Is there a university in Eilat?

Ben-Gurion University and the Hebrew University both have campuses in Eilat.

Schools & gan

Schools and colleges in Eilat

Ten elementary schools, three six-year high schools, the university campuses and the SPNI field school.

2 min readChecked 11 November 2026

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Schools

Eilat's system serves more than 9,000 children in eight day-care centres, 67 pre-kindergartens and gans, 10 elementary schools and 3 six-year high schools, plus special-education and religious schools. Register through the municipality. Mapped schools are in schools.

Higher education

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev runs an Eilat campus with about 1,100 students, and the Hebrew University also has a campus in the city. The hesder Yeshivat Ayelet HaShachar was founded in 1997.

Outdoors learning

The SPNI's Eilat Field School runs hikes on desert ecology, the Red Sea and bird migration.

Common questions

Source

Wikipedia: Eilat

Checked 11 November 2026

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