Is your university next?

Mapping academic boycotts across the world

Across the world, universities have already cut ties with Israeli institutions complicit in apartheid and genocide.

CountryUniversityActions
CanadaUniversity of Montreal – Faculty UnionMarch 26th 2024:
Faculty Association voted in support of a boycott of Israeli universities complicit in Israeli
war crimes, until Israel complies with all its obligations under
international law
ItalyScuola Normale Superiore di PisaMarch 26th 2024:
Requested that the Italian government reconsider the 2024 scientific call
under the Italy-Israel cooperation agreement, ensuring alignment with
constitutional and humanitarian principle
CanadaWilfrid Laurier UniversityApril 18th 2024:
Faculty Association voted for a complete university divestment and boycott of all institutions
and corporations complicit in Israeli war crimes
CanadaRenison University CollegeApril 18th 2024:
Association of Academic Staff passed a motion calling for the university to divest and boycott all
institutions and corporations (especially academic and educational)
complicit in Israeli war crimes, breaches of international war, and all
human rights violations in the OPT
CanadaEmily Carr UniversityApril 29th 2024:
Faculty Association passed a motion to support the international campaign of BDS
CanadaUniversity of SaskatchewanMay 1st 2024:
Faculty Association Voted at the Annual General Meeting to endorse the global movement for
an institutional BDS campaign against the state of Israel, condemn
scholasticide in Gaza, and support Palestinian academics
CanadaAssociation for Canadian Clinical Legal EducationMay 6th 2024:
Passed a resolution supporting calls to divest from Israel and to end any
partnerships or co-operation with Israeli academic and cultural
institutions
CanadaToronto Metropolitan UniversityMay 6th 2024:
Faculty Union formed a committee to examine ties to Palestinian genocide, focusing on
divestment and ending cooperation with Israeli institutions
IrelandTrinity College DublinMay 8th 2024:
Completed a divestment from Israeli companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and appear on the UN Blacklist in this regard

June 5th 2025:
Fully divests from Israeli companies, ends academic exchanges with
Israeli universities, and halts new research collaborations following
student-led taskforce recommendations
USAEvergreen State CollegeMay 8th 2024:
Has committed to deliberative processes to address demands for
divestment
AustraliaUniversity of SydneyMay 9th 2024:
USyd NTEU branch votes in favour of an institutional academic boycott
of Israel
SpainCRUE (76 Universities)May 9th 2024:
Suspends collaboration agreements with Israeli universities and research
centers that have not expressed a firm commitment to peace and respect
for international humanitarian law
MexicoUNAMMay 17th 2024:
Declared it would suspend ties with Israeli universities complicit in international law
violations
NetherlandsLeiden UniversityMay 17th 2024:
Declares that it would not admit student exchange students from the HUJI and TAU
until after an evaluation, review existing and new research collaborations with Israel
SpainUniversity of GranadaMay 17th 2024:
Suspends the incoming and outgoing mobility with Israeli universities (including TAU)
ChileUniversity of ChileMay 20th 2024:
The Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities canceled its agreement with HUJI and TAU
DenmarkCopenhagen UniversityMay 28th 2024:
Halts investment in companies that do business in the occupied West Bank
SpainUnivesrity of ValenciaMay 28th 2024:
Pledges no collaborations with Israeli institutions until human rights violations against Palestinians cease, restricts research exchanges, and urges the EU to deny Israel R&D and security cooperation funding
CanadaOntario College of Art and DesignMay 30th 2024:
Faculty Association passed a motion in support of avoiding investments from companies benefiting from military action in Palestine, and calling on the university to disclose investments and to cut ties with all RBC partnerships and the Bezalel Academy
CataloniaAutonomous University of BarcelonaMay 30th 2024:
The UAB Senate reviews collaborations with Israeli entities lacking a commitment to peace
BelgiumKU LeuvenJune 1st 2024:
The International Center for Urbanism at KU Leuven calls for a full academic boycott of Israeli institutions, denouncing the genocide, scholasticide, and domicide in Palestine
CanadaAthabasca UniversityJune 1st 2024:
Faculty Association votes in support of reviewing, and then ending, cooperation with Israeli
academic institutions, and divesting from companies doing business with
the Israeli government
CanadaMcMaster UniversityJune 3rd 2024:
Faculty Association votes to urge the university to divest from companies linked to genocide,
human rights violations, and apartheid in Israel, and to review its
partnerships with Israeli institutions complicit in apartheid
NorwayUniversity of StavangerJune 6th 2024:
Agrees to terminate all institutional collaboration agreements with Israeli
institutions, due to the war in Gaza, which is contrary to international law. Nor will UiS enter into any new agreements as long as hostilities are ongoing.
CanadaDalhousie UniversityJune 10th 2024:
Faculty Association votes at the AGM to demand that the university suspend all institutional partnerships with Israeli academic institutions and divest from and boycott all Israeli institutions until Israel ends its policies of military occupation and apartheid
EuropeEuropean Association for Modern Arabic LiteratureJune 13th 2024:
Vows not to collaborate with Israeli universities or institutions until they end their complicity in the genocide in Gaza and the violation of international law and human rights.
CanadaTrent UniversityJune 21st 2024:
Faculty Association votes in a strong majority to call on both the union and the university
to cut ties with all institutions and corporations complicit with Israeli
human rights violations in Palestine
NetherlandsAmsterdam School for Cultural AnalysisJuly 19th 2024:
Declares that it will not collaborate with Israeli institutions, including academic ones,
and with Israeli and international corporations complicit in atrocity
crimes in the OPT
AustraliaNational Tertiary Education UnionMay 10th 2024:
Calls for divestment from research and commercial partners that are involved in military support for the genocide in Gaza. Also calls for scrutiny on possible adoptions of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism by any university, that it considers as an attack to academic freedom.

