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A total of staff, or just over ** percent of the total academic staff in the country (nearly *), were employed in the teaching field of engineering and architecture in 2022. The number of academic staff teaching in these fields has remained stable in recent years in Israel . The country’s higher education system consists of ten universities and ** colleges, geographically dispersed throughout the country.

Strong focus on technology-oriented studies

The motivation to join the internationally renowned high-tech workforce in Israel is high, as evidenced by the number of academic staff in these fields as well as evident by the * students enrolled in this field , which constituted the most popular field of education in Israeli universities in the 2020/21 academic year. The demand for degrees in these fields has increased due to the high wages in the high-tech sector, which were double the national average in 2016. In 2021, the leading high-tech industries by number of employees were computer programming, computer product manufacturing and engineering as well as science research and development. They accounted for nearly ** percent of all high-tech employees that year.

Decrease in the number of exit deals for startups

Although the high-tech sector in Israel still plays a significant role in the country's economy and identity as a "start-up nation", a certain decline has started in the number of investments over the past two years. The number of exit deals for startups in the country also dropped from *** in 2021 to only *** in 2022. With only ** exit deals in the first half of 2023, about half of the ** in the first half of the previous year 2022, this year does not seem to be positive either.