The engineering school in Bar Ilan was promoted to the status of a faculty

The main specializations are: computer engineering, bioengineering, electronic engineering with four majors: microbiology, communication, electro-optics and signal processing.

Bar-Ilan University added a seventh faculty yesterday: the Faculty of Engineering. The faculty is an upgrade of the engineering school that has been operating at the university for about a decade. Recently, the Higher Education Council recognized the school as a faculty due to its high level of achievements in teaching and research.

At the end of this month, an eighth faculty will be added to Bar-Ilan University with the opening of the Galilee Faculty of Medicine in the city of Safed.

In a celebratory ceremony held yesterday at the Faculty of Engineering, the President of Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Moshe Koa, said, "From a faculty of 600 bachelor's degree graduates per year and 25 teaching and research standards, the faculty will soon reach a thousand graduates per year in all degrees and 50 faculty members. "

The dean of the faculty, Prof. George Mushitz said that the faculty is at the forefront of the institutions for engineering studies in the world and offers prestigious high-level study programs.

The main specializations are: computer engineering, bioengineering, electronic engineering with four majors: microelectronics, communication, electro-optics and signal processing.

The ceremony was attended by senior representatives from Israel's hi-tech industries, such as Intel and Alta, some of whom are graduates of the Bar-Ilan School of Engineering.