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About Ruppin Academic Center
With a student body of over 4,000, the Ruppin Academic Center is one of the largest and most prominent colleges in Israel. Since its establishment in 1949 as a training and management center for Israel's agricultural sector, it has evolved to become a leader in social sciences, management, engineering and marine sciences. The Center offers groundbreaking programs that are committed to developing theoretical and practical expertise, with a goal of tackling Israel's most pressing socioeconomic challenges.
Our Programs: Ruppin awards B.A., B.Sc., M.A. and M.B.A. degrees from our four schools: School of Community and Social Sciences, School of Business Administration and Economics, School of Engineering and School of Marine Sciences and Marine Environment. Some of the programs are the first of their kind in Israel, such as the M.A. in Immigration and Social Integration, M.A in Logistics and Maritime Resources, B.Sc. in Marine Sciences and B.Sc in Marine Biotechnology.
Our Campuses: Ruppin is located on two beautiful campuses. The Emek Hefer Campus, in the green region of Israel's heartland, houses Social Sciences and Management as well as Engineering. The bayside Michmoret Campus, situated on Israel's Mediterranean Coast, is the base for Marine Sciences.
Ruppin stands out not only for its academic excellence and unique fields of knowledge, but also because we entail the spirit of modern-day Zionism. Named after Dr. Arthur Ruppin, the pioneering Jewish sociologist, the college was the first extra-university center to received bachelor degree accreditation from the Council for Higher Education. Ruppin has succeeded in maintaining its spirit of innovation and pioneering from the very beginning, and has made significant advances over the past few years in academics, infrastructure, public reputation and social involvement.
Ruppin is heavily invested in cultivating a new generation of leaders who possess moral conscience, social involvement and environmental awareness. To this end, the Center fosters its two flagship tenets: the research and study of Immigration and Social Integration (in response to Israel's most challenging social issue), and the further development of Marine Sciences (focusing on utilization of the sea as a source of economic development and research).
With these goals in mind, Ruppin created the Institute for Immigration and Social Integration, the first of its kind in Israel. Since its founding in 2005, the Institute has had a social and academic impact on the overall field of immigration studies, and has also greatly influenced the entire Ruppin academic institution.
The Institute for Immigration and Social Integration [IISI]: A Pioneering Initiative
In establishing the Institute - unprecedented in its field in Israel - Ruppin has declared its commitment to develop the know-to approach Israel's crucial challenges. Aliyah and klitah(immigration and integration) have a significant impact on every aspect of life in Israel, and play an important role in shaping the national identity.
We see Israel's experience with immigration and social integration as a valuable model. We believe this model can help in understanding the immigration and social integration phenomena, on both a local and global level. Ruppin aspires to influence this realm in Israel and abroad. IISI's achievements thus far have been the focus of international interest, with countries facing similar trends engaging with Ruppin.
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