# Reichman University

Reichman University (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת רייכמן) is Israel's only private university, located in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District. It was founded in 1994 as the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, Hebrew: המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה) private college, before being rebranded in 2021.
It receives no direct government funding, and in August 2021 became Israel's first private university.

## History

Reichmann University was founded in 1994 by Uriel Reichman as the Israeli private college Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya, Hebrew: המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה).
The campus is located in the city of Herzliya, Israel, six miles north of the city Tel Aviv, on the grounds of a former Israeli Air Force base. It served the first squadron of the air force for three months in the War of Independence.
In 2009, Alpha Epsilon Pi opened the first college fraternity in Israel at the IDC.
In 2012, the college attracted controversy for the School of Sustainability being funded by Israel's major polluting companies.
In 2018, the college was authorized by the state council to run several doctoral courses but was not permitted to brand itself as a university. In 2021, the college was permitted to brand itself as a university.
The school does not receive direct government funding.

## Organization and administration

The university's faculties are:
* Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy
* Raphael Recanati International School
* Arison School of Business
* Efi Arazi School of Computer Science
* Sammy Ofer School of Communications
* Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology
* Tiomkin School of Economics
* Harry Radzyner Law School
* School of Sustainability
* School of Communications building
* School of Law building
* School of Entrepreneurship building
* School of Law building

## NoCamels website

Reichman University through the Samy Ofer school of communications sponsors NoCamels, an Israeli online website that publishes stories on Israeli innovation, technology, and science.

## Academics

In its 2022 rankings, Times Higher Education rated the university in the 801–1000th bracket.

## Herzliya Conference

The Herzliya Conference is a forum for policy speeches which is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya.

## Notable people
### Administration

Key staff include:
* Rafi Melnick, president
* Uriel Reichman, founder and former president
* Alex Mintz, provost
* Amnon Rubinstein, board chair
* Zvi Eckstein, dean of the School of Economics and School of Business
* Boaz Ganor, dean of the School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy
* Yossi Maaravi, dean of the Adelson School of Entrepreneurship
* Uzi Arad, founding director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy
* Eyal Biyalogorsky, professor of marketing and deputy dean at the Arison School of Business
* Elette Boyle, professor of computer science and director of the Center for Foundations and Applications of Cryptographic Theory

### Notable staff

* Barak Libai, professor of marketing at the Arison School of Business
* Aharon Barak, law professor at master's degree program for commercial law
* Yair Galily, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) of the Sammy Ofer School of Communications
* Isaac Berzin, senior faculty member
* Anat Brunstein Klomek, associate professor
* Nadine Baudot-Trajtenberg, faculty member and lecturer at Tiomkin School of Economics
* Anat Bremler-Barr, professor, Efi Arazi School of Computer Science
* Keren Barak, faculty member
* Anat Berko, lecturer at the Lauder School of Government
* Tal Ben-Shahar
* Ron Malka, former economics lecturer
* Shavit Matias, head of the Program on Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, and the Executive Leadership of the Institute for Policy and Strategy
* Daniel Rothschild, head of The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), an Israeli think tank in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy
* Alan Dershowitz
* Michael C. Dorf
* Zvi Eckstein, a full professor, dean of the Arison School of Business, dean and founder of the Tiomkin School of Economics
* Boaz Ganor, former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy

### Notable alumni

* Ashager Araro (born 1991), Ethiopian-Israeli activist
* Gal Gadot (born 1985), actress and model
* Amit Mekel (born 1980), Israeli Ambassador to Paraguay
* Sagi Muki (born 1992), Olympian and world champion judoka
* Yair Netanyahu (born 1991), podcaster
* Matan Roditi (born 1998), Olympic marathon swimmer