Principles for International Student Policy - CHE-PBC

Medicine 511 3 3 496 12
Para-Medical 118 62 29 50 6
Professions
Natural Sciences and 1,011 797 430 92 122
Mathematics - Total
Mathematics, 78 51 25 13 14
Statistics and
Computer Sciences 768 722 394 20 26
Physical Sciences 165 24 11 59 82
Biological Sciences 40 6 - 25 9
Agriculture 376 316 103 37 23
Engineering and
Architecture 3,050 1,260 670 1,517 266
829 241 135 496 85
Universities - Total 625 182 114 384 59
104 32 15 50 22
Humanities - Total
76 11 3 54 4
Humanities - General
24 16 3 8 -
Languages, Libraries
and Regional Studies - - - - -
Education and
Teacher Training 365 65 43 292 8
Art, Crafts and
Practical Arts 279 62 41 209 8
Special Studies and 86 3 - 83 -
Misc.
Social Sciences - 39 7 3 31 1
Total 588 24 6 546 18
Social Sciences
511 3 3 496 12
Business and 77 21 3 50 6
Management Sciences
Law 979 765 413 92 122

Medicine and Para- 46 19 8 13 14
Medical Professions -
Total 768 722 394 20 26
Medicine 165 24 11 59 82
40 6 - 25 9
Para-Medical 210 152 68 35 23
Professions
Natural Sciences and 1,309 1,165 505 144 -
Mathematics - Total
Mathematics, 103 78 53 25 -
Statistics and 8 2 - 6 -
Computer Sciences - - - - -
Physical Sciences
93 76 53 17 -
Biological Sciences
918 802 362 116 -
Agriculture
577 492 215 85 -
Engineering and
Architecture 51

Academic Colleges
- Total

Humanities - Total

Humanities - General

Education and
Teacher Training
Art, Crafts and
Practical Arts
Social Sciences -
Total
Social Sciences

Business and 341 310 147 31 -

Management Sciences

Law 49 48 12 1 -

Medicine and Para- 41 41 26 - -

Medical Professions -

Total

Natural Sciences and 32 32 17 - -

Mathematics - Total

Mathematics, 32 32 17 - -

Statistics and

Computer Sciences

Biological Sciences - - - --

Engineering and 166 164 35 2 -

Architecture

Academic 108 104 30 4 -

Education Colleges

- Total

Humanities - Total 108 104 30 4 -

Education and 108 104 30 4 -

Teacher Training

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APPENDIX 9B

Data as Reported by the Relevant Institutions in Israel
(i) Post-Doctoral Students – 2016 data:26

University Total No. of Israelis International China and % of China
Post- India and India
Doctoral (Total) (out of (out of
Students international international
113 students)27 students)
Tel Aviv 336 223 183 47 42%
Technion 290 107 268 104 57%
Hebrew 580 260 253 130 49%
Weizmann 375 200 48 113 45%
Bar-Ilan 123 75 130 20 42%
Ben- 291 161 83 64%
Gurion
Haifa 132 84 48 14 29%
Open 13 11 6 4 67%
Total 2140 1121 1019 515 51%

(ii) All International Students

Tel Aviv University

The institution provided data for all students according to type of program. The
estimates regarding distribution between Jews and others are rough, and were reached
together with the Head of the International School there.

The data does not include international students studying in Hebrew; moreover, it does
not include guest researchers or students taking short courses outside the summer
school framework, STUDY ABROAD or student exchange program.
The data relates to the period June 2015 – June 2016

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 88 165 253 12%
Academic 655 245 900 42%
Experience 575 391 965 46%
Total
Percentage 1317 801 2,118
62% 38%

 In "RESEARCH": 113 Post-Doctoral students, 100 doctoral students and 40 Master's
degree students with theses

 In "FULL STUDIES": 260 taking full Bachelor's degrees (out of whom 60 in budgeted
programs in music and the rest in non-budgeted liberal arts), 560 taking full Master's

26 Apart from Haifa University and Tel Aviv University where the data is from 2015.
27 Not all are PBC scholarships.

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degrees without theses (out of whom 260 taking medicine in the Sackler program), 80
in pre-academic preparatory courses.
 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": about 450 taking summer courses

Hebrew University

The institution produced data for all students according to the type of program and provides
estimates regarding distribution between Jews and others in relation to students from the Rothberg
International School. With regard to students outside Rothberg – we reached estimates regarding
the distribution between Jews and others similar to the parallel group within Rothberg.

