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Motto | Freedom and responsibility |
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Type | Private college |
Established | 1994 |
President | Uriel Reichman |
Academic staff
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1,000 |
Students | 8,000 |
Undergraduates | 6,500 |
Postgraduates | 1,500 |
Location | Herzliya, Israel |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Navy, Gold, and White |
Website | www.idc.ac.il |
Coordinates: 32°10′35.67″N 34°50′08.25″E / 32.1765750°N 34.8356250°E
The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (Hebrew: המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה Ha-Merkaz ha-Bentehumi Hertseliyya; abbreviated IDC Herzliya) is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian research college in Herzliya, Israel. It was founded in 1994 by Uriel Reichman. It is located in Herzliya, in the Tel Aviv District, and is classified as an independent non-budgeted academic institution. It grants undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, but not doctorates.
IDC Herzliya has 8,000 students enrolled for undergraduate and graduate degrees, including 2,000 international students from 86 countries around the world.
In 2014 IDC Herzliya was ranked the most successful academic start-up institution in Israel and outside of the United States, ranking first in Israel and 21 in the world. In the same year IDC law graduates achieved the highest passing rate at the national bar examination of all Israeli academic institutions. Moreover, IDC Herzliya ranked first of 66 Israeli academic institutions in terms of student satisfaction for four consecutive years. In addition, IDC Herzliya has been the only academic institution in the world that has won the international Jean Pictet International Humanitarian Law competition, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in consecutive years, winning it twice, in 2010 and 2011.