Our Story

At HIT we believe that higher education is the most powerful growth engine – both for individuals and for the entire nation. Established in 1969, HIT is a leading academic institution, focusing on science, technology, engineering, design, and digital health. Located in central Israel, HIT offers excellent higher education to young people from all sectors of Israeli society.  

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PROF. EDUARD YAKUBOV
President of HIT
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Facts & Figures

140
International Agreements
International Agreements
6K
Students
Students
20
Academic Programs
Academic Programs
8
Faculties
Faculties
20K
Alumni
Alumni

Significant Research

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Edible optical fibers
Edible optical fibers
For cultured meat and other uses in tissue engineering
Improving effectiveness of epilepsy treatments
Improving effectiveness of epilepsy treatments
Novel HIT technology optimizes the localization of epileptic foci in the brain - to enhance invasive interventions that reduce seizures in drug-resistant patients
Organic photonic AI platform
Organic photonic AI platform
Minimizing the power consumption of AI chips
Novel technology prevents complications following cataract surgery
Novel technology prevents complications following cataract surgery
Multi-modal Dysphagia Management
Multi-modal Dysphagia Management

Research Centers & Labs

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Lab for synthesis and investigation of nanomaterials
Medical Assistive Design & Engineering Lab

Our Alumni

Assaf Azrilevich
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Assaf Azrilevich
Senior Director - Solutions Architecture at NVIDIA
Rinat Ashkenazi
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Rinat Ashkenazi
Senior Art Director- Motion at Apple 
Shachar Zohar
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Shachar Zohar
Co-Founder & CTO at Peer5 (Acquired by Microsoft)
Principal Engineering Manager of Peer5 at Microsoft
Igor Morozov
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Igor Morozov
General Manager- Advanced Localized Manufacturing and Engineering, SolarEdge Technologies
Yafit Trabulsky-Greydi
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Yafit Trabulsky-Greydi
Vice President G&A at Sweet Security
The company has achieved "unicorn" status.
Vladi Sandler
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Vladi Sandler
CEO & Co-Founder at Lightspin (acquired by Cisco)
Director of Partnerships, Community, and Integrations, Cisco.

The company was acquired by U.S tech giant Cisco for 225 million dollars in March 2023.
Noa Meshulam-Moyal
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Noa Meshulam-Moyal
Head of UX, Product design, and Research at CyberArk
Nati Asher
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Nati Asher
Senior Director of Product Design at Salesforce
Eran Prigat
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Eran Prigat
Senior Manager, Global OEM Engineering at Medtronic
Elav Horwitz
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Elav Horwitz
EVP, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Solutions, WPP
Assaf Hason
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Assaf Hason
Principal Engineer - Industrial Engineering & Senior Supply Chain Analyst at Western Digital
Michal Dolev Hashimshony
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Michal Dolev Hashimshony
CEO at Engineers Without Borders Israel
Board member at Engineers Without Borders – International
Ella Bloch
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Ella Bloch
Director of Product at Kaltura
Doron Sinai
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Doron Sinai
Vice President of New Technologies at Nano Dimension
Previous Positions:

Director of New Products & Technologies, Orbotech (a KLA company)

Director of R&D, Orbotech (a KLA company)
Dotan Eshet
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Dotan Eshet
CEO and Co-Founder at Treetoscope
Winner of the 2023 New Product Contest Tier 1 at The Irrigation Show in San Antonio, USA.
Yariv Niv
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Yariv Niv
Managing Director at Rohde & Schwarz Israel
Rohde & Schwarz develops, produces and markets a wide range of electronic capital goods for industry, infrastructure operators and government customers.

The independent group is among the technology and market leaders in all of its business fields, including wireless communications and RF test and measurement, broadcast and media, air traffic control and military radio communications, cybersecurity and network technology.
Amir Gamliel
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Amir Gamliel
Senior Director – Business Line Services & ILS Programs UAS, Aerospace Division at Elbit Systems
Previous Position: Senior Director – Engineering Unit & Site Manager C4I and Cyber Division at Elbit Systems.

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