Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is a major research university in Israel and a global leader in a variety of subjects.
The Faculties of Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, the Pinchas Sapir Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, the Joyce and Irving Goldman School of Medicine, the Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies, The School of Brain Sciences and Cognition, The School of Sustainability and Climate Change, and Albert Katz International Sc. have around 20,000 students and 4,000 faculty members.
In Israel, more than 100,000 graduates are active in research and development, industry, health care, the economy, society, culture, and education.
The University of Beer-Sheva has three main campuses: the Marcus Family Campus in Beer-Sheva, the Sde Boker Research Campus, and the Eilat Campus. It is home to national and multi-disciplinary research institutes such as the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, the National Institute of Solar Energy, the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zioness.