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The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (; commonly abbriviated as Technion IIT) is a university in Haifa, Israel, founded 1924. While the Technion focuses on science and engineering, architecture and medicine are also taught. The Technion offers both undergraduate and graduate studies in a wide range of fields, including: Currently the Technion teaches around 13,000 students, about 10,000 of whom are undergraduates.
Early history The Technion was conceived in the early 1900s by the German-Jewish fund Ezrah, as a school of engineering and sciences, and the only higher learning institution, in then Ottoman Palestine. The cornerstone was laid in 1912, but studies began only 12 years later, following an intense debate over the language of instruction. Ezrah deemed the then-developing Modern Hebrew inappropriate for scientific instruction, and demanded that German be used instead. However, in the aftermath of World War I and the decline of Germany's influence as a European superpower, Hebrew was adopted. The Technion was opened in 1924, although the official opening ceremony took place in 1925. The first class amounted to 16 students, majoring in civil engineering and architecture. During the 1930s, the Technion absorbed many Jewish scientists fleeing Nazi Germany and its neighboring countries. Until the opening of the school of engineering in the Ben Gurion University in the early 1970s, the Technion was the only institution in the country offering engineering degrees. Famous graduates (in alphabetical order by last name) Distinguished faculty Miscellaneous facts See also | ||||||||
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