Weizmann Institute of Science
Former name | Daniel Sieff Research Institute (1934–1949) |
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| Type | Public research |
| Established | 1934 |
| Founder | Chaim Weizmann |
| Endowment | $600.427 million (2019) |
| President | Alon Chen |
Academic staff | 952 |
Administrative staff | 400 |
| Students | 1,082 |
| Postgraduates | 356 |
| 700 | |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Postdoctoral fellows | 380 |
| Affiliations | Feinberg Graduate School |
| Website | www |
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| ARWU | 69 |
The Weizmann Institute of Science (Hebrew: מכון ויצמן למדע Machon Weizmann LeMada) was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded.
The institute is now a multidisciplinary research center, employing around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute. Unlike other Israeli universities, it exclusively offers postgraduate-only degrees in the natural and exact sciences.
As of 2019, the Weizmann Institute of Science has been associated with six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners.