The Technion, Israel’s institute of technology in Haifa, is the only institute of higher learning in Israel to commence its new school year on time.
All the others, including the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, Bar-llan and Weizmann Institute of Science’s Feinberg Graduate School, have postponed their openings until next month, because of financial difficulties and uncertainty about the extent of government aid they can expect this year.
The Technion said it would open on time at the beginning of this week because even a delay of a few days in beginning scientific and technical courses might delay a full year’s work program.
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