Israeli High-Tech

Beer-Sheva’s Advanced Technologies Park, established in cooperation with Ben-Gurion University and located just steps away from the Marcus Family Campus, is home to international and Israeli high-tech and cyber security companies. BGU is their source for the best and brightest employees.

Homeland and Cyber Security

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is moving its technology intelligence units and training bases to the Negev. Having BGU – a world-class academic and research university that has made Beer-Sheva the cyber capital of Israel – in the region helped influence the IDF to make the move.

Desert and Water Research

Ben-Gurion University is conducting groundbreaking research in fields that include desert and water research; bio- and nanotechnology; robotics; neuroscience; medical research; Israel studies; Jewish thought; and more. BGU researchers are making an impact on people’s lives in the Negev, throughout Israel and around the world.

Did you know that

Ben-Gurion University

of the Negev leads the world in:

Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion

Believed that the future of Israel lay in the Negev, a desert area that comprises 60 percent of the country.

 

Ben-Gurion’s dream for the region is now becoming a reality with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev serving as a catalyst for unprecedented innovation and growth.

Founded in 1969 by Israeli government mandate as a vehicle for the social, scientific and economic transformation of the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev now has some 20,000 students on campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat.

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (AABGU) plays a vital role in sustaining David Ben-Gurion’s vision, creating a world-class institution of education and research in the Israeli desert, nurturing the Negev community and sharing the University’s expertise locally and around the globe.

 

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Connect to Israel in a Whole New Way Through American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion
Connect to Israel in a Whole New Way Through American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion
Connect to Israel in a Whole New Way Through American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion
Connect to Israel in a Whole New Way Through American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israel’s founding father and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion