The Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
The Technion is Israel’s premier institution of science and technology, training top undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in Engineering, Science, Medicine, Architecture and Education.
Currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Technion proudly educates a highly skilled and knowledgeable professional workforce at the helm of Israel’s economy. In particular, the university has played a fundamental role in the establishment and ongoing success of Israel’s world-renowned high-tech industry. Its graduates account for more than 70% of the founders and top managers of Israeli high-tech companies and can also be found in leadership positions in other industries, as well as in academia and the public sector.
The Technion is known for developing pioneering technologies in such varied fields as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, aerospace engineering, nanotechnology, sustainable energy, FoodTech, quantum science and more.
Technion faculty members have published the results of their groundbreaking research in the most respected academic journals. Many have also won prestigious international awards, including three Nobel Prizes to Distinguished Professors Avraham Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover and Dan Shechtman, and many other impressive distinctions.
The Technion is committed to the community at large, both in Israel and around the world, by encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship. As such, it invests in advancing broad, multidisciplinary fields that will help make our world a better place for future generations. Specifically, the Technion is focusing on key global challenges through two important initiatives: the Human Health Frontier and the Sustainability Frontier. Their goal is to boost multidisciplinary research and develop technologies that will help people live healthier, longer lives and preserve our planet’s dwindling resources.
The Carasso FoodTech Innovation Center
The Technion recently inaugurated the Carasso FoodTech Innovation Center – a leading FoodTech and BioTech hub aimed at facilitating research and education for technologies promoting sustainability and health. The Carasso Center provides advanced processing, analytical, sensory and educational facilities for academic, industrial and entrepreneurial sectors, to allow testing and accelerating the development of their innovative ideas. Overall, the Center offers the knowledge, facilities and infrastructure needed to develop healthy, tasty, and nutritious food solutions for a growing global population.
The Hecht Sustainable Protein Research Center has been highly constructive in helping to raise a significant part of the required donations needed to complete the construction of the Carasso FoodTech Innovation Center.
