Outdoor & Student Activities

 

Campus Life
Sports
Travel

 

Campus and Facilities

Facilities-

  • The Technion campus has a supermarket,a bookstore, cafeterias, a post office, bank, health clinic, dentist,many computer labs, and a first class sports center.
  • A good shopping area with stores and restaurants is just a ten-minute walk from campus.
 

Student Organization-

  • The Technion offers sports facilities and an extensive Student Union building which houses many social activities, student clubs, and organizations. unfortunately, their site is in Hebrew, ( you can get to it easily through the technion web site).
 

Student Activities-

  • All students are entitled to take part in the student social activities, which include movies, dances, and concerts.
  • The Student Union Building
    • plays host to a large array of Technion organized student activities and events. Below is a listing of some of the events and services offered at the Student Union by the Technion:
      1. Two Movies Nightly - Generally releases within the last year.
      2. Dance Classes - The Technion offers Salsa, Western, and other dance classes.
      3. The University Pub - Unlike Penn State, the Technion is not a dry campus.
      4. Two Restaurants - One Kosher meat and one Kosher dairy restaurant.
      5. University Holiday Parties - The Technion hosts Purim and other holiday parties.
      6. The Technion also has: On-Campus Grocery Store - Reasonably priced but limited selection.
      7. Indoor swimming facilities -Free entrance with student ID.

Special Programs For Exchange Students

  • In conjunction with the University of Haifa, all exchange students at the Technion can participate in the Haifa Overseas Program activities.
  • These include field trips and academic tours to different scenic and historic parts of the country, from the Golan Heights to the Judean Desert and beyond.
 


 

Sports

Facilities-

  • The sports center has indoor and outdoor basketball courts, an Olympic size swimming pool, an outdoor swimming pool, tennis and racquetball courts, and an excellent workout facility.

Applying for a Technion Gym Membership Card-

  1. 1 Passport Photo ~66 Shekels (half a year) or ~132 Shekels (full year).
  2. Technion Student ID Card
  3. Doctors Release Form Notes
  4. The office to apply for a membership card is only open Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:30am - noon.
  5. You are required to bring a workout towel to the gym with you to cover the seat of the equipment you are using.

 


Traveling

About Haifa

  • Haifa is a major center for High Tech and export industries.
  • Haifa offers miles of beaches, cinemas, concert auditoriums, muesums, theaters, pubs, and cafes.
  • Haifa is also a home to a diverse population of Jews, Arabs, and Druze, and new immigrants from across the globe living in harmony.
  • Israel Infotour about Haifa-Information about Haifa.
  • In Israel web site-Information about Haifa.
  • A map of Haifa- at the right bottom you'll find the technion.
Technion Animation

Travel In Israel

  • Yahoo- Travel In Israel.
sunset over the dead sea

Beaches and Sea

  • The area is known for its beautiful beaches with excellent windsurfing conditions.
Yellow Pages
  • You can find here a lot of information on various helpful topics like tourism, flights, transportation. You also can find there phone numbers in English (right now works only with Microsoft IE)
Weather In Israel
  • You can check the whether in Israel (English).

 

Lonely Planet Guide

  • Mostly recommanded to buy the book.
  • I assume that parallel recommandations probably won't appear on the other side, but still, highly recommended to visit Jordan and Egypt as well.

 

Tel-Aviv-Azrieli buildings
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