Netanya Academic College (Hebrew: האקדמית נתניה, HaAkademit Netanya) is a private college based in Netanya, Israel. Established in 1994 by a team from Bar-Ilan University, it has an enrolment of around 4,000 undergraduate students. It was founded by Zvi Arad, who served as its president for 24 years.
History
The college was established in 1994 by Zvi Arad at the request of the mayors of Netanya, Yoel Elroi and Zvi Poleg.[1] A partner in the initiation and establishment of the college was Miriam Feirberg, who at that time served as head of the Education Department of Netanya. Today the college is an accredited institute of higher education that grant first and second academic degrees in a variety of fields.
The college offers Bachelor's and Master's degrees in several subjects, focusing on law, business administration, finance and computer science.
In 2023, Netanya made international news after a mob of Jewish Israelis chanted "death to Arabs" at Palestinian students living in the campus dorms.[2][3] Roi Amgar, the head of the local Garin Torani, posted on X, "In Netanya we are not going to give up until they kick out the Arabs who are at Netanya College! The police will not stop us, nor the municipality, nor the state!"[4] Israeli Police dispersed the crowd and took the students out of the dorms.[4]
