Trying to help, Tel Aviv University (TAU) – the largest in Israel with over 30,000 students of its own – has announced its decision to offer dozens of scholarships, totaling about NIS 1 million, to Ukrainian students and researchers who will spend the coming semester at TAU, which is the first Israel academic institution to offer such assistance.

The scholarships will be open to both Jewish and non-Jewish Ukrainians. 

In this way TAU will enable students and researchers from different disciplines to continue their academic studies and research, which have been halted by the war. TAU will soon contact the embassies in both Israel and Ukraine, as well as their academic colleagues, to facilitate their arrival in Israel within the next few days. The scholarships will cover both tuition and living expenses in this country.

TAU stresses that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a “red flag requiring all of us to make an all-out effort to help the Ukrainian people, many of whom have become homeless refugees overnight. As a university that raises the banner of academic freedom, we place great importance on providing our Ukrainian colleagues with immediate assistance.”

TAU president Prof. Ariel Porat declared: “The steps we are taking are admittedly modest. However, we hope that other academic institutions, both in Israel and worldwide, will follow our example and lend a helping hand to the Ukrainian people in this dire situation.” 

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