With more than 800 researchers spanning 51 academic departments and units,
and Israel’s only university-affiliated medical center located right next to campus,
BGU offers companies a wealth of technical know-how and high-level expertise.
The following research centers allow for experimenting with new methods,
solving R&D problems, and developing new technologies in a range of fields.
Get in touch to discuss your company’s specific research needs and how we can
help you solve them.
Research Centers and Institutes
brings together chemists, materials scientists, engineers, and others conducting research related to the understanding and manipulation of matter at reduced dimensionality, with the goal of advancing the fields of energy conversion and storage; molecular electronics; nanobiotechnology; biophysics; water purification and desalination; biological and chemical sensing; and more.
ABC Robotics advances multi-disciplinary robotics research with both theoretical and practical applications for the fields of agriculture, computer science, cognitive science, neuroscience, biopsychology, and physiology.
In collaboration with Soroka University Medical Center, a range of ASD research and clinical centers, and government and industry, the Azrieli National Autism Center promotes innovation in applied research, diagnosis, and interventions for ASD and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
Home to a 1.5 Tesla Phillips Achieva scanner, a 3 Tesla Phillips Ingenia scanner, multiple MRI scanners, and a 1 Tesla Aspect micro scanner for rat and mice studies, BIRC enables research for disease diagnosis, the evaluation of brain health, and our understanding of how the brain works.
Home to more than 40 researchers from across BGU’s faculties, CITI advances multi-disciplinary research on a wide range of aspects of transportation, including urban planning, traffic safety, automated driving, V2X, sensors, energy solutions, mechanical design, and more.
In collaboration with government and leading industry partners, Cyber@BGU’s more than 100 researchers and students are advancing R&D in the fields of cyber security, big-data analytics, and AI, with an emphasis on IoT security, malware research, and AI-enhanced cyber-attacks.
Home to more than 100 researchers from BGU’s engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and health sciences faculties, DSRC encourages theoretical and applied research on data mining, machine learning, and big data, with implications for fields from digital health to cyber security.
BGU-FOR advances multi-disciplinary research on the relationship between health, food systems, the environment, and resilience, with a focus on food security; the molecular factors contributing to food systems and nutrition; and food-system resilience in times of emergency.
The Kessel Salinity Center promotes research related to salinity in agriculture, with the goal of solving problems affecting water, soil, and crop health.
The Mirilashvili Center focuses on water and food solutions in arid countries, with an emphasis on sustainable agricultural technologies.
The Moshe Nitan Center promotes multi-disciplinary research on alternative and renewable sources of energy. Areas of focus include the development, use, and integration of renewable energy sources; heat- and energy-efficient buildings; the energy-water nexus; resilient energy networks; and sustainable approaches to energy management.
Prepared Center conducts cutting-edge research on a broad spectrum of emergency and disaster situations with the aim of advancing data- and evidence-based responses and emergency management plans. Areas of focus include community resilience, risk communication, healthcare and security, and social-media and disasters.
Featuring four tissue-culture rooms, a laboratory for physiological and pre-clinical studies in rodents, and a microscopy room, RMSC brings together researchers from the bioengineering and natural and health sciences fields to advance ideas and innovations in regenerative medicine, cellular therapy, and stem-cell research.
SimReC promotes inter-disciplinary research to advance our understanding of healthcare science and healthcare ecosystems through simulation.
fosters interdisciplinary research that advances the field of genomics and genetic approaches to the study of organisms at the cellular, tissue, organism, and population levels. Systems studied in the center include human and model organisms, including mice, zebrafish, drosophila, C. elegans, and plants, and non-model organisms including wild rodents, insects, and marine invertebrates.
facilitates multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research in geriatrics and gerontology and works to develop new tools for these fields with a focus on physiology, biology, and medicine.
conducts catalysis research and development with the goal of developing new technologies and projects for industrial applications. Researchers at the center have developed novel, proprietary catalytic processes for converting CO2 to alternative, fungible liquid fuels and chemicals, many of which are in advanced stages of commercialization.
conducts multidisciplinary research on desert and dryland environments with the goal of promoting the sustainable use of the Negev and other deserts and drylands throughout the world. The BIDR’s three specialized centers also carry out both basic and applied research on agriculture, biotechnology, water, energy, and ecological challenges.
