The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) brings together promising young Israelis – native-born and new immigrants; city dwellers and those from the periphery; young people from established homes and those from the periphery;
young people from established homes and those from disadvantaged environments. Its goal is to provide an outstanding education for young people with proven scholastic ability and to assist young men and women who currently lack some of the requisite scores for acceptance to most institutions of higher learning, but who have the potential, motivation, and disposition for academic achievement and professional success.
Founded in 1978, COMAS is the first non-subsidized, not-for-profit academic institution in Israel to be recognized and certified by the Council for Higher Education. The largest college in Israel, with over 12,000 students and 28,000 alumni, it offers Bachelor and Master degrees in Business Administration, Law, Media, Economics, Organizational Development and Consulting, Computer Science, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Behavioral Sciences, Family Studies and Interior Design. In national examinations, COMAS students rank in the top percentiles in their scores and professional success.
Over the thirty years since its establishment, COMAS has become the college of choice for many students because of its unique academic outlook, its attentive attitude towards its students, its professional hands-on approach to the subjects taught, and its emphasis upon social awareness and responsibility, with both students and faculty taking part in community and outreach activities.
The Campus
The COMAS campus is located in Rishon Lezion, the fourth largest city in Israel, just south of Tel-Aviv. The Rishon Lezion campus houses the Schools of Business and Law and the Departments of Behavioral Sciences, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Computer Science, Economics, Interior Design , the administration and student services. The School of Media is based at the Tel-Aviv campus and is scheduled to move in October 2009 to the main campus. Built on 32.5 acres, with a similar area of land reserves available for future use, long range plans call for eleven buildings including dormitories, a faculty club and a sports center.