Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב‎, Universitat Ben Gurion Banegev)  (BGU) was established in 1969 with the aim to bring development to the Negev, a desert area comprising more than sixty percent of the country. The University was inspired by the vision of Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the future of the country lay in this region. After Ben-Gurion's death in 1973, the University was renamed Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Today, Ben-Gurion University is a major center for teaching and research, with campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat. Close to 20,000 students are enrolled in the Faculties of Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences,...