Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies
The Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies is a faculty within the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and part of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. It is located in Midreshet Ben-Gurion in the centre of the Negev desert in Israel and was established in 1999.
The school offers Master's degrees in Desert Studies, with subjects including physics, ecology, water management, biochemistry, architecture and social science, all with a desert slant.
Over 100 students attend the school, and mostly live in specially built housing designed to be desert-friendly. Around half the students are Israeli, with the other half from around the world.
