Top Universities in Israel

22 universities in Israel with a measured position, 6 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Tel Aviv University #223 (2026) #1 17,692,586
2 Hebrew University of Jerusalem #240 (2026) #2 11,470,008
3 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology #350 (2026) #4 8,369,728
4 Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute #350 (2026) #3 8,369,728
5 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev #469 (2026) #5 5,361,086
6 Bar-Ilan University #545 (2024) #6 3,534,936
7 Weizmann Institute of Science not ranked #7 14,092,968
8 University of Haifa not ranked #8 2,031,908
9 Ariel University Center of Samaria not ranked #9 371,306
10 The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya not ranked #10 231,353
11 Open University of Israel not ranked #11 172,055
12 JCT Lev Academic Center not ranked #12 83,157
13 Emeq Yizrael College not ranked #13 49,679
14 Sami Shamoon College of Engineering not ranked #14 39,932
15 College of Management not ranked #15 36,523
16 Ashkelon Academic College not ranked #16 29,811
17 Shenkar School of Engineering & Design not ranked #17 22,211
18 Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering not ranked #18 16,005
19 Western Galilee College not ranked #19 12,871
20 Jerusalem University College not ranked #20 12,587
21 Gordon Academic College not ranked — 10,010
22 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design not ranked #21 2,942

What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries