
The Jacobs Graduate School sees special importance in the exposure of its students to studies and courses abroad, for fixed periods of time during their degree studies. These courses may span weeks, months or even a complete year.
There are various funds that offer support for these courses. Information regarding the funds that assist the Jacobs Graduate School will be sent to the students via email. Students who are interested may contact the funds directly based on the contact information of each fund.
Master’s degree – for a student with an approved research topic.
PhD – for a student who passed the candidacy examination.
There are three possibilities:
A student may request approval to study courses abroad. The courses will be recognized as part of the course requirements only if the student receives prior approval from the Jacobs Graduate School. The request must be submitted via Email to the Current Studies office, along with the “Request to study a course at another university” form. Recognition of courses taken abroad will be granted after presentation of an official confirmation from the university abroad, provided that the grade is 75 or higher and the scope of the course’s credits exceeds 25% of the required credits of the degree.
Technion sees great significance in the participation of research students in scientific conferences abroad. In order to encourage the above, the school supports financing the trips abroad through travel grants, provided at this stage to scholarship recipients alone. The purpose of the travel grant is to enable an excellent scholarship recipient at the school to actively participate (by presenting an article or poster) in international scientific conferences.
The travel grant is provided on the basis of excellence of the scholarship recipient, expressed in scientific publications, course grades and recommendation letters. For additional information, see: travel grants for scholarship recipients presenting at conferences abroad.
Studies towards a dual PhD at Technion and other universities In order to encourage collaboration and the mutual exposure of students and researchers at Technion with students and researchers in other universities in Israel and abroad, Technion will operate, programs together with these universities with which it has agreements for granting a dual PhD to students who have trained for such a degree: