{"id":3371,"date":"2023-01-06T16:42:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multilang.deutsche-technion-gesellschaft.de\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:04:11","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technion-gesellschaft.de\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Call for foundation<\/h3>
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The call to found a Jewish university was made at the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901, with Theodor Herzl as the spokesman for this educational idea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1901
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Laying of the foundation stone<\/h3>
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Foundation stone laid halfway up Mount Carmel<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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April 11, 1912
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Opening of the Technion<\/h3>
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Prof. Albert Einstein takes over the chairmanship of the first Technion Society, the university opens in December 1924<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1924
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Decision years<\/h3>
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Dissolution of the Technion Society in Germany and Jewish scientists on the run<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1933
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Realignment<\/h3>
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The Technion is expanding and moving to a new campus with numerous new faculties<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1951-55
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Medicine and engineers<\/h3>
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Israel's Technical University receives a medical faculty and lays the foundation for innovations in medical technology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1969
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Foundation of the German Technion Society<\/h3>
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The German Technion Society is founded in Hanover; its founding members include minister presidents, university heads and business representatives. The Berlin office opens in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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30.03.1982
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First Nobel Prizes<\/h3>
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Prof. Aaron Ciechanover and his doctoral supervisor Prof. Avram Hershko receive Israel's first scientific Nobel Prizes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2004
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Honoring and expansion<\/h3>
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Prof. Dan Shechtman receives a Nobel Prize for his discovery of quasicrystals. Together with Cornell University, the Technion wins a tender for a campus in NY<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2011
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Expansion to the east<\/h3>
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The Technion opens a campus in Guangdong, China<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2015
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Centenary celebrations<\/h3>
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Under President Prof. Uri Sivan, the Technion will be transformed into an interdisciplinary university for research and teaching from 2019. From 2024, it will be technologically prepared for the next century. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2024
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The article linked below sheds light in detail on the history of the Jewish Institute for Technical Education in Palestine, which later became known as the Technion. He describes the efforts of the proponents to finance the project and find a suitable location. In addition, the pedagogical concept and the areas of responsibility of the institute are explained. Despite financial difficulties and political unrest, the Technion was finally completed and established as the first university of the future state of Israel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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