In addition, Israel founded a university in Ariel in the West Bank, which used to be academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria.
As many course offerings are varied, Israeli universities are considered to be of top quality, and they are inexpensive to attend.
[1] Israel's quality university education is largely responsible for spurring the country's high tech boom and rapid economic development.
Other institutes of higher education that are accredited by CHEI to confer a bachelor's (and in some cases a master's) degree are known as colleges (Hebrew: מִכְלָלָה Mikhlala; pl.
The following foreign colleges and universities maintain international branch campuses in Israel: