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Engineering education – where to?

Special projects :Ultra-orthodox and Ethiopian students

Noah Dana-Picard

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Over 4000 students

3,400 Bachelor and Masters students

700 in Preparatory programs and supplementary years

Electronic Engineering Physics – Electro-optics Engineering Physics – Medical Engineering Industrial Engineering and Management Software Engineering Communications Systems Engineering Computer Science Bioinformatics

Academic Departments - Engineering

Engineering and Exact Sciences

BSc

Engineering of Telecommunication Systems

Current trends and Perspectives

• Israel needs “high quality” engineers• Currently: outsourcing to India and Far East• At JCT (Machon Lev), at least in electro-optics and

electronics: we encourage weak students to move to other departments

• RF has once again become an interesting area => new courses and labs• Life sciences are taking off => engineering disciplines

are looking to find ways to apply their techniques to life sciences

JCT is addressing Major Issues In Israel Today

Providing academic opportunities to meet Israel’s economic and social needs

Advancing Ethiopian IsraelisFirst engineering college to take up the challenge135 Ethiopian students currently studying at JCT: 95

men and 40 women 95 graduates with bachelor degrees, most of them

professional officers in IDF99% employment rate in professional occupations

Academic Education for the Haredi Population

Religious institutionAcademic research institutionRange of student servicesEstablished institution’s reputation for job placement

500 haredi men among 2000 students on the men campus1000 haredi women among 2000 students on the women

campuses

In-dus-trial En-gi-

neering and Managemen

t18%

MBA6%

Ac-counting and In-for-ma-tion Sys-tems11%

Elec-troni

c En-gi-

neering8%

Computer Science45%

Electro-Op-tics En-gi-

neering1%

Technology Management and Marketing

11%

Graduates of JCT’s Mechina Program for HaredimDistribution of Haredi students by Academic

Department

Haredi Employment

77%

11%12%

Employment rates of Haredi graduates in first year after graduation (2011)

Employed in pro-fessional field

Unemployed

Employed inother profession

Haredi Employment - requirements

• Not to be afraid to employ haredim engineers• Need for some adaptations – Women: schedule, working environment, etc.– Men: time for prayer, working environment (at a

less extent than for women, …)• Benefits for the company:– Hours at work are hours at work– Lower rate of jumping from place to place– Etc.

Thank youשמח !!!וחנוכה

President’s office: president@jct.ac.il

02-6751106