For Afeka, with over 40% of its student body called to reserve duty, ensuring that its students complete their studies on time is key to building Israel’s national resilience.


ALAN ROSENBAUM JULY 4, 2024

Heading an educational institution is a difficult job under the best of circumstances. Doing so when more than 40% of the student body is fighting in a war and classes have been delayed for three months is a challenge that few, if any, academic institutions around the globe have had to face. Yet that is precisely the story of Afeka – The Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv during the Swords of Iron War.

“It is our moral duty and national obligation,” says Prof. Ami Moyal, president of Afeka, “to ensure that no student drops out because of the war and that all reservists complete the academic year successfully and in full. This has become the number one priority for Afeka and for me personally.”

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