Established in 1994, the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo had already
earned its reputation as a leading institution of higher learning, with a resolute
commitment to academic standards, a unique approach to student development,
and an innovative approach to teaching.

Tel Aviv University, the Israel Council of Higher Education, and the Municipality of
Tel Aviv-Yaffo jointly founded the College as a public institute of higher education.

The College operated since its establishment in several old school buildings, dispersed throughout downtown Tel Aviv.
These conditions imposed constraints on the development of the College and on its growth.  It was resolved that the
College will relocate to a new campus in Yaffo.  Underlying this plan were, the physical needs of a modern academic
institution.  Yet, perhaps more importantly, it was believed that the move the Yaffo would allow the College to fulfill
social and communal roles amongst the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Jaffa. 

The first building of the Yaffo campus, housing the Fomento School of Behavioral Science, was inaugurated in February 2004
and roughly one-third of the College students, faculty and administration moved their activities to Yaffo.  The second building,
designed for the School of Computer Science, is currently under construction.  It is due to be completed in December of
2007.  The third building, the School of Management and Economics is in detail design.  Its construction will allow the
completion of the move of the College to its new campus

Today, the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo stands at the forefront of colleges established in Israel within the last two
decades, alongside the older research universities, granting accessibility to higher education to deserving youngsters who
could not be accommodated at the older, overcrowded universities.