Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים
TypePublic research
Established24 July, 1918
EndowmentUS$515.4 million (2018)
BudgetUS$802.4 million (2018)
PresidentAsher Cohen
RectorTamir Sheafer
Administrative staff
250
Students23,000
Undergraduates12,500
Postgraduates5,000
2,200
Location,
Israel
CampusUrban
NicknameHUJI, Hebrew U
Websitehuji.ac.il
Academic rankings
Global
ARWU86
QS251
THE301–350

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; Hebrew: הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. It is the second-oldest Israeli university, having been founded 30 years before the establishment of the State of Israel but six years after the older Technion university. The HUJI has three campuses in Jerusalem: one in Rehovot, one in Rishon LeZion and one in Eilat. Until 2023, the world's largest library for Jewish studies—the National Library of Israel—was located on its Edmond J. Safra campus in the Givat Ram neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

The university has five affiliated teaching hospitals (including the Hadassah Medical Center), seven faculties, more than 100 research centers, and 315 academic departments. As of 2018, one-third of all the doctoral candidates in Israel were studying at the HUJI.

Among its first board of governors were Sigmund Freud and Martin Buber. Four of Israel's prime ministers are alumni of the university. As of 2018, 15 Nobel Prize winners (8 alumni and teachers), two Fields Medalists (one alumnus), and three Turing Award winners have been affiliated with the HUJI. It is ranked as the 77th best university in the world.