During your time with us, our focus is on taking care of you, getting you the support you need and keeping you safe and healthy. We provide safety and wellbeing protocol in our pre-departure information kit, security training as part of orientation and have a robust emergency management plan in place.
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. Here, you will find a summary of appropriate action to be taken when hearing a siren, based on the instructions of the Home Front Command Pikud Ha'oref. Please follow the guidelines that will be published on the website or sent via email. Once the siren stops, you are requested to stay 10 minutes within the secure area if no further instructions are issued.
Stay clear of unidentified objects. Stop at the side of the road, get out of the car and to the nearest building or protected area. If you do not have time to reach a building or protected area, get out of the car, lie down and cover your head with your hands.
If you cannot follow either of the above instructions, stop and wait in the vehicle for ten minutes. Like all public institutions in Israel, Tel Aviv University employs a sophisticated network of security personnel covering all campus entrances and patrolling throughout the campus and dormitory complexes 24 hours a day.
All students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors are required to show student ID cards or another picture ID and submit bags for search. In dormitory complexes, no one is admitted without a dormitory clearance chip FOB ; dormitory areas are exclusively for residents.
