BACK TO SCHOOL 2026

Breakthroughs Begin in the Fall

On October 28th, a new class will walk onto campus, and get to work on breakthroughs that strengthen Israel and improve lives globally. Some of them arrive with the talent but lack the financial, academic, and health support needed to be successful. This back to school season, help a Technion student stay the course.

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Roughly four in ten Technion students come from low socio-economic backgrounds. Talent arrives regardless of income. Tuition does not.

Need-based scholarships through the Dean of Students’ Assistance Fund close that distance semester by semester, so a student’s first year is decided by what they can do rather than what their family earns.

What Stands Between Students and the Lab

Tuition

For a student covering fees with shift work, every hour behind a counter is an hour outside the lab. The job that keeps them enrolled is often the same job that puts their academic standing at risk.

Eligibility

Technion engineering admission requires five-unit mathematics and physics. Many schools in Israel’s northern and southern periphery, and in the ultra-Orthodox system, don’t offer those courses. A student can finish high school at the top of her class and still be ineligible to apply.

Long-term Supprot

Getting into the Technion takes years of preparation. Staying takes four more, and any one of them can be ended by financial shock or a family emergency that has nothing to do with the student’s ability.

Support a Student on Day One of First Semester

Donate today to help the Technion provide financial aid, tutoring, counseling, and health supports to its talented students struggling to stay the course.

“The Technion didn’t just give me an education; it gave me a platform to serve the world.”

— A Technion Student

Thanks to Your Support

Here’s What We Helped Fund Last Year

1,777

Undergraduate students received scholarships

1,055

Graduate students pursued advanced research through fellowships

$70.2 M

Allocated directly to student aid

3,268

Therapy sessions for students struggling with mental health challenges

18

Nursing rooms completed across campus for students returning from maternity leave

1000

Interest-free loans distributed.

How Donor Funding Supports Low-Income Technion Students

The Technion built the mechanisms to support students who may be struggling at different points along their academic journey: getting in, staying enrolled, surviving a bad month, finding somewhere to live, reaching graduate researchers. Donors keep it running. These are some of the major initiatives your support helps fund.

The Dean of Students' Assistance Fund

Every year, the Financial Aid Unit works one-on-one with roughly 4,000 students, and the Assistance Fund is where donor dollars turn into a covered tuition bill. In 2024–25, donor-funded scholarships kept 1,777 undergraduates enrolled.

The Perach National Program for Social Impact

Through the Perach National Program, Technion students tutor and mentor underprivileged children in exchange for a stipend, so a donor’s gift funds a scholarship and a mentorship at the same time.

VATAT Diverse Populations Fellowships

Funded through Israel’s Council for Higher Education, these fellowships fund research stipends for master’s and PhD candidates from socio-economically disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.

Emergency Support

The university provides prompt, discretionary financial support to students facing sudden, unforeseen hardships resulting from personal, family, or national crises.

Prioritized Dormitory Placement

The Dean of Students Office prioritizes on-campus housing for students from low socio-economic backgrounds specifically so that tax never gets collected.

Pre-University Preparatory Programs (The Mechina)

The Mechina provides tailored academic preparation and skill-building courses for students from underserved geographic peripheries, Arab minority communities, and the ultra-Orthodox sector, paving their way for standard admission.

Meet Two Students Who Needed Support

Both made the Dean’s list.

Gidon Horesh

Gidon Horesh was working at a solar installation company when he decided he wanted to be an engineer, and he didn’t qualify for admission. He enrolled in the Technion’s pre-academic program, retook the entrance exam, and is now a fourth-year in mapping and geo-information, using remote sensing to help farmers water and fertilize only the parts of a field that need it.

Read Gidon’s story →

Hiba Mallak

Hiba Mallak grew up in Daliyat al-Karmel and is the first in her family to reach the Technion. She spent a year retaking the psychometric exam and volunteering at her old school before earning a place in software engineering, where she went from an unsatisfactory first semester to the Dean’s List.

Read Hiba’s story →

More than a Degree

The student your gift keeps enrolled today is the same student who founds the company, files the patent, or leads the lab a decade from now. Technion graduates have built some of Israel’s most consequential technology companies and driven research that reaches hospitals, farms, and power grids far beyond Haifa. Your support means more than a single degree, it’s an early investment in who they become, and fundamentally rooted in the belief that Technion students have the capacity to change the world.

Technion in the Fall