Universidad ORT Uruguay became the country’s first officially recognized private university in 1996 and is now the largest of its kind in the country.
ORT offers more than 90 degrees at a postgraduate, undergraduate and technical level in Architecture, Engineering, Biotechnology, Management, Economics, International Relations, Design, Animation, Communications and Education.
More than 16,000 students pursue degrees in five faculties and one institute. The average employment rate of Universidad ORT’s graduates in the past few years is above 97%.
ORT activities in Uruguay began in 1942 to help refugees from Europe gain skills to help them find work and integrate in their new home. By the 1980s, ORT Uruguay was a leading trainer in electronics, telecoms and computer science and the first non-governmental educational institution in the country to be granted official tertiary level recognition for its degrees.
Panama
The Colegio Isaac Rabin in Panama City is a Jewish school with more than 300 students, from preschool through to high school age.
Russia
Russia is the birthplace of ORT. The organization was founded in 1880 in St. Petersburg to provide Russian Jews with employable skills as a way out of poverty.
Georgia
The Or-Avner and Hana Jewish School is a private educational institution under the Georgian Ministry of Education.