Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, inspired by the vision of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, who believed that the future of the country lay in the Negev region, is today an internationally-recognized research university and world-leader in innovative technologies and cutting-edge academic investigation. 

BGU is a major Israeli center for teaching and research, with three main campuses in Beer-Sheva, Sede Boqer and Eilat. It has around 20,000 students and 4,000 faculty members in 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 Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies; and the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies.
 

A Variety of Campus Environments

The main campus, the Marcus Family Campus, is located in Beer-Sheva, directly across from the Soroka University Medical Center. It is home to the University administration, main library, most research institutes and centers, and all faculties. 

The Sede Boqer campus, in the heart of the Negev desert, is the site of the Jacob Blaustein Institutes of Desert Research (BIDR), a world center for both research and graduate academic programs in this field. The Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism and Ben-Gurion Archives are located adjacent to the gravesite of David Ben-Gurion.

The city of Eilat is at the southernmost tip of Israel on the shores of the Red Sea. In 2002, BGU opened a new campus here, initially taking advantage of the tourist industry and the marine locale with offerings in tourism and hotel management, and marine biology. At this time, the Eilat Campus offers undergraduate degrees (B.A, B.Sc., B.S.W) and graduate studies in a variety of programs.
 
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