The Weizmann Institute of Science (Hebrew: מכון ויצמן למדע Machon Weizmann LeMada) is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. Unlike other Israeli universities it exclusively offers postgraduate-only degrees in the natural and exact sciences.

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Weizmann Institute of Science
מכון ויצמן למדע (Hebrew)

Former name	Daniel Sieff Research Institute (1934–1949)
Type	Public research
Established	1934
Founder	Chaim Weizmann
Endowment	$600.427 million (2019)^[1]
President	Alon Chen
Academic staff	952
Administrative staff	400
Students	1,082
Postgraduates	356
Doctoral students	700
Location	Rehovot , Israel
Campus	Urban
Postdoctoral fellows	380
Affiliations	Feinberg Graduate School^[2]
Website	www.weizmann.ac.il

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ARWU^[3]	69

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The institute is a multidisciplinary research center, employing around 3,800 scientists, postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, and scientific, technical, and administrative staff working at the institute.^[4]^[5]

As of 2019, the Weizmann Institute of Science has been associated with six Nobel laureates and three Turing Award winners.^[6]

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