Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is a major center for teaching and research, with over 17,000 students enrolled in the Faculties of Engineering Sciences, Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, the Guilford Glazer School of Business and Management, and the Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies.  It also includes the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute.

The University's main campus is in Beer-Sheva, but also has campuses in Sde Boker and Eilat. In 1973, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was charged by the Council on Higher Education of the State of Israel with establishing a new medical school.

From the outset, program founders were intent upon creating a medical school that was substantively different in focus, orientation, and scope of authority than the traditional medical school programs in Israel or elsewhere. A primary objective of the program - which came to be known as the Beer-Sheva Experiment - was to address the health care needs of the Negev, Israel’s southern desert region.

Today, the Ben-Gurion University Faculty of Health Sciences includes the 1) Medical School for International Health, the 2) Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School, 3) Leon and Mathilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions, 4) School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, 5) School of Pharmacy, and the 6) School of Continuing Education.  Graduates develop the clinical skills and expertise in community and preventive medicine that makes them leaders in Israel and abroad.

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