General Information - The Zinman College Campus

The campus of the Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences is situated in the Wingate Institute, in the heart of the Sharon Plain, adjacent to the Ramat Poleg nature reserve on the western side of the coastal road (just south of Netanya).

With its spacious lawns, fields and vistas, the campus affords all those who enter a feeling of expanse and serenity. The College's facilities are among the newest and most advanced in the field and include, among others, sports halls and fields, lecture halls, laboratories for learning and research, and a unique library.

The College building is comprised of three wings. The main building, which opened in 1976, consists of classrooms, lecture halls, the Motor Learning laboratory, the Educational Technology laboratory and computer laboratories. The Life Sciences Wing, opened in 1993, houses a Biomechanics Laboratory, a new fitness room adapted for use by the disabled, and classrooms. The new Masters Wing, opened in 2002, accommodates an Anatomy laboratory, halls for dance and physical activity and classrooms.

College History

The College was established in 1944 as a one-year Physical Education Teacher's Seminary and has expanded over the years both in terms of programs, curricula and academic standing. It received full recognition as an academic institution from the Israel Council of Higher Education in 1984 and was granted the right to award baccalaureate degrees. Its main course of studies leads to a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree and also includes teaching, instructing and coaching in subjects connected to the life sciences of Physical Education and sport, recreation, dance and rehabilitation. The College offers an M.A. degree program in conjunction with Haifa University and since 2001, it also offers the option of master's degree studies in Physical Education at the College.

The faculty and staff of the College have adopted quality and excellence as their guiding objectives, in order to ensure that those attending the College receive the best training possible in Physical Education and sport. Studies incorporate social and cultural activities as well as educational celebrations of national events.

 

Zinman College for Physical Education & Sports, Wingate Institute, 42902, Israel
Tel: 972-9-8369222, E-mail: tsily@wincol.ac.il