October 5th 2024:
Over 100 delegates from NTEU branches across Australia (27K members)
endorsed the institutional academic boycott of Israel
USAAmerican Sociological AssociationAugust 29th 2024:
Agrees to divest from weapons manufacturing companies
CanadaMemorial UniversitySeptember 1st 2024:
Faculty Association votes to pressure the university to divest from the State of Israel and all
Israeli and international companies that sustain Israeli apartheid, war
crimes and occupation
New ZealandVictoria University of WellingtonSeptember 10th 2024:
Divests, under students’ pressure, from all Israeli government bonds and shares of companies
listed in Israel, had previously reported having close to 50,000 dollars
invested in Israeli government bonds
ChinaUniversity of International Business and EconomicsSeptember 19th 2024:
Closes UIBE-Israel campus
GermanyKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologySeptember 24th 2024:
The General Students Committee (or AStA) demands end to ties with
Technion and HUJI, weapons research, ties with entities complicit in
Israels the OPT
PortugalUniversity of CoimbraSeptember 25th 2024:
The Center for Social Studies suspends all forms of scientific cooperation as a necessary and non-violent way of encouraging political and social change by exerting influence and pressure on the Israeli state
ItalyItalian Society for Middle Eastern StudiesOctober 4th 2024:
Commits to no ties with Israeli academic institutions complicit in crimes
against Palestinians and urges members to advocate the same with their
institutions
CanadaCarleton UniversityNovember 8th 2024:
Academic Staff Association calls for divestment from corporations and Israeli academic institutions complicit in war crimes, legal breaches, and human rights violations in
the OPT
FinlandUniarts HelsinkiNovember 13th 2024:
Officially dissolves its exchange contract with the Bezalel Academy of
Arts and Design and vows not to cooperate with Israeli universities until Israel complies with international law
CanadaYork UniversityNovember 19th 2024:
Faculty Association calls for divestment from entities supporting Palestinian occupation and
war, and ending ties with Israeli institutions involved in the conflict
BelgiumGhent UniversityMay 31st 2024:
Cuts ties with all lsraeli Universities and commits to taking the lead in urging the EU to exclude Israel from EU research funding programs
BelgiumAntwerp UniversityMay 31st 2024:
Suspends collaboration with complicit companies and universities
BelgiumVrije University BrusselJune 1st 2024:
Withdraws from @eu_science project involving two complicit Israeli entities, commits to reviewing all projects in which complicit Israeli entities participate.
BelgiumUniversité Libre de BruxellesMay 28th 2024:
Suspends agreements and research projects with Israeli universities

November 21st 2024:
Suspends 3 research projects with HUJI and TAU
FranceÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesNovember 22nd 2024:
The plenary assembly of EHESS academics calls for suspension of
institutional cooperation with Israel
USARutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFTNovember 22nd 2024:
Urge Rutgers, its foundation, and AFT to divest from entities backing
Israeli actions, suspend TAU ties, and end investments in companies
enabling Palestinian rights violations
USAMITDecember 4th 2024:
Graduate Student Council calls on MIT to end Israeli military sponsorship of research, provide transitional funding, and uphold the dignity of all impacted communities
NetherlandsTilburg UniversityDecember 6th 2024:
Recommends suspending research ties with Israeli partners linked to human rights violations (HUJI, TAU), restricting student/staff exchanges, applying stricter vetting for future collaborations, and raising awareness on ethical partnerships
USAYale UniversityDecember 8th 2024:
Yale students overwhelmingly passes a divestment referendum urging the university to disclose and divest from military weapons manufacturers, support Palestinian scholars, and adopt ethical investment practices
KenyaDaystar UniversityDecember 16th 2024:
Revokes its deal with the Israeli Embassy to establish a “Zion Forest”
following public backlash over the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, citing
its commitment to life and peaceful coexistence
USAModern Language AssociationDecember 18th 2024:
Eight former MLA presidents, led by Judith Butler, urge the organization to allow a vote on a BDS resolution, rejecting financial risk claims as unsubstantiated and warning against censorship

