The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( ) is an internationally-acclaimed institute of technology in Haifa, Israel. The Technion, originally called the Technicum, was founded in 1912. The emphasis was on natural sciences, engineering and architecture, with a school of medicine added later. Two Nobel laureates teach there.

The Technion's Faculty of Electrical Engineering has been ranked among the top fifteen electrical engineering departments in the world. Its engineering/technology and computer sciences faculties have been ranked among the top forty in the world.

History

The Technion opened in 1924, although the official opening ceremony took place in 1925.

The first class amounted to 16 students, majoring in civil engineering and architecture.

During the 1930s, the Technion absorbed many Jewish scientists fleeing Nazi Germany and its neighboring countries.

The Technion awarded its first PhD in 1953 in electrical engineering. Until the opening of the school of engineering in the Ben Gurion University in the early 1970s, the Technion was the only institution in the country offering engineering degrees.

Faculty of Medicine

They have developed collaborative research and medical education programs with the world's leading institutions in medicine and bio-medical engineering including Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and Mayo Medical School. Similarly, the Technion American Medical Students (TEAMS) program at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine offers an American-styled, four-year, graduate medical training program geared towared American & Canadian students that wish to take advantage of the academic resources of the Technion, but plan to return to North America to practice medicine. The instruction and testing of TEAMS program is entirely in English.

Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management

main: The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management at the Technion

The Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management at the Technion is the oldest such department in Israel. IE&M (Industrial Engineering & Management) was launched as a Technion academic Department in 1958. The Department grew under the visionary leadership of the late Professor Pinchas Naor, who served as its founding Dean. Naor's vision was to combine IE with management by creating a large, inherently multi-disciplinary unit covering a wide spectrum of activities, from applied engineering to mathematical modeling; from economics and behavioral sciences to operations research and statistics.

The Behavioral Sciences area of the Technion 1}} is the leader in applied social sciences research in Israel. It includes a program in Applied Psyshcology and in Human Relations Management. Faculty members include Anat Rafaeli2}}, Miriam Erez3}}, Ido Erev4}}, Peter Bamberger5}}, Danny Gopher6}}, and Eldad Yechiam7}}. The area has MA and PhD graduate programs.