The University of Haifa is a public university loc...

The University of Haifa is a public university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa. The university was established as a university institute in 1963, and in 1972 was declared an independent university, becoming the sixth academic institution established in Israel, and the fourth university. The university houses the largest university library in Israel. As of 2017, about 18,100 students are registered at the University of Haifa.
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The "Haifa University Institute" was established in 1963 under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, at the initiative of Haifa Mayor Abba Hushi and the director of the municipal education department, Moshe Rinot, and under the budgetary responsibility of the municipality [2]. The agreement on the establishment of the institute stipulated that the institute would grant its graduates in the Faculty of Humanities and in the Faculty of Social Sciences a bachelor's degree from the Hebrew University. The institute's residence was at the Ardstein House on Y. Street. To. Peretz in Hadar HaCarmel. The "Haifa University Institute" was a success in its early years and many students from the north of the country sought to study there [3]. Within a few years the house became crowded to accommodate all the students. Following this, the University Institute was moved to Carmel, to a building that housed the "Urban E" school in the 2000s. In October 1965, the cornerstone scroll was written for the campus in its current location, which was built on the Khariba lands purchased on the Carmel summit, and was intended to be a green area. [4] The university's CEO and first president was Eliezer Refaeli.

In 1964, 472 students studied at the institute, and within six years their number doubled sixfold - in 1970, the institute numbered 2,794 students. In 1967, the first 61 graduates of the institution graduated. In 1971, curricula for a university degree were introduced for the first time in three departments. The last graduation ceremony of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, held this year, marked the end of the sponsorship period during which 1,826 undergraduate students graduated and 457 students received a teaching training certificate. A year later, in 1972, the University of Haifa received academic recognition from the Council for Higher Education.

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In 1972, the University of Haifa received academic recognition and gained full academic independence. In that year, the number of academic staff stood at 265 positions. With the establishment of the university, the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the School of Education and the School of Social Work were approved. The following additional classes were also approved: Bible, Hebrew Literature and Hebrew Language, History of the People of Israel, General History, English Language and Literature, Arabic Language and Literature, History of the Islamic Lands, Philosophy, French Language and Literature, Art, Education, Psychology, Geography, sociology, political science, economics and statistics. In 14 of the departments, master's degree programs were also introduced. In 1980, the first study program for a doctorate in the Department of Psychology was introduced. In 1984, the Reuven Museum and the Hecht Museum were inaugurated.