transforming from traditional academic libraries to [[learning commons]]. The transition includes an ongoing process of evaluation of the libraries' collections with the aim of identifying items in high demand and use to keep, valuable items to preserve, items in nominal use to archive in the Central Library, rare and precious items to preserve in the historical archive of the Technion, at the Central Library, and items to withdraw, according to professional criteria.[[File:PikiWiki Israel 10615 technion ecological garden.jpg|thumb|The Technion ecological garden]]

==Nobel Laureates and notable people==
===Nobel Laureates===
* 2004 [[Avram Hershko]], Chemistry [[File:Nobel Prize.png|20px]]
* 2004 [[Aaron Ciechanover]], Chemistry [[File:Nobel Prize.png|20px]]
* 2011 [[Dan Shechtman]], Chemistry [[File:Nobel Prize.png|20px]]
* 2013 [[Arieh Warshel]], Chemistry [[File:Nobel Prize.png|20px]]

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* [[Moshe Arens]], professor of aeronautics from 1957 to 1962.
* [[Eli Biham]], [[cryptanalyst]] and [[cryptographer]]
* [[Yaakov Dori]], President
* [[Baruch Fischer]], Professor Emeritus in the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
* [[Bernard Friedland]], electrical engineer, Lady Davis Visiting Professor and winner of the 1982 [[Rufus Oldenburger Medal]]
* [[Avram Hershko]] and [[Aaron Ciechanover]], recipients of the 2004 [[Nobel Prize in chemistry]] for the discovery of [[ubiquitin]]-mediated [[protein degradation]]
* [[Amos Horev]], former president, former chairman of [[Rafael Advanced Defense Systems|Rafael]]; member of the Israeli [[Turkel Commission]] of Inquiry into the [[Gaza flotilla raid]]
* [[Abraham Lempel]] and [[Jacob Ziv]], developers of the [[Lempel-Ziv]] (LZW) compression algorithm
* [[Liviu Librescu]], hero during the [[Virginia Tech shooting]]
* [[Marcelle Machluf]], biotechnology and food engineering
* [[Shlomo Moran]], computer scientist
* [[Yehudit Naot]], scientist and politician,  [[Ministry of Environmental Protection (Israel)|Israeli Minister of the Environment]]
* [[Eliahu Nissim]] (born 1933), Professor of Aeronautical Engineering; President of the [[Open University of Israel]]
* [[Asher Peres]], co-discoverer of [[quantum teleportation]], awarded the 2004 Rothschild Prize in Physics
* [[Anat Rafaeli]], [[organisational behaviour]] researcher
* [[Nathan Rosen]], co-author with [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Boris Podolsky]] of physics paper about the [[EPR paradox]] in [[quantum mechanics]]
* [[Rachel Shalon]], first woman engineer in Israel
* [[Shlomo Shamai]], electrical information theorist, winner of the 2011 [[Shannon Award]].
* [[Dan Shechtman]], first observer of [[quasicrystal]]s and winner of the 2011 [[Nobel Prize in chemistry]]
* [[Daniel Weihs]] (born 1942), [[Aeronautical Engineering]] professor 
* [[Shmuel Zaks]], computer scientist and mathematician
* [[Mario Livio]], astrophysicist and an author of works that popularize science and mathematics
*[[Assaf Avrahami]]

