Afeka, the academic college of engineering in Tel Aviv, was rated 9th place in a category of the World Universities Ranking with Impact (WURI), it announced in a press release.
The Israeli school received the international ranking in the COVID-19 crisis management category, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a world-renowned institution in engineering, placed 30th in the same category.
This was the second year WURI has published an index rating international academic institutions. Some 500 universities applied, including Harvard, Yale and the Hebrew University. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, it was the first year a crisis category was added to the already existing five groups, which includes one for innovation.
Afeka's president Prof. Ami Moyal expressed pride.
"We have invested a lot of effort and resources so that teaching and learning during the corona crisis will not [be] hurt and these have actually contributed to our ability to succeed," Moyal said.
Afeka, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, is the only Israeli institution to reach the top 100 in the crisis category.