page_title: Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
hierarchical_section_title: Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
caption_attribution_description: View of the building at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with Henry Moore sculpture in the foreground.
context_page_description: The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies is a research institute in Jerusalem, Israel, devoted to academic research in physics, mathematics, the life sciences, economics, and comparative religion. It is a self-governing body, both in its administrative function as well as its academic pursuits. It is one of the nine members of the symposium Some Institutes for Advanced Study.
  The IIAS is located at the Edmond J. Safra Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Givat Ram. The Institute brings together scholars from around the world to engage in collaborative research projects for periods of four to twelve months. Throughout over forty years of existence it has been dedicated to unrestricted academic research.
context_section_description: The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (Hebrew: הַמָכוֹן לְלִימוּדִים מִתְקַדְמִים) (IIAS, or IAS in Israel) is a research institute in Jerusalem, Israel, devoted to academic research in physics, mathematics, the life sciences, economics, and comparative religion.  It is a self-governing body, both in its administrative function as well as its academic pursuits.  It is one of the nine members of the symposium Some Institutes for Advanced Study (SIAS).
  The IIAS is located at the Edmond J. Safra Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Givat Ram.  The Institute brings together scholars from around the world to engage in collaborative research projects for periods of four to twelve months.  Throughout over forty years of existence it has been dedicated to unrestricted academic research.
caption: Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
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