IDC HERZLIYA

RAPHAEL RECANATI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (RRIS)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM

COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM

GOVERNMENT PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM

PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM

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GRADUATE PROGRAMS TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

CAMPUS LIFE AT IDC HERZLIYA

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RRIS

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

IDC HERZLIYA ALUMNI

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

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Dear future students,At the dawn of the 2010-2011 academic year, the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)Herzliya will be in the midst of implementing the strategic plans for its future. Overthe past sixteen years, our schools and research institutes have won internationalrecognition while our alumni have taken impressive steps toward changing the faceof Israeli society. In a recent survey conducted by the Council for Higher Educationon student satisfaction throughout Israeli academia, IDC Herzliya was rankednumber one in sixteen out of the twenty categories. Our schools of law and computerscience ranked number one in income by alumni and the school of business wasranked number two. We will be building upon these accomplishments and expandingour academic programs and activities to exciting new heights. The members of theninth class of the Raphael Recanati International School will be joining one of theleading academic institutions in Israel.

An era of renewal is taking shape within Israeli society. Joining IDC Herzliya nowmeans being a part of this fascinating process, which will infuse a commitment toconstitutional and governmental reform as well as economic growth; will address thechallenges presented by new media technology; and will reevaluate Israel’s diplomaticstrategy and policies as well as the country’s social and moral agenda – all of whichare intrinsic to our academic mission. We already see a number of our graduatesgaining leading positions in key areas of the country, who are committed to makingIsrael a better place to live.

IDC Herzliya has led this academic avant-garde movement since its inception.We combine the study of theory with real-world experience. Our educational methodis based on an interdisciplinary approach, information technology and openness tothe international horizon. Our outlook, which is rooted in the concepts of libertyand responsibility, emphasizes initiative and leadership alongside community service.International students will benefit from this focus in addition to an all-encompassingintroduction to the State of Israel and its scenery, history and roots.

Next year IDC will have twelve hundred students from sixty-three countries at theRaphael Recanati International School. I am convinced that everyone who joins usfrom abroad will obtain an excellent education and will also develop meaningfulfriendships with students from Israel and dozens of other countries – an experiencethat will accompany them for the rest of their lives.

Prof. Uriel ReichmanPresident and Founder of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

From left: Ronit Raier, South Africa; Jesse Routtenberg, Canada; Prof. Reichman; Victoria Aslaya Frizis, Greece; Danielle Karpel, South Africa

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VALUES FOR A NE W ISR AEL

There were no private educational institutions of significance in Israel until1994, when IDC Herzliya was founded. Modeled on distinguished small collegesin the United States, IDC Herzliya is a non-profit corporate entity which is notsubsidized by the government and is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence ineducation and research. Its founders aimed to create an Israeli university for thethird millennium – a university where personal achievement goes hand in handwith social responsibility.

IDC Herzliya believes that after six decades of nation building dominated by acentralized economy, Israeli society will prosper by embracing entrepreneurship.Recognizing the value of market forces, private initiative and innovation will helpreflect Israel’s humanist and democratic tradition. This liberating spirit is aninspiration to any enlightened culture that participates in our global society.

Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, with students of IDC Herzliya.From left: President Peres; Tzely Shalev, Ecuador; Pascal Cohen, Germany; Bur Asherov, Kenya;and Emmanuel Heymann, Luxembourg.

IDC HERZLIYA MOT TO:

“LIBERT Y AND RESPONSIBILIT Y”

IDC Herzliya seeks to train Israel’s future leaders to nurture a business, political,technological, communications, psychology and juridical leadership of the highestcaliber. IDC Herzliya’s approach is fundamentally different from other academicinstitutions in Israel due to its interdisciplinary spirit and strong social commitment.

IDC Herzliya aspires to provide its students with a broad, in-depth education andthe skills needed to excel in the international business arena of the 21st century.

IDC Herzliya seeks to employ accomplished faculty of international repute whosecareers reflect a combination of scholarly excellence and practical experience.

IDC Herzliya is a non-profit institution established for the public good. IDC Herzliyadoes not receive any financial support from the government budgetary system forhigher education and thus enjoys complete academic and administrative freedom.

IDC Herzliya charges tuition based on actual costs, while taking into account thefinancial means of its students. It selects and rewards its faculty and administrativestaff on the basis of individual merit.

IDC Herzliya is actively involved in the community, contributing according to itscapabilities and the resources at its disposal.

IDC Herzliya is committed to the fundamental values of a free and tolerantsociety – first and foremost, freedom of the individual for self-realization in all realmsof thought and action. IDC Herzliya works to strengthen these values in Israeli societyand to encourage its students to conduct themselves in a way consistent with them.

