Shenkar Engineering. Design. Art.

Mission Statement

Our goal at Shenkar is to strengthen the interdisciplinary bond between design and technology by providing cutting edge platforms and allowing students further possibilities for international interaction.

Our programs emphasis an exploratory mindset and allow Shenkar to maintain its competitive edge allowing for continual dynamic academic growth. We aim to create and support the next generation of artists, designers, and engineers that will be the next leaders of their industries.  

International Role

Shenkar College has put much effort in its international studies office that is in charge of exchange, workshops, internships and transdisciplinary projects. We are pinpointing notable universities from around the world and building a network based on collaboration and cooperation, Thereby allowing for continual dynamic academic growth.

Platforms are currently being implemented internationally with Cornell, Wharton, Cornell Tech and Yale. Joint collaborative projects are carried out in collaboration with the Design Department. 

National Role

Shenkar has built a name for itself, within the Israeli industry, as a top notch design education facility. At the same time, we know that education is not a “stand alone operation” and we have to combine it with networking. This is why we keep close connections with leading industries in the Israeli market. 

Students are encouraged to create projects and collaborations with our partners in the industry and gain practical, hands on, experience and knowledge. Form the other perspective, top executives in Israel know that a collaboration with Shenkar is worth their while because past experience shows that the college is a key player in trend settings. 

Shenkar is lucky to be a college within the “Startup Nation” as Israel is widely known to be. This is why we launched the ACT Shenkar initiative that is working as an innovation lab, nourishing entrepreneurs, and creating an ecosystem to support new creative startups. ACT Shenkar supply student entrepreneurs with mentorship from inside the college and from leading executives in the Israeli high tech industry. 

With this in mind, The Innovation Center ACT Shenkar was set up with the aim to create new social and economic value by redefining the boundaries of art, design and engineering.

ACT Shenkar is the entrepreneurship & Research Authority of the college and is supporting the professional development of students, graduates and faculty members, seeking to motivate, train and develop their creative skills and projects.  

Each year, we scout for the most original ideas with a potential to succeed in today's or tomorrow's markets and offer them acceleration, creativity and business development tools within and outside the academic environment. Our ultimate goal is to lead those creative ideas towards economic sustainability.

ACT Shenkar promotes an environment of creativity by conducting numerous events, courses and lectures with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation and creative research.

As a multi-disciplinary school, we constantly step beyond the comfort zone of each discipline in order to generate innovation and new value.

ACT Shenkar Manage various European Funded Project to promote the various aspects of innovation and to connect the college with the best international experiences. Among these projects are: Tempus IDEA (2012-2015) aiming to strengthen academy-industry collaboration and the role of Design in R&D&I processes, and Erasmus+ Capacity Building, CLEVER (2015-2018) focus on Creative Leadership & Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries.

Main Focus

Shenkar aims to develop the individual voice of its students by focusing on research, innovation and creativity. The college acts as a creative workshop for thinking and cutting edge design, underpinned by exceptional faculty and facilities. Design is studied through conceptual, technical skills and interdisciplinary approaches from artisan craftsmanship to high end technologies, focusing on intersection between engineering and design.