Reichman University () is Israel's only private university, located in

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; , / ) is an affluent List of Israeli cities, city in the Israeli coastal plain, central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it had a populatio ...

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. It was founded in 1994 as the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, ) private

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, before being rebranded in 2021. It receives no direct government funding, and in August 2021 became Israel's first

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History

Reichmann University was founded in 1994 by Uriel Reichman as the Israeli

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Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, ). The campus is located in the city of Herzliya, Israel, six miles north of the city

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, on the grounds of a former British Air Force base. It served the first squadron of the Israeli air force for three months in Israel's

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. In 2009,

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opened the first college fraternity in Israel at the IDC. In 2012, the college attracted controversy for the School of Sustainability being funded by Israel's major polluting companies. In 2018, the college was authorized by the state council to run several doctoral courses but was not permitted to brand itself as a university. In 2021, the college was permitted to brand itself as a university. The school does not receive direct government funding.

Organization and administration

The university's faculties are: * Adelson School of Entrepreneurship * Arison School of Business * Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology * Dina Recanati School of Medicine * Efi Arazi School of Computer Science * Harry Radzyner Law School * Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy * Raphael Recanati International School * Sammy Ofer School of Communications * School of Sustainability * Tiomkin School of Economics File:IDC Herzliya School of Communications.JPG, School of Communications building File:Radzyner Law School Building, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.jpg, School of Law building File:Adelson School of Entrepreneurship 3.jpg, School of Entrepreneurship building File:Radzyner law school.jpg , School of Law building

NoCamels website

Reichman University through the Samy Ofer school of communications sponsors NoCamels, an Israeli online website that publishes stories on Israeli innovation, technology, and science.

Academics

In its 2022 rankings, ''

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'' rated the university in the 801–1000th bracket.

Herzliya Conference

The Herzliya Conference is a forum for policy speeches which is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya.

Notable people

Administration

Key staff include: * Rafi Melnick, president * Uriel Reichman, founder and former president * Alex Mintz, provost * Amnon Rubinstein, board chair *

Zvi Eckstein Zvi Eckstein (; born April 9, 1949) is a full professor, dean, Arison School of Business and Tiomkin School of Economics at The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya - IDC. Emeritus Professor at the Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv Unive ...

, dean of the School of Economics and School of Business * Boaz Ganor, dean of the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy * Yossi Maaravi, dean of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship * Uzi Arad, founding director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy * Eyal Biyalogorsky, professor of marketing and deputy dean at the Arison School of BusinessProf. Eyal Biyalogorsky
in Reichman University website * Elette Boyle, professor of computer science and director of the Center for Foundations and Applications of Cryptographic Theory

Notable staff

* Barak Libai, professor of marketing at the Arison School of Business *

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, law professor at master's degree program for commercial law * Yair Galily, a senior researcher at the

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(ICT) of the Sammy Ofer School of Communications * Isaac Berzin, senior faculty member * Anat Brunstein Klomek, associate professor * Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg, faculty member and lecturer at Tiomkin School of Economics * Anat Bremler-Barr, professor, Efi Arazi School of Computer Science * Keren Barak, faculty memberKeren Barak: Particulars
Knesset * Anat Berko, lecturer at the Lauder School of Government * Tal Ben-Shahar * Ron Malka, former economics lecturer * Shavit Matias, head of the Program on Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, and the Executive Leadership of the Institute for Policy and Strategy * Daniel Rothschild, head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), an Israeli

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in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy *

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* Michael C. Dorf *

, a full professor, dean of the Arison School of Business, dean and founder of the Tiomkin School of EconomicsZvi Eckstein
, at IDC * Boaz Ganor, former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy

Notable alumni

* Ashager Araro (born 1991), Ethiopian-Israeli activist * Gal Gadot (born 1985), actress and model * Amit Mekel (born 1980), Israeli Ambassador to Paraguay * Sagi Muki (born 1992), Olympian and world champion judoka * Yair Netanyahu (born 1991), podcaster * Matan Roditi (born 1998), Olympic marathon swimmer

References

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