Which prestigious research university in Haifa, founded in 1912, is the country's oldest university and has produced multiple Nobel laureates in Chemistry?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Step 1: The Technion was founded in 1912 in Haifa and opened its doors in 1924.
- Step 2: Technion faculty members Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation), and Dan Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (for the discovery of quasicrystals).
Answer
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Why not the others: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem opened in 1925; Weizmann Institute in Rehovot was founded in 1934 (as the Daniel Sieff Research Institute); Tel Aviv University was chartered in 1956.
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