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Mikheil
Chkhenkeli - Minister of Education and Science of Georgia, participated in the
International Science Ministerial in Jerusalem, where he met the President of
the Bar-Ilan University - Ari Zaban. Additionally, Mikheil Chkhenkeli visited
the university research centers, where he spoke with the researchers in person.
The
sides discussed the prospects of deepening the existing cooperation between the
two countries, to which the President of Bar-Ilan University - Ari Zaban
expressed his full support and readiness. Moreover, the president stated, that
the Bar-Ilan University is always ready to provide substantial premises for the
Georgian scientific community for various science and research purposes.
Furthermore,
during the meeting, which was attended by the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel
Paata Kalandadze, the sides agreed that the president Ari Zaban would visit
Georgia in the coming future. The aim of the visit is to set forth the plans of
cooperation between the Georgian and Israeli higher education institutions.
Bar-Ilan
University is one of the first research universities that has existed since
1955 and has left an immense mark in the development of the country with great
achievements in science. The university started functioning with only 70
students and today there are approximately 17 000 students enrolled at the
university. Four faculties out of eight are science-based. Students have the
opportunity to master medicine, applied sciences (physics, chemistry, computer
science, biophysics, mathematics and engineering. University faculties are in
full compliance with the country’s main initiative.