The Weizmann Institute of Science is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel. It was established in 1934.
It offers postgraduate programmes in the natural and exact sciences. There are five faculties and 18 departments.
There are some 250 research groups at the university across the five faculties: biology, biochemistry, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, and physics. Research at the university covers a range of disciplines including cancer research, neuroscience, antibiotics and computer science among others.
It has been associated with six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners.
There are a range of facilities on campus including restaurants and cafeterias, a fitness centre and a recreation centre.