Office of the President

The role of engineers is more important today than ever before. Engineers will help our nation and our people overcome this crisis and build a better future for us all.

Prof. Ami Moyal

President of Afeka College

A Message from the President

Opening the Academic Year in the Shadow of the Iron Swords War

Engineers play a crucial role in Israeli society. They are responsible for planning, developing and managing products, services, systems and projects that are vital to humanity. The ingenuity of our engineers has fueled the success of Israel’s high-tech industry. For Israel to maintain its international status, grow its economy and increase exports, we need excellent engineers that develop life-changing and life-saving technologies.

What makes Afeka special is our commitment to a comprehensive engineering education process that incorporates curiosity-driven experiential learning through innovative teaching methods; close industry ties providing faculty and students applied research or project opportunities; and a wide range of extracurricular activities allowing each student pursue his or her personal passions in engineering and science and to gain experience in new fields.

Prof. Ami Moyal, President of Tel Aviv’s Afeka College of Engineering. Photo: PR

President of Afeka College

Prof. Ami Moyal was appointed President of Afeka Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering in 2014. Prior to his election, he founded and led the Afeka Center for Language Processing and headed of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering. He has 15 years of experience in the speech processing hi-tech industry holding positions ranging from Research Scientist to VP Technology Dev., VP Business Dev. and CEO of NSC, Natural Speech Communication Ltd. At Afeka, Prof. Moyal is carrying out his vision to transform engineering education and ensure the workforce readiness of Afeka graduates by modifying curricula, encouraging innovative pedagogy, integrating extra-curricular activities, restructuring learning and working spaces and building collaborations with the industry and the education system – all for the purpose of equipping students with the vital skills and knowledge required by modern engineers, while at the same time creating an atmosphere that promotes excellence through the joy of learning. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University in Be'er-Sheva, Israel.

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