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“As a new immigrant serving in Israel through Garin T’zabar I was grateful

that IDC accepted international students with grades from abroad. My

parents and I came to look around IDC and we were overwhelmed with the

beautiful campus, the students, the renowned professors and the school's

status worldwide. Finding IDC made staying in Israel after the army to

continue with my higher education a reality and, most importantly, an

enjoyable and challenging experience.”

Zoe Hantman, London, UK

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IDC HERZLIYA

SCHOOLS

IDC Herzliya adopts an interdisciplinary approach and its academic programscombine the many resources of its internationally renowned schools. This allowsstudents to obtain an education that is both wide-ranging and practical.

Radzyner School of Lawwww.idc.ac.il/law/eng

Arison School of Businesswww.idc.ac.il/business/eng

Efi Arazi School of Computer Sciencewww.idc.ac.il/cs/eng

Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategywww.idc.ac.il/gov/eng

Sammy Ofer School of Communicationswww.idc.ac.il/comm/eng

New School of Psychologywww.idc.ac.il/psychology/eng

Raphael Recanati International Schoolwww.rris.idc.ac.il

“I made aliyah from Uruguay 6 years ago and after finishing my military service,

I decided to study in Israel. Since enrolling at IDC I have felt very comfortable.

There is a staff of professionals always willing to help students and to make the

process of absorption easier. Apart from the academic knowledge that students

gain at IDC, the experience of studying with people from 63 different countries is

amazing. I feel that studying at IDC was one of the best decisions I ever made.”

Fabian Pardo, Montevideo, Uruguay

IDC HERZLIYA

RESEARCH INSTITUTES AND LEARNING CENTERS

Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL)www.idc.ac.il/communications/avl

Asper Institute for New Media Diplomacywww.idc.ac.il/communications/Asper

Caesarea Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Center for Capital Markets andRisk Managementwww.cc.idc.ac.il

Center for European Studieswww.idc.ac.il/eng/ces

Entrepreneurship Centerwww.idc.ac.il/ec

Executive Education Departmentwww.idc.ac.il/en/ExecutiveEducation

Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Centerwww.gloria-center.org/

Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS)www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng

Institute for Renewable Energy Policywww.idc.ac.il/irep

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)www.ict.org.il

Media Innovation Lab (miLAB)www.milab.idc.ac.il

Project on Applied Decision Analysis (PADA)www.idc.ac.il/PADA

Reinventing Israeli Government Projectwww.idc.ac.il/ReinventingGovEng

Rich Center for the Study of Trading and Financial Marketswww.idc.ac.il/en/richcenter

The Research Center for Internet Psychology (CIP)www.idc.ac.il/communications/cip/en

The Lea & Naftali Ben-Yehuda Study Skills Centerwww.idc.ac.il/en/ssc

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INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND STR ATEGY ( IPS)

THE HERZLIYA CONFERENCE SERIES

The Herzliya Conference on The Balance of Israel’s National Strength and Securityis unique among the plethora of Israeli and international conferences. The veryconcept of “strength” (hosen in Hebrew meaning strength, endurance, and resilience)is the central theme of all the Conferences and has become a widely used coin ofexpression in public discourse and in many official declarations.

Since its inception, the Herzliya Conference has become the annual “summit meeting”of the most influential Israeli and international leaders. Participants at the Conferenceinclude: government officials, Knesset members and ministers, senior defense officials,leaders of the Israeli business community, senior academicians, media representativesfrom Israel and abroad, representatives from various leading Jewish organizationsin the Diaspora, dignitaries from abroad and the diplomatic corps in Israel.

The Herzliya Conference is a year-long work cycle which includes the following threeconsecutive stages: preliminary research and analysis conducted by task forces andcommissioned experts; the Conference where major policy statements and initiativesare delivered, followed by debate on the issues and on the reports presented by thetask forces. An executive summary is then presented to key policymakers, summarizingthe Conference’s proceedings, findings, and major policy recommendations.www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/

Above: Mr. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel and Prof. Uriel Reichman, President of IDC Herzliya at the formalopening of the Herzliya Conference.

THE INTERNATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE FOR

COUNTER-TERRORISM ( ICT )

The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) is the leadingacademic institute for counter-terrorism in the world, facilitating internationalcooperation in the global struggle against terrorism. ICT is an independent thinktank providing expertise in terrorism, counter-terrorism, homeland security, threatvulnerability and risk assessment, intelligence analysis and national security anddefense policy.

