The Hebrew University opened its academic year here today with an enrollment of some 8, 000 students, including 2, 800 entering freshmen. About 450 students from abroad, including 60 from African and Asian nations, as well as 100 Israeli Arabs, are attending the university this year.
University officials announced today that, in view of a record budget deficit of 14, 000, 000 pounds ($4, 667, 000) at the end of the 1961-62 period, it was decided to freeze the budget for the coming year at last year’s figure of 18, 000, 000 pounds ($6, 000, 000).
In Haifa, meanwhile, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology opened its academic year with a freshmen enrollment of 558 young men and women, including students from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Latin American countries.
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