Sapir College (, ''HaMikhlela HaAkademit Sapir'') is a

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, located in the northwestern

Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...

desert near

Sderot Sderot (, , ; , sometimes Romanized as "Sederot") is a western Negev city and former development town in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel. In , it had a population of . Sderot is located less than a mile from Gaza St ...

. It is the largest

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in Israel, with an enrollment of 8,000 students.Overview
Sapir College The college is named after Israeli politician Pinchas Sapir.

History

The communities of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council established the college in 1963 as an evening school for adult higher education. It later became an Academic College affiliated with

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) (, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public university, public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Named after Israeli List of national founders, national founder David Ben-Gurion, the unive ...

. Sapir was granted independent academic accreditation from the Council for Higher Education in 1998. The college awards

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s in

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, Cinema and

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, Software Systems,

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, Administration and Public Policy,

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, and

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, as well as a multidisciplinary B.A. in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The college also awards a

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degree in Administration and Public Policy and in Cultural Studies. The college also offers study in further five subjects (with degrees awarded by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in

Beersheba Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...

), and provides training for

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s. Several annual conferences and events are organized at the college: * The Sderot Conference for Society is an annual event bringing together political and economical experts to discuss relevant social issues and conflicts. * The Film Festival of the South - an international film festival organized by the department of film and television.

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