About Us / About Peres Academic Center
About Peres Academic Center
Academia that is accessible to everyone.
A private, not-for-profit college in Rehovot, Israel, named in honor of Shimon Peres and recognized by Israel's Council for Higher Education since 2008. The institution our organization exists to support.
Overview
The Center in Numbers
National Ranking
First place in student satisfaction
Peres Academic Center is first in student satisfaction for four years running, and this year it is first among reserve-duty soldiers as well.*
* National Union of Israeli Students survey, 2024, across all academic institutions in Israel.
About the Center
A Center Built on a Founding Belief
Peres Academic Center was founded on the conviction that higher education is the single most powerful engine of personal and national growth, and that it must be within reach of every talented student, whatever their starting point.
Named for President Shimon Peres and rooted in his vision of a society powered by knowledge and daring, the Center has grown into a multidisciplinary academic institution serving thousands of students from every part of Israeli society.
Read moreRead less
What sets it apart is the envelope around the classroom: scholarships that remove financial barriers, personal mentorship for veterans and first-generation students, a professional psychological clinic, and community programs that ask students to give back while they study.
Tuition covers the academic core. The support envelope that defines the Center, the scholarships, the clinic, the veteran and community programs, is powered largely by philanthropy from partners in Israel and abroad. That is where Friends of Peres Academic Center comes in.
For Our Partners
See What Your Partnership Builds
A short film made for the friends and donors of the Center: the people, the campus, and the future we are building together.
The campus in Rehovot, students between classes.
Our Leadership
The People Guiding the Center
Leadership at Peres Academic Center means holding two commitments at once: academic excellence that stands with the best in Israel, and a social mission that refuses to leave talent behind.
The Center opened its doors as an Israeli academic institution in August 2006, in response to socio-economic needs in Israel, born of a meeting between the educator Ofra Elul and President Shimon Peres.
Ofra Elul
"I had a dream: to build a different kind of academy. Social, accessible, inclusive, empowering. One that helps anyone who wants it to succeed and reach the finish line, whatever their status, their role, or their socio-economic background."
Prof. Ron Shapira
"The Center is based on an academic and educational vision outlined at its establishment by its founders: striving for excellence, not only in research but in education and in human values."
Prof. Amos Drory
"The Peres Academic Center is a unique institution that aspires, alongside academic excellence, to provide each student with personal attention, which is why we put a lot of effort into developing advanced teaching tools and resources to assist the students."
Academics
What Students Study
Sixteen programs across two degree levels. Every one of them is a track a scholarship can put a student on.
Undergraduate
Law
Business Administration
Behavioral Sciences
Nutrition Sciences
Health Systems Administration
Human Resources Management
Managerial Information Systems
Communications
Combined Dual-Major Tracks
Graduate
Business Administration
Law for Non-Jurists
Clinical Psychology
Educational Psychology
Organizational Consulting & Development
Human Resource Management
Health Systems Administration
Program information is drawn from the Center's official website.
Support the Students Studying There Today
Your gift stands behind them: academically, emotionally, and financially.