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Weizmann Institute of Science

Public university and research institute in Rehovot, Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Weizmann Institute of Science (Hebrew: מכון ויצמן למדע Machon Vaitzman LeMada) is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli universities in that it offers only postgraduate degrees in the natural and exact sciences.

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Weizmann Institute of Science
מכון ויצמן למדע (Hebrew)
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Former name
Daniel Sieff Research Institute (1934–1949)
TypePublic research
Established1934
FounderChaim Weizmann
Endowment$600.427 million (2019)[1]
PresidentAlon Chen
Academic staff
952
Administrative staff
400
Students1,082
Postgraduates356
700
Location,
CampusUrban
Postdoctoral fellows380
AffiliationsFeinberg Graduate School[2]
Websitewww.weizmann.ac.il Edit this at Wikidata
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Academic rankings
National
ARWU[3]2–3
Global
ARWU[4]1-100
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Koffler particle accelerator

It is a multidisciplinary research center, with around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute.[5][6]

As of 2019, six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners have been associated with the Weizmann Institute of Science.