British Achievements

KEY BRITISH ACHIEVEMENTS

2022 – The largest one-time donation in the University’s history, Donated by Dr. Gyongyver and Peter Kadas, the gift will support the Kadas Nexus an International Faculty Initiative for Global Climate Change, a virtual community of scholars, spanning universities and research centres across the globe.

2021 – Prof. Simon Baron- Cohen receives a Knighthood for service to people with autism.

2018 – University of Haifa UK raises over $500,000 for the International Holocaust Research Institute at the University.
2017 – The Kadas – Isaacs Endowment Fund for Mediterranean Sea Research is set up.
2012 – Dr Gyongyver Kadas, a specialist in urban biodiversity, founds the Kadas Green Roofs Ecology Research Centre. Her and her husband Peter Kadas received an honorary doctorate for this initiative.
2012 – The Gerald Ronson Science Pavilion is established, bringing back scientists who had left Israel to further their studies abroad in fields ranging from cancer research to anti-ageing therapy.
2008 – Sir Maurice Hatter and Lady Irene Hatter build the Hatter Student Building, giving students a superb home for studying and socialising.
2004 – The Management Building is dedicated to Lord Anthony Jacobs who envision successful entrepreneurship in Israel and supported the excavation of the ancient shipwreck at Ma’agan Michael.
1990s – Professor Sir Walter Bodmer, a University of Haifa UK Trustee, becomes a founding member of the University’s Institute of Evolution which has been hailed a national treasure.

1970s – Helena Markson, a renowned British Artist co-founds the Art Department at the University. Her beautiful prints are now in collections across the world.
Over several decades continuous support has been received for student scholarships, by many British Trusts and Foundations.