Communications & Media
University of Haifa
February 21, 2012

Media release

Travel-abroad program to Israel is reinstated, after 9-year suspension

**The University of Haifa has been chosen by California State University as
its only approved study abroad program in Israel. The decision signifies the
end of a nine-year suspension of its travel-abroad program to Israel**

Almost a decade after suspending its study abroad opportunities for students
wanting to study in Israel, California State University has reinstated the
program and chosen the University of Haifa as its location of its study
abroad students in Israel.

The Cal State Study Abroad Program is being reinstated in Israel after it
was suspended in 2002 due to security concerns. The decision to choose
University of Haifa was made after representatives of Cal Sate visited the
Haifa campus and met with university officials, including the head of campus
security.

"We are honored and pleased that Cal State has chosen the University of
Haifa as the location of choice for Study Abroad in Israel. This decision
affirms the strength and attractiveness of University of Haifa Study Abroad
Programs,” stated Prof. David Faraggi, Rector of the University of Haifa.
The new opportunity is being opened to the entire student body of the Cal
State system, which comprises 23 campuses and over 400,000 enrolled
students.

Prof. Hanan Alexander, Dean of Students and Head of the International School
added, "Today the International School hosts over 800 students each year
from over 40 countries around the world in fall and spring semester
programs, as well as summer and winter intensive language programs. During
the coming five years, we are looking to double those numbers by increasing
partnerships with universities abroad who are attracted to the unique
combination of academic excellence and cultural immersion offered by the
University of Haifa."

About University of Haifa and the International School

The campus of the University of Haifa stands atop the Carmel Mountain ridge
southeast of the city of Haifa and is surrounded by the Carmel National
Park. The University considers the link between academic excellence and
social responsibility as its flagship, and service to the community as one
of its important goals.

The University of Haifa is the largest research university in northern
Israel. It supports a wide range of interdisciplinary programs and
cooperative endeavors with academic institutes around the world. As a
thriving academic center marked by multiculturalism and tolerance, the
University of Haifa is a growing institution with internationally recognized
faculties. With some of the world's most renowned professors, several of
which are recipients of the prestigious Israel Prize, the country's highest
civilian accolade, the University is one of Israel's foremost institutions
of higher education.

The University houses six faculties (55 departments and 60 research
centers): Humanities; Social Sciences; Natural Sciences; Law; Social Welfare
and Health Sciences and Education; and numerous Schools including the
Graduate School of Management, Social Work, History, Public Health,
Political Sciences, the Graduate School of Creative Art Therapies and the
Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences.

Some 18,000 students are studying toward a degree (B.A., M.A., or Ph.D.) in
2011/12.

The University of Haifa has recently launched several international MA
Programs taught in English: Peace and Conflict Management; Business
Administration and Patent Law; Holocaust and Genocide Studies; Creative Arts
Therapies; and Maritime Civilizations.

For more information:

Rachel Feldman

Office: +972-4-8288722

Mobile: +972-54-3933092

Communications and Media Relations

University of Haifa

rfeldman@univ.haifa.ac.il