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Israeli Higher Education Sees Slow Growth Amid Shifting Student Preferences
Israel's higher education system will see a 2.1% student increase this year, reaching about 350,900 students, a slower pace than last year.
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What happened
- 01Israel's higher education system will grow by 2.1% this year to approximately 350,900 students.
- 02Non-subsidized colleges are experiencing significant growth, while universities see a decline.
- 03New undergraduate programs in AI and data science have been launched, with 800 students expected.
- 04Demand is high for medicine, dentistry, and health professions, while computer science enrollment is down.
- 05Social sciences and engineering remain the largest fields of study for bachelor's degrees.
- 06The Council for Higher Education is fostering institutional autonomy and new academic initiatives.
Most growth is in non-subsidized colleges, while universities see fewer students, with shifts in popular fields like AI and health professions seeing growth and computer science declining. The Council for Higher Education is promoting institutional autonomy and new academic programs.
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