 This year 58% of all the students studying for undergraduate degrees in Israel chose to study at academic colleges. In the past decade the steady trend towards strengthening of these colleges has constituted a revolution in Israel's higher education system.
The students who chose to study at the Ruppin Academic Center marked it as their first choice. They preferred Ruppin to all the other Israeli academic institutions because of the quality of the college, the pleasant study atmosphere, the considerable investment in the students and the guidance offered to graduates.
The unique qualities of the Ruppin Academic Center are reflected in the quality and achievements of the students, and in the ever-increasing enrolment. Ruppin now offers studies towards eight undergraduate degrees in three schools and at two campuses. Close to 800 students completed their studies in the 2005/6 academic year; most of them found positions in the labor market and some are successfully continuing to more advanced academic degrees in institutions in Israel and throughout the world.
The Ruppin Academic Center is a regional academic focal point which impacts on its surroundings and has made social involvement its rallying cry. In the course of their studies, our students are exposed to a range of activities and events relating to social involvement and initiative within the framework of the Institute for Migration and Social Integration, tutoring projects and projects on environmental conservation, and are also exposed to unique curricula which provide them with varied employment opportunities and inculcate the social values which are vital for the survival of a civil society.
Ruppin's academic development momentum finds expression in the establishment of innovative study programs and of infrastructures which are vital for our continued consolidation as one of the leading and qualitative colleges in Israel. The construction of a modern and innovative library in the heart of our green campus will be completed before the beginning of the coming academic year, and will supply the needs of both students and lecturers engaged in study and research.
This year we will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Marine Sciences and Environment School and will lay the cornerstone of an impressive marine campus at Michmoret.
This year, the accreditation of graduate programs will mark an additional turning point in the academic development of the college. The first of these programs is the graduate program in business administration (MBA).
In line with its tradition, the Ruppin Academic Center will do its utmost to help its students acquire the tools they need for study and for tackling the challenges of the future and will offer a rich and varied learning experience.
Professor Shosh Arad,
President
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