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Introduction of the Blog and WA group guidelines

  Welcome to the first TAU International Volunteering and Support blog! This blog has been created to give complementary information to the graduated students of TAU and to create a community where we can share thoughts and information. This blog is NOT affiliated or supported by Lowy TAU international school or any of the TAU administrative bodies. This blog is meant to be an informal tool where people can be updated, alongside the Researchers and Scholars in TAU: the peers community , and the PhDs and  group and the informal word-of-mouth. Each PhD student or post-doc is more than welcome to approach and participate in the creation of this blog, acting as a volunteer (with a little basic commitment) but also as an user, where they can collect any sort of information. All of the content posted on this blog is under the responsibility of the person who wrote it and posted it. UPDATE 06.11.23  Guidelines for the WhatsApp group  1.Respect & Kindness: Treat all memb...
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Contact list of TAU offices and institutions

TAU INSTITUTION useful links

PDF map of the campus DOWNLOAD

Secretariat of the faculties for PhD students LINK

Research students office at the Academic secretariat for Postdoc fellows  LINK

For academic issues, postdocs should contact miss Raya Lipcer:

Senate Building, room 215
Email: rayalipc@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: 03-6408161
Fax: 03-6416226

Postdoc official regulation (from TAU int. school website): LINK
Person to contact in order to ask for permission of entrance from Carousel
Itsik Fersht, Engineering and Maintenance division, based at the University warehouse

itsikf@tauex.tau.ac.il
Link to book a study room
In the central library (Sourasky) --> https://en-cenlib.tau.ac.il/study-stations-reservation
In the Life science library --> https://schedule.tau.ac.il/medlib/Web/index.php

TAU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

NEW 2024! The international office has now become the "TAU Lowy International School" and has moved to a new place, therefore all of the employees of the office have been relocated to the new headquarter: The Green House on Dr. George Wise St. 24

The Lowy International School Main Office (Business hours are Sunday–Thursday, 9am–3pm)
The Green House, 24 Dr. George Wise St. Tel Aviv 6997801

Tel: +972-3-640-8118

Fax: +972-3-640-9582

IMPORTANT: their address can be used to receive mails from Israel and Abroad. Please, provide also your name and details to the mailing company.

If you live in Broshim/Einstein, it is highly recommended to get your postal mail through the International office!

CHECK on their website what they do HERE  

THE MUST HAVE contacts

Citation from the website: [The Lowy International School 24/7 emergency hotline for international students: +972-52-534-6188

If you require immediate assistance (need to call the police or an ambulance, for example), call the hotline to receive instructions on how to act.]

Update 2024 -the Madrichim employees have been dismissed since TAU Int. School has been rearranged at the start of the academic year 2024-2025. 

Research Students Liaison: 
e: tauresearch@tauex.tau.ac.il
t: +972 54-315-3382

Description of the role: the Liaison is the main knot between the researchers and the Lowy International School. He/she is the first and main person of reference for any need or inquiry regarding the Research life in TAU.

Researchers Community Leader 
Description of the role: for any issue connected to the whole community of the international researchers in TAU, this person is the one who organizes activities, events, social interactions, WhatsApp groups and other initiatives to build and strengthen the connections among us researchers, the ones just arrived and the ones who are veterans.

NOTE that the Research community leader is a completely different role than the Student Liaison. Therefore, any bureaucratic, administrative or legal issue you have needs to be addressed to this latter.

From the 2024-2025 academic year, the Researchers Community Leader is Tamar Shalem (e: tshalem@tauex.tau.ac.il).

Other contacts - housing coordinators, visa, tuition and more... check the whole list of the TAUi staff HERE

Student Handbook 2026
Check on the TAU International School Handbook, filled with most of the information we need to know in order to settle down in Tel Aviv. The document is available in the Google Drive shared folder of this blog and at this link.

To subscribe to TAU int. office communication and newsletter, LINK

Student union website and contacts

SEGEL, the "labor union of the Researchers and Employees" on campus 

SEGEL - Teaching and Research Faculty Organization

Carter Building,  Reception hours: Sunday - Thursday - 11:00 - 13:00
phone 03-6408186 
email segel@segel.org.il

To see the most updated information, check on their WEBSITE

HERE the updated statute of SEGEL 2024-2025 (in Hebrew)

HERE the scholarship rate for 2024-2025

the price table for the meal discounts offered by SEGEL

SAFETY FIRST! Important numbers for emergencies in the Lab

 

Name of the officer

Telephone number

E-mail

Mr. Rahamim Hadar - safety unit manager

03-6407555

rahamimh@tauex.tau.ac.il

Dr. Dana Ashkenazi - chemical safety officer

03-6405676

danaa@tauex.tau.ac.il

Dr. Esther Michael - biological safety officer

03-6409966

estermic@tauex.tau.ac.il

Mrs. Rinat Edelheit - radiation and lasers supervisor

03-6409555

rinaedel@tauex.tau.ac.il

 

 




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