===Notable alumni===<!-- NOTE: Please keep the following in alphabetical order by LAST name -->
Technion graduates have been estimated to constitute over 70 percent of the founders and managers of high-tech businesses in Israel. 80 percent of Israeli NASDAQ companies were founded and/or are led by Technion graduates, and 74 percent of managers in Israel's electronic industries hold Technion degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technion.ac.il/en/fast-facts|title=Fast Facts|date=3 November 2013|publisher=Technion|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref> In the book, ''Technion Nation'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technioniit.com/2012/03/hot-technion-facts-on-startups.html|title=Hot Technion FACTS on Startups, Innovation, Israel, Science & Technology|last=Johnson|first=Georgina|date=2012-03-02|website=Technion - Israel Institute of Technology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702074631/http://www.technioniit.com/2012/03/hot-technion-facts-on-startups.html|archive-date=2014-07-02|url-status=usurped|access-date=2017-12-29}}</ref> Shlomo Maital, Amnon Frenkel and Ilana Debare document the contribution of Technion alumni in building the modern State of Israel.
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* [[Shai Agassi]] - IT entrepreneur, former Executive Board member of [[SAP AG]] and founder of [[Better Place (company)|Better Place]]
* [[Saul Amarel]] - pioneer in [[artificial intelligence]]<ref>Nagourney, Saul. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE6DA1F3DF932A15751C1A9649C8B63 "Saul Amarel, 74, an Innovator In the Artificial Intelligence Field"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 21 December 2002. Accessed 24 November 2007.</ref>
* [[Ella Amitay Sadovsky]] - artist
* [[Ron Arad (pilot)|Ron Arad]] (b. 1958) - Air Force weapon systems officer; classified as missing in action since 1986
* [[Yaakov Bar-Shalom]] - academic and electrical engineer
* [[Itzhak Bentov]] - inventor and author
* [[Moti Bodek]] (b. 1961) - architect 
* [[Andrei Broder]] - [[captcha]] developer, Vice President of [[Yahoo!|Yahoo]], formerly vice president of [[AltaVista]]
* [[Shimshon Brokman]] (b. 1957) - Olympic sailor
* [[Yaron Brook]] - president and executive director of the [[Ayn Rand Institute]]
* [[Danny Cohen (computer scientist)|Danny Cohen]] - Internet developer
* [[Jonathan Markovitch]] - Chief rabbi of [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]]
* [[Chaim Elata]] - professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, President of [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]], and Chairman of the [[Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity]]
* [[Haim Eshed]] (b. 1933) - retired brigadier general in the [[Israel Defense Forces]], former director of space programs for the [[Ministry of Defense (Israel)|Israel Ministry of Defense]] and former officer in the [[Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)|Israeli Military Intelligence]]. Now professor at the Asher Institute for Space Research at Technion.
* [[Yona Friedman]] (b. 1923) - architect
* [[Jacob Gil]] - architect and town planner
* [[Yossi Gross]] - medical devices innovator and entrepreneur; founding partner of Rainbow Medical
* [[Andi Gutmans]] - developer of [[PHP]] and co-founder of [[Zend Technologies]]
* [[Zygmunt Haas]] - computer scientist, professor at [[Cornell University]];
* [[Abraham H. Haddad]] - computer scientist
* [[Moty Heiblum]] (born 1947) — electric engineer and physicist
* [[Daniel Hershkowitz]] (born 1953) - politician, mathematician, rabbi, and president of [[Bar-Ilan University]]
* [[Hossam Haick]] - scientist and engineer
* [[Aharon Isser]] - aeronautical engineer
* [[Ram Karmi]] (b. 1931) - architect
* [[Shaul Ladany]] - world-record-holding racewalker, [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp|Bergen-Belsen]] survivor, [[Munich Massacre]] survivor, Professor of Industrial Engineering 
* [[Uzi Landau]] - politician, Minister of Tourism
* [[Daniel M. Lewin]] - co-founder and CTO of [[Akamai Technologies|Akamai]], holder of two Technion degrees, killed while resisting the hijacking of [[American Airlines Flight 11|American Airlines Flight]] in the [[September 11th attacks|11 September]] attacks on the United States.
* [[Yoelle Maarek]] - Chief Research of AI/IR for the [[Technology Innovation Institute]]
* [[Dov Moran]] - entrepreneur, inventor and investor, best known as the inventor of the [[USB flash drive]]
* [[Yuval Ne'eman]] (1925-2006) - [[physicist]], politician, and President of [[Tel Aviv University]]
* [[Eliahu Nissim]] (born 1933) - Professor of Aeronautical Engineering; President of the [[Open University of Israel]]
* [[Neri Oxman]] - architect and designer who teaches at MIT, known for her work in [[environmental design]] and [[digital morphogenesis]]
* [[Guillermo Sapiro]] - contributor to [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] software including [[Photoshop]] and [[After Effects]]. Also one of the people who originally developed the [[Lossless JPEG#LOCO-I algorithm|LOCO-I Lossless Image Compression Algorithm]] which is used in [[Mars Rovers]]' [[ICER (file format)|ICER]] image file format.
* [[Amos Shapira]] - former president of [[El Al Airlines]], [[Cellcom (Israel)|Cellcom]], and the [[University of Haifa]]
* [[Johny Srouji]] - senior vice president of hardware technologies at [[Apple Inc.]] reporting to CEO [[Tim Cook]]
* [[Zehev Tadmor]] (born 1937) - [[chemical engineer]] and president of the Technion
* [[Dov Frohman]] (born 1939) - [[electrical engineer]] and former vice president of [[Intel]] that has invented [[EPROM]]
* [[Yossi Vardi]] - For over 40 years he has founded and helped build over 60 high-tech companies in a variety of fields, among them software, energy, Internet, mobile, [[electro-optics]] and water technology.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRhXAAAAYAAJ&q=yossi+vardi+1942|title=Yossi Vardi 1942|publisher=The Economist, Volume 386, Issues 8561-8573|date=28 March 2011|access-date=21 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[Arieh Warshel]] - chemist known for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems, and the winner of the 2013 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
* [[Daniel Zajfman]] (born 1959) - physicist; president of the [[Weizmann Institute]]
*[[Shlomo Zilberstein]] - [[computer scientist]] known for his contributions to [[artificial intelligence]], as well as a professor and associate dean at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* Yehuda and [[Zohar Zisapel]] - co-founders of the [[RAD Group]], "fathers" of Israel's hi-tech industry
* [[Eli Ben-Sasson]] - cofounder of [[StarkWare Industries]], former prof. in the Technion.

==See also==
* [[List of universities in Israel]]
* [[Science and technology in Israel]]
*[[Education in Israel]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://pard.technion.ac.il/ Technion LIVE – Division of Public Affairs & Resource Development at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Multimedia resource in English.]
*[http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/09/cornell-technion-tech-hub-plans/ New renderings of Cornell-Technion Campus in New York City]
*[https://www.technion.ac.il/ Technion – Israel Institute of Technology website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120515083214/http://radio1m.co.il/ Radio 1m – The students' radio station]
*[https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3760876,00.html Technion Suing Senior Professor for 50% of His Company Stake]

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