BGU | PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2026

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BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV

STUDENT APPLICATIONS AND ACCEPTANCE, 2024-2025 Degree level 2024 applications 2025 applications

% Difference

Accepted 2025

Acceptance rate

Bachelor’s Master’s

8,102 2,739

9,796 3,472

+20.9% +26.8% +11.9%

4,091 1,689

41.8% 48.7%

PhD

436

384

335

87%

The Delta Galil Program , launched in the second semester of the 2024 25 academic year, now provides a comprehensive support package for 59 first and second-year students from the Ethiopian community. Photo: Maya Panker, Pablo Gastón Zaidenberg.

Particular emphasis was placed on enhancing the student experience and maintaining a safe campus. In parallel, the University continued to strengthen institutional support for diverse student populations through targeted initiatives, including services for student reservists, dropout-prevention programs, support for underrepresented populations, and reinforcement of academic integrity and early academic success.

This sustained emphasis on students over the past few years is not only reflected in rising enrollments, but also in retention and on-time graduation rates: BGU ranks first in Israel for on-time graduation, with 91% of students completing their degrees on schedule. INFRASTRUCTURE This year, the University will be completing two major projects: the Ernest Scheller, Jr. Gate of Innovation, the

CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION

COMPLETED THIS YEAR • Ernest Scheller, Jr. Gate of Innovation, North Campus • André Deloro Medical Research Institute – joint BGU-Soroka translational research building UNDER CONSTRUCTION • Drahi Innovation and Entrepreneurship Building, North Campus • Helmsley Computer Science Building, North Campus • Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Future Technologies Building, North Campus

IN PLANNING • Cyndi and Max Mintzberg Cultural and Conference Centre, North Campus • Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, North Campus • North Campus pedestrian entrance • Sylvan Adams Campus | Sde Boker gate • Sde Boker Living Laboratory • Eilat Campus dormitories • Renovation and upgrade of the multi-purpose sports arena in the Sylvan Adams Sports Center