It should be recalled that the preparatory program in the Hebrew University also includes many
students from Eastern Jerusalem who are counted here.28

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 128 440 568 22%
Academic 360 332 692 27%
Experience 503 771 1274 50%
Total
Percentage 992 1543 2,534
39% 61%

 In "RESEARCH": 268 Post-Doctoral students, 258 doctoral students and 42 Master's
degree students with theses (most of the research students are outside the Rothberg
International School)

 In "FULL STUDIES": 97 taking full Bachelor's degrees (all within regular University
programs), 245 taking full Master's degrees without theses, 350 in pre-academic
preparatory courses.

 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": about 205 taking summer courses

Weizmann Institute of Science

The Institute presented data for all students according to the type of program and the estimates
regarding the distribution between Jews and others were made on the basis of reasonable
assumptions and data regarding country of origin of the post-doctoral students.

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 82 297 379 100%
Academic 0%
Experience 82 297 379 0%
Total 22% 78%
Percentage

28 There were about 70 such students in the 2014/2015 academic year.

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Of these:

 253 Post-Doctoral students, 83 from India, 30 from China, 109 from Europe, 10 from
the United States and Canada and the rest from Latin America, Africa and Asia.

 16 Master's degree students (First and Second Year) regular research track (with thesis)
 70 students taking PhDs.
 41 guest students

Technion

The institution presented data for all students according to the type of program and the estimates
regarding the distribution between Jews and others were made on the basis of assessments of the
Head of the International School.

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 0 372 372 34%
Academic 52 212 264 24%
Experience 94 362 456 42%
Total
Percentage 146 946 1,092
13% 87%

 In "RESEARCH": 183 Post-Doctoral students, 109 doctoral students (of these 35 guests)
and 80 Master's degree students with thesis (of these 38 guests)

 In "FULL STUDIES": 200 taking full Bachelor's degrees and 54 in pre-academic
preparatory courses. There are only about 10 students taking full Master's degrees
without thesis who are registered in regular programs of the Technion and the Startup
MBA program.

 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": there are about 260 students taking summer courses and
a few dozen who come through the NEUBAUER program for study abroad.

Haifa University

The institution presented data for all students according to the type of program and the estimate
regarding the distribution between Jews and others was reached together with the Heads of the
international, academic and administrative schools.

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 38 92 130 16%
Academic 71 54 125 15%
Experience 288 291 578 69%
Total
Percentage 396 437 833
48% 52%

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 In "RESEARCH" there are 48 Post-Doctoral students, 48 doctoral students and 34
Master's degree students with thesis

 In "FULL STUDIES": 116 students taking full Master's degrees without thesis (of whom
30 in Hebrew language programs) and the rest taking full Bachelor's degrees

 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": there are about 300 students taking summer courses.

Ben-Gurion University

The institution presented data for all students according to the type of program and the estimate
regarding the distribution between Jews and others was reached together with the Head of the
International School.

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 74 239 313 44%
Academic 67 62 128 18%
Experience 139 139 277 39%
Total
Percentage 279 439 718
39% 61%

 In "RESEARCH" there are 130 Post-Doctoral students, 96 doctoral students and 87
Master's degree students with thesis (in budgeted regular programs operated by Ben-
Gurion University)

 In "FULL STUDIES": there are about 5 students taking full Bachelor's degrees (in regular
programs), and almost all the rest (about 120) are students taking 4 year Master's
degrees in international medicine (non-budgeted).

 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": almost half (124 students) take summer courses.

Bar-Ilan University

In Bar-Ilan University, the data was produced in accordance with the requested distribution, as the
University possesses student records indicating Jewish or other. The data is as follows:

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies 87 105 192 24%
Academic 464 21 585 61%
Experience 115 0 115 15%
Total
Percentage 666 126 792
84% 16%

 In "RESEARCH" there are 48 Post-Doctoral students (particularly in humanities), 69
doctoral students (particularly in Judaism) and 75 Master's degree students with thesis
(particularly in the Faculty of Judaism)

 In "FULL STUDIES": there are 262 students taking Master's degrees without thesis (of
these about 30 are in Business Management – a non-budgeted program), 91 taking full

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Bachelor's degrees (particularly in the Faculty of Judaism), and 132 Jewish students
taking pre-academic preparatory courses.
 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": there are mostly student engaged in study abroad and
also 16 students taking summer courses.

