About Bar-Ilan

21,000
Students

9
Faculties

29
Libraries

55
Research Institutes

1955
Founding Year

Welcome!
Bar-Ilan University is one of the largest universities in Israel. The university campus is located in the heart of Gush Dan and is visited daily by thousands of students from all over the country and from all religions and ethnicities, faculty members, and visitors from both Israel and abroad. All of these together create a multicultural human mosaic that reflects the face of Israeli society; in its curriculum, in the values it imparts to its students and in the general atmosphere prevailing in it, BIU encourages tolerance, freedom of thought and dialogue.

From Vision to Reality
Historical Milestones
Bar-Ilan University has come a long way since its establishment in the 1950s. The university strives for scientific and intellectual excellence, intertwined with the values of Jewish tradition and the heritage of Israel.