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The founders of the Technion could not have envisioned the profound impact the institution would have on the Jewish community and, later, the State of Israel. As the late President Shimon Peres once said, “Had the Technion not been founded before the State of Israel, we would not have been able to prepare so well for the future.” In the next hundred years, the Technion will continue to conduct groundbreaking research and educate the next generation of scientists, engineers, physicians, educators, and architects who will secure Israel’s future. Celebrating 100 Years To mark its centennial year, the Technion is hosting a series of celebratory events, including conferences, hackathons, a festive sports race, and a special digital archive presenting the institution’s historical timeline. The highlight is the annual Board of Governors meeting taking place this month (June 2025), bringing together hundreds of Technion supporters and partners from around the world. The Israel Postal Service has issued a commemorative stamp, and a new documentary film by director Uri Rosenwaks – Technion 10² – tells the story of the university’s first 100 years and is being screened in Israel and abroad.

15,000 undergraduate and graduate students I Photo by Tal Tsilem

Transfering Advance Technologies to Industry Each year, it launches around 15 startups, transfers advanced technologies to industry, and its

institutions, and leading global companies. The Technion has always played a central role in the national mission of training highly skilled and knowledgeable professionals. Its graduates have played key roles in numerous Israeli inventions, including drip irrigation, the USB flash drive, a miniature satellite launched in 1998, Parkinson’s treatments, data compression standards (like the Lempel-Ziv algorithm), DNA-based electronics, innovative diagnostics, lab-grown meat, an exoskeleton for paraplegics, and missile defense systems whose value is clearer than ever today. Since its founding in 1924, the Technion has trained approximately 100,000 undergraduates in engineering, science, architecture, medicine, and education. And its Graduate School, established in 1956, has awarded more than 20,000 master’s and 5,000 Ph.D. degrees. Graduates of the Technion occupy leadership roles in Israel’s economy and globally, advancing basic and applied research in academia and high-tech industries, managing companies in construction and industry, and contributing to urban planning, water and energy infrastructure, medicine, and more. The University and its alumni have been key to Israel’s emergence as the Startup Nation.

researchers collaborate on R&D with companies from Israel and abroad. In recent years, the Technion has actively invited major corporations to relocate their R&D centers to the Technion, enabling close cooperation with faculty and students. The first to do so was U.S. tech giant PTC , which moved its 100+ employees to campus. Today, the Technion is engaged in cutting-edge research partnerships with leading global companies, including Boeing , IBM , Teva , Nichia , and others. Intel has named the Technion one of just six of its strategic academic partners worldwide. The Technion campus is a small city of its own, located on the slopes of Mount Carmel overlooking Haifa Bay. It features dozens of buildings with world-class research infrastructure and many interdisciplinary centers that bridge knowledge fields and connect science with engineering. Some 5,000 students live in on campus housing – the highest number among Israeli universities. The campus offers a major sports complex, swimming pools, a movie theater, a visitor center, daycare facilities, a synagogue, cultural clubs, restaurants, grocery stores, and more.

The commemorative stamp issued for the centennial year

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