The Planning and Budgeting Committee at the Council for Higher Education approved the budget of the Faculty of Medicine at Ariel University a short time ago.
Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz said: "Wonderful news from the meeting. I congratulate the members of the committee on the decision to transfer the budget to the Ariel Faculty of Medicine. Ariel is a city like any city in Israel and the university in the city should be as budgeted as the other institutions of higher education in Israel. Congratulations," Minister Peretz said.