JCE has developed its study programs in order to enable the rapid and efficient integration of its engineering graduates into high-tech industry. To do so, JCE has forged close ties and cooperative arrangements with leading companies in the advanced industries field. This cooperation has brought about the structuring of study programs with a high academic level, on the one hand, and compatibility with the needs of industry, on the other.
Senior representatives of Israel’s high-tech industry serve on JCE’s Board of Governors, among them:
Amir Elstein – Chairperson, Board of Governors, The Jerusalem College of Engineering, Chairman of the Board of Tower Semiconductor Ltd., Member of the Boards of Directors of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited Ltd., and Israel Corporation Ltd
Herzle Bodinger – President and Chairman of the Board, RADA Electronic Industries
Isaac Devash – One of the Founders and Shareholders of Biondvax. In the process of founding the first Israeli Internet Bank.
Dr. Alon Dumanis – CEO, Docor International Management
Dr. Raphael Hofstein – President and CEO, Hadasit
Dr. Shuki Gleitman – Managing Partner, Platinum Venture Capital
Raffi Kesten – Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer, NDS
Arie Levin – CEO, AVX Corporation, Israel
Yuval Malinsky – CEO, Vigorous Mind, Inc. and President, New England-Israel Business Council
Dr. Erel Margalit – Founder and Managing Partner, JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners)
Avi Nevel – President, Nevel International, LLC
Moshe Peled – President, Rokar International
Daniel Rosenne – Chairman, Tadiran Telcom
Dr. Aharon Schwartz – VP New Ventures, TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Dr. Daniel Serfaty – Chairman and CEO, Aptima
Moti Teperberg – President, Teperberg 1870 Winery
Yonathan Wand – CEO, Numonyx Israel
Students at JCE benefit from employment incentives from high-tech companies.
Final projects are prepared in cooperation with advanced industries. In this way, students learn work methods that they can apply later in their careers.
Study programs are designed and revised periodically based on the needs of the economy and industry based on the continuous monitoring of technological developments.
Courses of study have a direct correlation with industry [and are] provided by engineers and scientists from advanced industries in Israel.
During the first year of studies, students take a course in the “Introduction to Engineering Careers” in which they meet people from industry and hear about advanced industries that are developing today and are at the cutting edge of modern technology.
High-tech industry supports JCE both by contributions to laboratories and through student scholarships.
