Established in 1924, the Technion is Israel’s oldest university, and its top university for science, engineering and technology. It has played, and continues to play, an essential, key role in laying out the country’s infrastructure and establishing its crucial, high-tech, scientific, industrial and defence industries.

The student population is 12,445 of which 25% are post graduate undertaking studies and research in 18 academic departments.

Some of the Technion’s exceptional achievements have included:

• 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of the crucial role of ubiquitin in the process of protein breakdown in cells.
• DNA strands to assemble a conductive wire 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.
• Discovery of Quasiperiodic Crystals – a new class of materials.
• Design, build, and launch their own satellites. The Gurwin TechSat II microsatellite has successfully been in orbit since July 1998.
• Lempel/Ziv Algorithm has become an international standard for data compression.
• Genetic proof that all Jews belonging to the Cohen lineage are descendants of the biblical high priest Aaron Hacohen.
• Low-cost method for electricity production and water desalination based on cooling hot desert air in a 1,000-meter high, 500-meter diameter tower.
• Rasagaline -- a new anti-Parkinson's disease drug.
• Coal ash-based artificial islands.
• “Millipede,” a software program using clusters of personal computers to perform complex calculations.