Afeka – Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering has been ranked fifth in the world among academic institutions for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) annual survey.
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The survey's Crisis Management category measures how well an academic institute adapts in the midst of the most pressing challenges of our time.
An innovative hybrid teaching and learning model enabled all students across Afeka College's 52 classrooms and laboratories to study without disruption during the pandemic, facilitated by an innovative design that combines an array of technological solutions within classrooms, coupled with mobile laboratory kits distributed to students.
This was the second consecutive year that Afeka College has ranked among WURI's top 10 in crisis management, rising from ninth place in 2021 to fifth place this year.
"As an institution educating the next generation of engineers, we need to adapt to any changing reality, and that's exactly what we did," said Prof. Ami Moyal, President of Afeka College. "We made an early strategic decision to be prepared for any scenario – from fully remote teaching and learning to synchronous hybrid teaching with faculty in class and students at home or with student capsules in class or a full return to campus. A key feature had to be that we could transition rapidly between these scenarios. I am proud to say that throughout the pandemic not one day of classes was missed."
Afeka is the only Israeli institute to have placed in the Crisis Management category.
