The Jerusalem College of Technology last week Monday broke ground on its new Tal Campus for women, marking a notable academic and socioeconomic milestone for the city of Jerusalem.
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Attended by dignitaries including Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion, Monday's groundbreaking ceremony highlighted how the $100 million Tal Campus project amplifies JCT's decades-long role in bolstering the Israeli capital's economic and cultural footprint.
Currently, the Tal Campus accommodates over 2,100 women studying at JCT. Slated for completion in 2025, the new women's campus will be the permanent home of academic excellence for up to 3,000 female students in nursing, computer science, industrial engineering, accounting, and management.
Speaking via video, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said JCT "has been providing a unique Israeli educational experience – one that combines quantitative subjects with the study of Torah. Many of the Center's alumni have found their place in engineering, life sciences, health, management and more. Today, I celebrate with you as you lay the cornerstone of the new Tal Campus, a new hope for women to study academia and Torah. This new home of Torah and science is the next step in fulfilling the center's vision to bridge academic studies with Jewish studies."
