Two hundred and six students were graduated this weekend at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan in a ceremony to which President Shazar and Education Minister Zalman Aranne sent greetings.
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees were conferred on 100 of the graduates. Eighteen received Master of Arts degrees and 45 completed teacher training courses. Eighteen were graduated when they completed a two-year criminology course. The Bar Ilan University student body now totals 1,534.
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