Fully Funded Masters and PhD Programs in Israel

The Weizmann Institute is one of the world's leading research institutes (third in Nature's innovation ranking, seventh in terms of impact factor of publications per employee). The institute is located in the city of Rehovot, half an hour from Tel Aviv. Tuition at the institute is free and in English, and all students receive a stipend of about $2,000 a month.

The institute has undergraduate and graduate programs in physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and computer science. The physics department admits about 45 undergraduate and 30 graduate students each year. The master's program lasts 2 years and ends with the defense of the master's degree, the postgraduate program lasts 4.5 years and ends with the Ph.D. degree. Graduates can pursue careers in academia and high-tech. Of the 106 physics graduate students who have graduated in the last six years, 55 have gone on to postdocs, and nine have already become principal investigators.

Postdoc statistics: Harvard (6), Berkeley (5), Caltech (3), MIT (3), Princeton (2), ETH Zurich (2), Columbia (2), Stanford (2), Institute for Advanced Study(2), Oxford, Kings College London, Wuppertal, Harish-Chandra, Ben-Gurion, OSU, Maryland, Lyon, Salk, Courant, Basel, NIST, CERN, UCSB, SLAC, European Southern Observatory.

Weitzman admissions are open until March 31, but it's best to apply early. Details about the physics program and how to apply can be found here: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/physics/study-weizmann, for other majors all information is here - https://www.weizmann.ac.il/feinberg/admissions

If you have questions, e-mail FGS-physics@weizmann.ac.il or go to vk.com/aspr_spb