ICT holds a World Summit for Counter-Terrorism which is one of the mostinfluential events in the field of counter-terrorism today. The conference is a vitalopportunity for high-profile experts from a diverse background of disciplines toestablish professional relationships and serves as a platform for the formation ofinternational cooperation.

Speakers and participants at our previous conferences have included current andformer ministers, members of parliament, heads of security agencies and policedepartments, first responders, academics, professional experts in the field of counter-terrorism, jurists, businessmen and students.

ICT also serves as a joint forum for international policymakers and scholars to shareinformation and expertise through research papers, situation reports and academicpublications for worldwide distribution. A number of international seminars,workshops and conferences are organized monthly by ICT to discuss and educateon global and regional issues. Finally, ICT administers the largest public domainresearch database on the Internet.www.ict.org.il

Above: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaking at the Counter-Terrorism Conference. Seated at right are: Jonathan Davis,Head of the Raphael Recanati International School and Vice President for External Relations; and Dr. Boaz Ganor, Executive Directorof the Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

THE CIT Y OF HERZLIYA:

A UNIQUE POINT ON THE GLOBAL COMPASS

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“Studying at IDC has been the key to my aliyah. I have made many

great friends who come from all over the world and share in the

dream of studying and living in Israel. I am delighted to study in

an institution with such caring staff, quality lecturers and a focus

on personal attention. Without IDC my aliyah just wouldn't have

been the same.”

Ronit Raier, Johannesburg, South Africa

Hugging the Mediterranean coastline six miles north of Tel Aviv, Herzliya has someof the most magnificent beaches and seaside hotels in the country. This city of almost100,000 – along with the neighboring towns of Kfar Shmaryahu and Ra’anana –also has one of the highest concentrations in Israel of English-speaking residents,including immigrants from English-speaking countries and members of the diplomaticcommunity. The English-Speaking Residents Association and the Association ofAmericans and Canadians in Israel sponsor a wide range of social and educationalevents for the English speaking community living in this area.

Herzliya is also the capital of the flourishing high-tech sector which has earned Israelthe nickname “Silicon Wadi” and attracted the interest of the world’s leading venture-capital firms. Many of the Israeli software and biotech companies traded on Americanstock exchanges are located in the Herzliya area. Among the many internationalhigh-tech companies which are located near the IDC Herzliya campus are ComSoftTechnologies, eWave, the Formula Group, Hewlett-Packard and HP Scitex, HorizonSemiconductors, IBM, Jacada, Kodak IL, Matrix, Microsoft, Motorola, New Applicom,Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, VCON Telecommunicationsand VocalTec Communications.

IDC Herzliya is at the heart of the high-tech education and diplomatic researchthat defines Herzliya. Many of our faculty members, and an increasing number ofour graduates, are key players in the transformation that Israel’s society and economyhave experienced in the past decade – and are still undergoing.www.herzliya.muni.il

R APHAEL REC ANATI (1924-1999)

Raphael Recanati was a man of vision; more important, he was a person devotedto putting his vision to work. He would have been proud of the Raphael RecanatiInternational School carrying out his vision of modern Israel in action.

Israel, he knew, could no longer be just the manifestation of its ancient promise orof revolutionary Zionist prophesies. It must, through competitive achievements,assume a place of leadership in new global markets and find ways to participate asa full partner in the creation of Western culture and international political institutions.Israeli universities, for their part, must help prepare new generations, both in Israeland from abroad, to thrive in this emerging world.

The Raphael Recanati International School rejects the idea of seeing Israel as afollower and invites students to come to IDC Herzliya to learn how to becomeleaders – as scientists, as entrepreneurs and as custodians of a uniquely human globalenvironment. This is the world Raphael Recanati understood and helped to invent.

The Raphael Recanati International School presents this challenge to students ofunusual maturity and ambition. Come and learn the management skills, diplomaticstrategies and technologies that define our age. Come immerse yourself in anunforgettable adventure. Come join and enjoy a unique student body. Come andbe inspired to be among the founders of tomorrow’s world.

Michael RecanatiChairman of the Raphael RecanatiInternational School

Oudi RecanatiChairman of the IDC HerzliyaBoard of Directors

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Raphael Recanati Boulevard was inaugurated in May 2004 upon the graduation of the first class of the Raphael Recanati International School.