Interdisciplinary Center

In the Interdisciplinary Center, there is monitoring as to which of the students are Jewish and
therefore data exists regarding the requested distribution. Nonetheless, to date the institution has
presented only partial data, and data is missing with regard to international research students.

The data given in respect of "full studies" relates to all the students studying in international
programs and the institution has estimated that 20% of the Jews are Israeli. Nonetheless, it has also
stated that a considerable number are Jews who subsequently immigrate and obtain citizenship.

The data collected relates to students active in the system and does not include those who received
their degree in May 2016 even if they actually continue to study.

Principal Research JEWS OTHER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
Objective Full Studies N/A N/A N/A 0%
Academic 1312 105 1417 88%
Experience 180 5 185 10%
Total
Percentage 1492 110 1,602
93% 7%

 In "FULL STUDIES": there is primarily a full Bachelor's degree in English (1,100
students) and Master's degrees without thesis (331 students).

 In "ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE": there are mostly students engaged in summer courses
(164 students) and some in study abroad (21 students).

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APPENDIX 9C

DETAILS OF CHINESE AND INDIAN STUDENTS
ARRIVING THROUGH THE PBC PROGRAM

Summer Courses

INSTITUTION PROGRAM NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF Total
STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS 50
TECHNION Mathematics 2013 2014 2015 89
TECHNION Aerospace and 24 13 13
Mechanical 55 19 15 105
TECHNION Engineering 96
Electrical 38 29 38 75
HEBREW Engineering 31 25 67
UNIVERSITY Hebrew Ulpan 40 36 32 44
TEL AVIV 25 24 31
UNIVERSITY Entrepreneurship 7 11 33 33
BEN-GURION 13 18 36
UNIVERSITY Desert Studies 18 11 22 525
TECHNION 13 23
Chemical and 169 186 101
TEL AVIV Civil Engineering
UNIVERSITY Data Security 32 57 626
HEBREW
UNIVERSITY Genetic 201 243
BEN-GURION Engineering
UNIVERSITY World Medical
NO. OF Systems
STUDENTS
FROM CHINA 170
NO. OF
STUDENTS 12
FROM INDIA
TOTAL 182

Students taking Bachelor's or Master's degrees

INSTITUTION PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOLARSHIPS TOTAL
GIVEN IN 2014 GIVEN IN 2015 42
TECHNION Bachelor's degree 11 31 20
Civil Engineering 18
BEN-GURION Master's degree 5 15
UNIVERSITY Desert Studies 15
BAR-ILAN Master's degree 6 12
UNIVERSITY International 7
Business - 15
TEL AVIV Management
UNIVERSITY Bachelor's degree -7
Electrical
TEL AVIV Engineering and
UNIVERSITY Electronics
Master's degree
Archaeology of
Bible Lands

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TECHNION Master's degree - - 0
Chemistry - 12 12
HEBREW Master's degree 21 81 102
UNIVERSITY Islam and the 1 11 12
Middle East 22 92 114
NO. OF
STUDENTS
FROM CHINA
NO. OF
STUDENTS
FROM INDIA
TOTAL

Post-Doctoral Students

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL Weizmann Hebrew Haifa Ben-Gurion Technion Tel-Aviv Bar-Ilan Open
SCHOLAR- SCHOLAR- SCHOLAR- Institute of University University University University University University
SHIPS SHIPS SHIPS Science
2013 GIVEN IN FOR FOR CHINESE 16 7 14 4 2 0 2
2014 THIS YEAR INDIANS 16 21 11 13 11 10 4 0
2015 10 21 26 8 18 14 12 5 1
2016 61 51 17 15 7 0 9 87 6 0
2017 91 74 22 8 5 4 7 10 7 6 0
99 77 6 6 75 30 61 47 38 21 3
Total 45 39 8 66
45 37 63
341 278

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APPENDIX 9D
DETAILS OF MOBILITY
ERASMUS MUNDUS & ERASMUS +

The data was collected by the National Erasmus + office in Israel

Erasmus Mundus (2007-2013)