Findland
University of HelsinkiJune 2nd 2024:
Suspends exchange programs with complicit Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University. It won’t resume the programs without an ethical review.
HollandGerrit Ritveld Academie AmsterdamJune 4th 2024:
Suspends exchange agreements with complicit Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and Jerusalem School of Visual Theater over “sufficient doubt whether the academies can operate independently from the Israeli government.” The arts academy commits to establishing an “ethical framework” for ongoing and new partnerships and supplier contracts.
Mexico
Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE)June 6th 2024:
Revokes agreement with complicit Tel Aviv University following student and faculty mobilizations.
Canada10 faculty unionsJune 7th 2024:
Unions at universities in Canada have voted motions calling on their institutions to boycott and divest from institutions and corporations complicit in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian rights and international law.
SloveniaUniversity of LjubljanaJune 1st 2024:
Vows not to join projects that include Israeli universities with “possible connections to military structures.”
SpainUniversity of BarcelonaMay 31st 2024:
Decides to end ties with Israel’s Gaza genocide and its underlying “structural causes” inflicting suffering on the Palestinian people
SpainConference of University Rectors in Spain (representing 76 universities in Spain)May 10th 2024:
Suspends collaborations with complicit Israeli universities
SpainUniversity of OviedoMay 19th 2024:
Suspends agreement with Hebrew University (HUJI)

June 13th 2024:
Declared that no agreement will be drawn up with Israeli institutions or companies until guarantees of peace and respect for human rights have been obtained, and asks the EU to exclude Israel from European funding
HollandDutch royal Academy of ArtsMay 14th 2024:
Cuts ties with Israel’s Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design
South AfricaUniversity of Cape TownApril 23rd 2024:
Refuses ties with “any research group and/or network whose author affiliations are with the Israeli Defence Force, and/or the broader Israeli military establishment

June 22nd 2024:
Adopts resolution stating that no UCT academic may enter into relations, or continue relations with, any research group and/or network whose author affiliations are with the IDF, and/or the broader Israeli military establishment
ItalyUniversity of MilanApril 19th 2024:
Suspends agreement with illegal Israeli settlement-based Ariel University and pledges not to renew it following student mobilizations.

October 22nd 2024:
Freezes its agreements with the Israeli Reichman University (its only
remaining Israeli partner)
USAPitzer CollegeApril 15th 2024:
Drops a collaboration agreement with the University of Haifa
ItalyUniversity of TorinoMarch 25th 2024:
The University of Torino Academic Senate resolves not to participate in scientific research call with complicit Israeli institutions
NorwayOsloMetMarch 7th 2024:
Ends ties with Haifa University, pledges not to enter into any new agreements with complicit Israeli universities, and to work towards ending procurement contracts with suppliers linked to Israel’s military or illegal settlements.
NorwayUniversity of South Eastern NorwayMarch 7th 2024:
Ends ties with Haifa University & Hadassah Academic College.
NorwayThe University of BergenMarch 7th 2024:
Ends its cooperation agreements with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design after it created a workshop on campus to design and sew uniforms and gear for the Israeli military.

