Engineering, the Innovative Profession

Engineering is a creative profession that has developed quickly and provides a promising future for those who have entered the profession for many years.  Almost all activities in modern society- automotive, banking, medicine, aviation, energy, communications and electronics – are today engineering and technology-intensive.

Israel Is Second Only To Silicon Valley

Israel’s best natural resource is its human capital, serving as one of the most significant breeding grounds for technology start-ups and innovation, second only to Silicon Valley. As such, increasingly more international technology giants are acquiring Israeli start-ups and establishing R &D offices in Israel. (Think Google, Facebook, and others.)

Due to Israel’s fast-paced innovation environment, engineers are a necessary component of the local workforce, yet there is a severe shortage. It is estimated that Israel will have a lack of roughly 7,000 engineers within the next decade. Azrieli Jerusalem provides its students with a first-class education and cutting-edge training that allows them to easily integrate into the workforce as engineers. 

Azrieli’s High-Tech  Industry Collaborations

To meet this goal, Azrieli partners with high-tech companies, such as Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Intel, Levitra pharmacy-generic.com, Technion, AVX, Rafa, Micron, NDS, and Tower Semiconductor, among others.

Azrieli’s Executive and Academic Committees include industry leaders, and this close connection with the industry expresses itself through:

• Development of relevant courses of study per industry needs
• Industry leaders serving as the college’s lay leadership
• Senior industry engineers teaching at the college
• Teaching labs conducted in actual industry plants
• Students’ final projects done in cooperation with industry
• Study programs offered for the industry workforce
• Industry providing sponsorship of excellent students

Our collaboration with high-tech leaders ensures and answers the industry’s urgent need for local highly qualified engineers.

Training at Grass-Roots Level

Rather than have engineers commute to Jerusalem from other parts of the country, Azrieli trains students, most of whom are from the region, to serve as quality engineers, feeding directly into the high-tech workforce, thus encouraging and enabling these trained professionals to remain in the city. Alums become leaders of Jerusalem’s high-tech sector, promoting growth and prosperity for themselves, their families, the industry, and the city.

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