** Estimated figures which are based on proposals that won and not on actual
performance

From Europe to Israel: Year

Total Number of Students 2009
and Faculty 2010
7 2012
20 2013
52 Total
48
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The Erasmus Mundus framework also contained an option to create a joint degree in some
institutions. Three Israeli institutions participated, and in this framework 117 Israelis
received scholarships to study / teach between 2007 and 2014, as follows:
60 Master's degree students, 1 doctoral student and 56 teachers

ERASMUS + (2015 – 2017):
Mobility data which the Israeli institutions applied over two years from June 2015 to
1.6.2017:29

Learner Incoming Outgoing Total:
Staff (from Israel to (from EU to
Total: 838
EU) Israel) 807
1,645
644 194

532 275

1,176 469

29 In essence, because of delays in receiving data about wins, the institutions only began to implement
the mobility during the second semester of 2016 (i.e., from February 2016).

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The distribution of these 1,645 students outgoing and incoming in accordance with participating EU
countries:

State No. of Institutions in the Number of Participants
country participating with
Germany Israel 334
Poland 187
Romania 22 110
Spain 11 99
Hungary 8 96
Czech Republic 4 85
Italy 9 80
Austria 5 69
Croatia 9 68
Netherlands 6 67
Lithuania 4 48
Greece 3 45
Belgium 4 36
Cyprus 7 31
United Kingdom 4 31
Bulgaria 8 29
Denmark 4 29
Finland 3 29
Ireland 3 28
Turkey 5 25
Estonia 3 23
Latvia 3 21
Slovenia 4 15
Malta 3 13
Slovakia 3 12
Iceland 1 8
Luxembourg 1 8
Portugal 2 6
France 1 5
Liechtenstein 1 4
Sweden 1 4
1 1,645
1
144

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APPENDIX 9E
DETAILS OF ACADEMIC STUDENTS
ARRIVING IN ISRAEL THROUGH 'MASA'

(2014/2015)
- Mechina - 507 participants:

o Programs in Russian – 263 participants
o Programs in French – 151 participants
o Generic programs – 93 participants
- Full MA programs – 161 participants
- Full BA programs – 125 participants
- Academic Gap Year – 90 participants (in Universities only – not including other gap
programs that carry academic credits)

Total - 1,504 Masa Israel participants on academic programs in 2014/15

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APPENDIX III – SNAPSHOT OF THE WORLD
10A INTERNATIONAL DATA OF PROJECT ATLAS 2015

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APPENDIX 10B – DATA OF OECD – EDUCATION AT A GLANCE
i. International students as a percentage of all students in higher education in

various OECD countries (all degrees)
The definition of 'international students' is students who have left their country of origin
to study (country of origin = country of residence or country where they pursued their
previous studies)
The OECD average is 9%

* With regard to the 6 countries on the right side of the graph, the data relates to
foreign students – by their country of citizenship, and therefore cannot be compared
to the data of other countries relating to international students.
ii. International students as a proportion of all students in higher education in the
various OECD countries - by degree:
The average for all OECD countries: for PhD degrees - 24%, for Master's degrees -
14%, for Bachelor's degrees - 6%.

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* With regard to the 6 countries on the right side of the graph, the data relates to
foreign students – by their country of citizenship, and therefore cannot be compared
to the data of other countries relating to international students.
iii Global distribution according to country of destination

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i Distribution according to country of origin

Out of the 53% who come from Asia: 21% are from China, 5% from India, 3% from Korea,
2% from Saudi Arabia, and % from Indonesia.

Out of the 25% who come from Europe: 3.8% are from Germany, 2.3% from France, 1.5%
from Italy.

ii. Distribution by field of study - OECD average

international students in OECD countries by field of

education (2013)

physical sc. agriculture math & stat. not known
3% 2% 1% 2%

life sciences services
3% 4%

education CS
4% 5%

health social sc.
13% Business & law

36%

engineering
14%

humanities & arts
13%

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iii Percentage of institutions in the country offering English language
programs (ETP)at ISCED level 5 or 630

iv Tuition fee policy in various countries - domestic students compared to
international students

v. Growth in number of international students in the world according to year

30 Including high school education up to and including the standard of Bachelor's degree.

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