The Technion Timeline

Scroll through to see Technion's 100 years of achievements

1973
The Faculty of Chemical Engineering is named for Wolfson

In 1972, the faculty moved from the historic campus in Hadar Hacarmel to a new and spacious but half-built building…Read More

The American space program finances the research of Prof. Josef Singer

Prof. Josef Singer, from the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, had research contracts from the U.S. Air Force. His research was…Read More

Solid State Institute

The Solid State Institute is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Technion; faculty members from the Faculties of Physics, Electrical…Read More

1974
Establishment of the Microelectronics Center

A team of researchers led by Prof. Yitzhak Kidron develops detectors for night vision systems. The development was of crucial…Read More

1975
Hollywood at the Technion – Kirk Douglas arrives to assist with filming a short donor recruitment video

Hollywood star Kirk Douglas visited the Technion to assist in filming a fundraising video for the Technion from the U.S.…Read More

1976
1977
1978
Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy Research

The Samuel Neaman Institute was established at the Technion on the initiative of Mr. Samuel (Sam) Neaman, who was born…Read More

1979
Inauguration of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine building

The School of Medicine was founded in Haifa by a group of doctors who understood the importance of a school…Read More

Visit of the Egyptian Minister of Defense

Shortly after the signing of the historic peace agreement with Egypt, a high level delegation visited the Technion. The minister…Read More

1980
Establishment of the Faculty of Computer Science

The Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science was originally established as a department in 1969. In 1980 it…Read More

1981
Dan Shechtman discovers the quasi-periodic crystal

For centuries, a crystal was considered a solid body with an external shape resembling a polyhedron. Classic examples included gemstones…Read More

1984
Norman and Helen Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI)

Nanosatellites, detecting signals on Earth, cloud mapping, innovative technologies for propulsion in space, an autonomous satellite fleet – all these…Read More

1985
Teva begins developing “Azilect,” a drug developed at the Technion and used to treat Parkinson’s disease

In 1986, Professor Moussa Youdim and Professor John Feinberg, two researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion, approached…Read More

1986
Dr. Max Walter Reis, 11th president of the Technion

Max Reis was a chemist. Born in Berlin in 1927, he earned a doctorate in chemical engineering from Imperial College…Read More

The captive navigator Ron Arad is a student at the Technion

On October 16, 1986, Ron Arad was captured by the Shia militia “Amal”, after he was forced to abandon his…Read More

The establishment of the National Museum of Science and Technology by Prof. Oref and Prof. Dori from the Faculty of Chemistry

In the early 1980’s the Museum was just one small exhibition room. In 1985 the Technion vacated the building, and…Read More

1987
Technology Entrepreneurship course launched

“Technology Entrepreneurship” is a weekly course in which entrepreneurs and startup veterans in Israel talk about their successes and failures.…Read More

1988
“Israel 2020”

In 1989, Prof. Adam Mazor initiated the idea of preparing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and long-term master plan for Israel in…Read More

1989
1990
Immigration from the Soviet Union

The mass immigration from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s increased the number of students at the Technion…Read More

Barbara and Norman Seiden Advanced Optoelectronics Center

In 1987, research at the Technion accelerated in the field of optoelectronics, or studies and applications for light-emitting devices, leading…Read More

Prof. Zehev Tadmor, 12th president of the Technion 1990-1998

Zehev Tadmor (born February 6, 1937) is an Israeli scientist, a distinguished professor emeritus in the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical…Read More

1991
The establishment of the Technion Entrepreneurial Incubator Company (TEIC Ltd.)

The Technion Incubator (TEIC), established in 1991, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Technion through its commercialization company, Dimotech Ltd.…Read More

1992
Mikhail Sergievich Gorbachev receives the Harvey Prize

Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the USSR, visited the Technion on the occasion of receiving the Harvey Prize. Born in…Read More

Establishment of the Technion Excellence Program

The Technion program for excellence was founded by Prof. Nimrod Moiseyev of the Faculty of Chemistry. It is a personalized…Read More

1993
Professor Jacob Ziv receives the Israel Prize in Exact Sciences

Jacob Ziv, from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, won the Israel Prize in Exact Sciences. His research interests include data…Read More

1994
1996
Founding of the Mirabilis software company

The Mirabilis company is an icon of the Israeli high-tech dream. Its main investor was Yossi Vardi, the “guru” of…Read More

1997
Itamar Medical – Founded at the Technion

ZOLL® Itamar®, a division of ZOLL® Medical, is a leading company in sleep apnea diagnosis and pioneering innovative sleep apnea…Read More

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