D I S T I N C T I V E A C A D E M I C O P T I O N S

The bachelor’s degree programs at IDC Herzliya are based on six semesters of study.Students can earn an internationally recognized BA degree in only three years.The Raphael Recanati International School was established in order to allow studentsfrom around the world to benefit from the excellent academic programs at IDCHerzliya by offering several of these programs in English. The school strives to findbright and promising young adults and help them develop the skills necessary tobecome the world’s future leaders, while introducing them to Israel and all it hasto offer. The school has grown quickly, attracting hundreds of talented studentsfrom sixty-three countries with its high academic standards, outstanding faculty,innovative teaching methods and personal attention to each student’s needs. It isthe only institution in Israel where one out of five students are international studentsthus creating an international flavor on campus. Many Israelis who would like toperfect their English-language skills and meet students from other countries alsostudy at the Raphael Recanati International School.

F U L L Y A C C R E D I T E D

The Raphael Recanati International School at IDC Herzliya is the only academicinstitution in Israel that offers bachelor’s degree programs that are taught entirelyin English. Degrees granted by IDC Herzliya are accredited by the Israeli Councilfor Higher Education and are recognized worldwide.

O U T S T A N D I N G F A C U L T Y

The school’s faculty is world-renowned having earned their degrees from the world’sfinest universities with a high percentage coming from the Ivy League. ComputerScience and Business faculty members are engaged in a number of large-scale researchand development projects that are supported by Israeli and American governmentalagencies, such as the Chief Scientist’s Office of the Israel Ministry of Science, the USDepartment of Defense, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA. TheSchool of Government faculty includes researchers and scholars famous for their workon Middle East affairs and international relations, as well as their work in conflictresolution and counter-terrorism. At the Communications School internationallyrecognized experts on new media explore the impact of changing technology onsociety, and the New School of Psychology faculty includes award-winning academicswho are researching topics in such fields as interpersonal relationships, coping withstress and trauma, suicide prevention, and happiness. The faculty of IDC Herzliyamakes every effort to share their knowledge and professional experience and to workon a one-to-one basis with their students.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNIT Y

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A F F O R D A B L E T U I T I O N

Tuition at IDC Herzliya is significantly lower than tuitions of colleges and universitiesof a similar stature in the United States. The school’s graduates gain the equivalentof an education from a distinguished private college at a fraction of the cost.

N O T O N L Y A C A D E M I C S

Though the Raphael Recanati International School’s main focus is academics, italso provides international students with the opportunity to learn about Israel andthe Middle East firsthand and experience Israel as Israelis do. International studentslearn side by side with their Israeli counterparts and are involved in all aspects ofcampus life, from the Student Union and volunteer projects to sports and debateteams. The school offers an extensive extracurricular program that takes studentsbeyond the boundaries of the IDC Herzliya campus and acquaints them with thelong, rich history and diversity of Israel.

RRIS GLOBAL VILLAGE 2009-2010

North America

Israel and the Middle East

Western Europe

Latin America

Africa

Eastern Europe and Russia

Asia and Oceania4%

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As young adults, you find yourselves facing many choices and options. I would liketo introduce a unique option to those of you interested in academic studies in theState of Israel, an option that provides you with the opportunity to study businessadministration; communications; government, diplomacy and strategy; psychology;or computer science. The Raphael Recanati International School at IDC Herzliyais open to students from around the world who would like to deepen their bondwith Israel and Israelis while earning an internationally recognized degree. Ourclasses are taught in English, the prevalent language in the international academiccommunity and the language shared by our students, who hail from over sixtydifferent countries.

The distinguished faculty members of the Raphael Recanati International Schoolwill guide you along a rigorous path that ultimately leads to a BA degree in onlythree years. In addition, we strive to demonstrate to you that private initiative, freeenterprise and public responsibility are not incompatible values. We endeavor tobuild bridges between economic elites and the underprivileged; between Israelisand Diaspora Jews; and between Israelis and their neighbors. We also will offer youthe opportunity to participate in athletic, cultural, social and religious activities.Our clubs in debating, public advocacy and entrepreneurship are only some of themany extracurricular activities that help nurture leadership, solidarity and becomingpart of the IDC Herzliya community.

We are an international university. The Raphael Recanati International School hasgrown significantly and now makes up twenty percent of the student body at IDCHerzliya. Next year the number of students at RRIS will exceed one thousand. Ourgraduates are realizing their dreams and building careers in both Israel and majorcities around the world. We hope that you will join us at one of Israel’s finestacademic institutions and give us the opportunity to help you reach your goals. Welook forward to your realizing the dream of Herzl, “If you will it, it is not a dream,”and spending “next year in Herzliya.”

Jonathan DavisHead of the Raphael Recanati International SchoolVice President for External Relations

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AN INVITATION FROM THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL

RRIS student Tal Yudin, who graduated cum laude from the Lauder School of Government, with Jonathan Davis,Head of the Raphael Recanati International School and Vice President for External Relations.