Highlights
- Low tuition, room & board, health insurance and environmental trips included
- Live in and explore the Arava desert located between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea
- Meet and work with a multicultural student body
- Participate in Peace Building and Environmental Leadership Seminar
Arava Institute Kibbutz Environmental and Peace Academic Program
The Arava Institute Kibbutz Environmental and Peace Accademic Program is the premier environmental education and research program in the Middle East, preparing our participants to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges. Affiliated with Ben-Gurion University, the program houses academic classes, research and international cooperation initiatives on a range of environmental concerns and challenges. Students will study a variety of issues from a trans-boundary and interdisciplinary perspective, while learning peace-building and leadership skills.
Arava Institute for Environmental Studies offers students from around the world a unique opportunity to study and live together for an extended period of time, building networks and developing understanding that will enable future cooperative work and activism. Students will earn full accreditation in both undergrad and grad coursework through Ben Gurion University, which can be applied to college programs in North America. Both summer and fall/spring options are available for participants to learn from top researchers and professors in their field. Many of these instructors have taught in the U.S. as well, including professors from the University of Michigan, University of Minnesota and Green Mountain College in Vermont.
