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Tel Aviv University

Public university in Israel

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Source revisionSep 24, 2026
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Tel Aviv University (TAU) is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest frontal learning university in the country. Located in northwest Tel Aviv, the university is the center of teaching and research of the city, comprising 9 faculties, 17 teaching hospitals, 18 performing arts centers, 27 schools, 106 departments, 340 research centers, and 400 laboratories.

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The public source identifies “Tel Aviv University” as public university in Israel. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aviv, University and Public.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tel Aviv University” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.