Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem
{{Short description|College in Jerusalem}}
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{{Infobox university
|name = Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem
|native_name = עזריאלי-מכללה אקדמית להנדסה ירושלים
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|image = 1472 college cam 300 006.jpg
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|established = December 25, 1996
|president = Professor Tamar Raz Nahum
|vice-president = Attorney Amit Persico(and CEO)
|city = Jerusalem
|country = Israel
|campus = Urban
|website = {{url|http://jce-en.mipo.co.il}}
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Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem ({{langx|he|עזריאלי-המכללה להנדסה ירושלים}}) is an Israeli public academic college that trains engineers. It is located in the Ramat Beit HaKerem neighborhood of Jerusalem, between Jerusalem's two major high-tech industrial areas, Har Hotzvim and the Jerusalem Technology Park.{{cite web|url=http://english.jce.ac.il/ |title=JCE English website |publisher=English.jce.ac.il |date= |accessdate=September 19, 2011}}
Overview
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High-tech enterprises in Jerusalem have been warning of a severe shortage of technological manpower. To fill that gap, Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem coordinates its academic programs with the local high-tech industry.{{cite web |url=http://www.biojerusalem.org.il/database_college.asp?ID=3 |title=BioJerusalem |publisher=BioJerusalem |date= |accessdate=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910155341/http://www.biojerusalem.org.il/database_college.asp?ID=3 |archive-date=September 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The college offers undergraduate (Bachelor of Science, B.Sc.) degrees in software engineering, industrial management engineering, electronic engineering, advanced materials engineers, Pharmaceutical engineering (cooperation with TEVA), mechanical engineering, as well as a graduate (Master of Science, M.Sc.) in software engineering and a pre-academic preparatory program to prepare prospective students for acceptance into and success in the college's engineering departments.
History
Plans to establish the college were announced on December 25, 1996, by Ehud Olmert, then Mayor of Jerusalem, Minister of Education Zevulun Hammer, and Professor Amnon Pazi, then Chairman of the budgeting and planning committee of the council for higher education. Delegates of the Jerusalem Municipality sit on the Board of Governors and the Executive Board.
Joint programs
The college is authorized as the exclusive Jerusalem partner of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology enjoying a partnership in a Civil and Environmental Engineering Track, wherein students study the first two years of the program in Jerusalem, and the second two years at Technion in Haifa.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.jce.ac.il JCE Hebrew Homepage]
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Category:Universities and colleges in Jerusalem
Category:Educational institutions established in 1996