Reichman University

History

Reichmann University was founded in 1994 by Uriel Reichman as the Israeli private college Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, Hebrew: המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה).

The campus is located in the city of Herzliya, Israel, six miles north of the city Tel Aviv, 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 War of Independence.

In 2009, Alpha Epsilon Pi 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 and changed its name to Reichman University after its founder.

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

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, Times Higher Education 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, former president

Uriel Reichman, founder and former president

Alex Mintz, provost

Amnon Rubinstein, board chair

Zvi Eckstein, dean of the School of Economics and School of Business

Boaz Ganor, current president

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 Business

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

Aharon Barak, law professor at master's degree program for commercial law

Yair Galily, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (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 member

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 think tank in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy

Alan Dershowitz

Michael C. Dorf

Zvi Eckstein, a full professor, dean of the Arison School of Business, dean and founder of the Tiomkin School of Economics

Notable alumni

Ashager Araro (born 1991), Ethiopian-Israeli activist

Gal Gadot (born 1985), actress and model

Oren Kessler (born 1982), American political analyst, author, and journalist

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