The Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers its 24,000 students over 200 academic programs, taught at 6 different campuses and covering a very wide range of disciplines. Each campus houses specific faculties and schools, so that students are affiliated to one of the campuses according to their fields of study.

The main campuses are:

Mount Scopus Campus

The Mount Scopus campus – Hebrew University’s original location – was inaugurated in 1925 but was not in use between 1948 and 1967, when the surrounding parts of Jerusalem were under foreign rule. When the city was united during the Six Day War, the Mount Scopus campus was restored and expanded.  

Today, this is where the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law are located. The campus also houses the Institute of Criminology, the School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the School of Public Policy, the School of Education, the School of Business Administration, the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies and the Institute of Archeology, as well as the Rothberg International School.

Mount Scopus is elevated 826 meters (2,710 feet) above sea level and boasts breathtaking views of Jerusalem, including the Old City, as well as of the Judean Desert all the way to the Dead Sea. In addition to state-of-the-art study facilities, the campus also includes the beautiful National Botanical Garden of Israel, in which a cave has been identified as the Tomb of Nicanor.
A large selection of dormitories adjacent to the main campus is available for students, including the Student Village complex.

Edmond J. Safra Campus (Givat Ram)

Construction began on the Safra Campus in Givat Ram in 1953, after the Mount Scopus campus was evacuated following the War of Independence. The Safra campus was designed according to the British “garden city” style, with buildings spread out among green areas and surrounded by a ring road.

This campus houses the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Research (ELSC), the Israeli Institute of Advanced Studies, the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Institute of Earth Sciences, the Institute of Chemistry, the Casali Center of Applied Chemistry and the Racah Institute of Physics.

The Safra Campus is located in the same Jerusalem neighborhood as Israel’s Parliament (Knesset), the Israel Museum, the Supreme Court and many government offices. The Givat Ram High-Tech Village, on the campus’s eastern edge, was established jointly by the Jerusalem Development Authority and the Hebrew University and is one of the first high-tech parks in Israel built in proximity to a center of academic research. Other important landmarks on campus include the National Library of Israel and the Grosberg National and University Track and Field Stadium. There are also student dormitories on this campus.

 

Ein Kerem Campus

In 1960, Hebrew University inaugurated a campus in Ein Kerem, a neighborhood at the southwestern edge of Jerusalem, as one of the alternative sites replacing the Mount Scopus campus after 1948. The Faculty of Medicine and the School of Dentistry were established on this campus, adjacent to Hadassah Hospital – Jerusalem’s main medical center. Hebrew University’s other healthcare programs are also located on the Ein Kerem campus, including the School of Pharmacology, the School of Nursing, the School of Occupational Therapy and the School of Public Health.  

 

Rehovot Campus (Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment)

Hebrew University’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment is located in northern Rehovot, 55 kilometers (35 miles) southwest of Jerusalem and 30 kilometers (18 miles) southeast of Tel Aviv. It is the only faculty in Israel offering academic degrees in agricultural sciences. The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine is also located on this campus – the only institution in Israel that grants DVM (Doctor in Veterinary Medicine) degrees. The Rehovot campus is also home to the School of Nutritional Sciences. Altogether, over 2,000 students are enrolled at this campus.