Established in 1949, Ruppin Academic Center is one of the largest public colleges and a leading college in the social sciences, management, engineering, and marine studies. The Center offers innovative study programs committed to developing knowledge and professional know-how that can serve Israel’s most vital social and economical challenges. It also strives to cultivate a new generation of leaders who possess moral conscience and environmental awareness and so, has raised two central banners: firstly, immigration and social integration in response to Israel’s largest social challenge and to the global phenomena and secondly, utilization of the sea as a powerful source of economic development, with special emphasis on the Mediterranean. The Center has also raised the banner of social involvement and civic engagement.