Norway
Nord UniversityMarch 7th 2024:
Suspends agreements with complicit Israeli universities.
IrelandUniversity College CorkJuly 15th 2024:
Agrees to student encampment demands to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s violations of Palestinian rights and establish an ethical/human rights framework to govern all partnerships, including participation in Horizon Eu.
CanadaUniversity of WindsorJuly 15th 2024:
Following a student encampment, University of Windsor agrees to no institutional ties with Israeli universities “until the right of Palestinian self-determination has been realized
South AfricaUniversity of VendaJuly 12th 2024:
The Senate of the University of Venda in South Africa suspends with “immediate effect” all ties with complicit Israeli universities in a stand with the Palestinian people. The university’s decision is informed by its “strong opposition” to apartheid
United KingdomUniversity College LondonJuly 12th 2024:
Following student & staff mobilizations, University College London Academic Board votes overwhelmingly to review:
– ties with arms companies or those supplying states accused of genocide;
– investments in companies complicit in human rights violations.
South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaJuly 11th 2024:
“We make this statement understanding fully well the role that international solidarity played in supporting our struggle against colonialism and apartheid.”
University of South Africa Senate endorses Palestinian call to boycott complicit Israeli institutions.
South AfricaUniversity of Fort HareJuly 11th 2024:
University of Fort Hare, where Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu studied, commits to no institutional links with Israeli academic institutions “as these have played a key role in supporting settler colonial oppression and apartheid” against Palestinians.
South AfricaNelson Mandela UniversityJuly 10th 2024:
Nelson Mandela University Senate votes to support a comprehensive boycott of complicit Israeli academic institutions and companies complicit in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians “to exemplify the legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.”
South AfricaUniversity of the Western CapeJuly 2nd 2024:
Following campus mobilizations, University of the Western Cape will:
– fully disengage from complicit Israeli universities in support of the Palestinian call
– advocate for all South African universities to do the same
– divest from complicit companies
BelgiumUniversity of LiegeJuly 1st 2024:
Following a student encampment, University of Liège commits to no ties with Israeli universities or any partner complicit in Israel’s Gaza Genocide and its violations of international law and Palestinian rights.
ItalyPolytechnic of the MarcheJune 29th 2024:
Following a student encampment, the Polytechnic of the Marche in Italy has ended ties with illegal Israeli settlement-based Ariel University. The university has also established a committee to review all institutional ties, including with the arms industry.
SpainUniversity of the Basque Country April 26 2024:
No institutional ties with companies or Israeli universities complicit in Israel’s “crimes against humanity” and that “do not respect human rights, international law or United Nations resolutions regarding Palestinians.”

June 26th 2024:
Vice-rector of Gipuzkoa campus of the University of the Basque Country pledges no new agreements with Basque transport firm CAF as long as it continues to be involved in the Jerusalem light rail project that serves Israel’s illegal settlements.
MoroccoAbdelmalek Essaâdi UniversityAbdelmalek Essaâdi University in Morocco pledges to review its 2022 academic agreement with complicit University of Haifa following a petition by 600 professors and staff members in solidarity with the Palestinian people
CanadaUniversity of Quebec in MontrealJune 23rd 2024:
University of Quebec in Montreal votes to ensure that no current or future academic agreement, “including with Israeli universities,” conflicts with its principles & for UQAM Foundation to ensure it has no direct investment in entities profiting from war.
ItalyUniversity of PalermoJune 22nd 2024:
University of Palermo Academic Senate votes no new ties with complicit Israeli universities and to review current & future agreements with potential use for the military, oppression, discrimination or aggression “as is happening now in Gaza.”
NetherlandsNetherlands Institute for Advanced StudyJune 7th 2024:
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study commits to:
– refuse funding from Israel;
– not participate in activities organized or sponsored by Israel;
– not invite official representatives of Israel to its events or venues.
BrasilFederal University of CaeraJanuary 11th 2024:
The Federal University of Ceara in Brazil has cancelled its partnership with Ben Gurion University
United States of AmericaUC RiversideMay 3rd, 2024:
Shuts down many exchange agreements, including all agreements with Israel.
FranceSciences Po BordeauxMay 2024:
Cuts ties with Ben Gourion University, and revoke all student exchange agreements with Israel.
FranceSciences Po StrasbourgOctober 31st 2024:
Cancels a student exchange agreement with the Reichmann University in Tel Aviv
NetherlandsUniversity of AmsterdamMarch 20th 2025:
Cancels a student exchange agreement with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NetherlandsUniversity of RadboudMay 21st, 2025:
Suspends institution-wide partnerships with two Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NetherlandsUtrecht UniversityMay 16th 2025:
Will not enter into any new collaborations with Israeli organizations until further notice
NetherlandsTU DelftJune 10th 2025:
New collaborations with Israel suspended immediately; existing collaborations under reassessment
United KingdomTrinity College LondonJune 4th 2025:
Full economic and academic boycott from all Israeli institutions and companies headquartered in Israel.
SwitzerlandUniversity of GenevaJune 3rd 2025:
Stops collaborations with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University
SwitzerlandUniversity of LausanneJune 15th 2025:
Stops collaborations with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
NetherlandsErasmus University of RotterdamJune 5th 2025:
freezes institution-wide collaborations with Bar-Ilan University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and University of Haifa

Report another academic boycott we missed