From the two small buildings planted in the sand dunes of Rehovot in 1934 and staffed by a handful of scientists, the Weizmann Institute has blossomed into one of the top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions in the world. Some 2,500 scientists, engineers, lab technicians and students, as well as administrative and technical services personnel are employed by the Institute. Most employees remain for long periods, a minority are new arrivals. For all of them to be partners in the full sense of the word, in line with the original vision of Weizmann and Weisgal, the Institute leadership recently made a strategic decision: to form and train the management backbone of the Institute, helping it to reach the highest professional and ethical standards.

This goal entails an ongoing process of employee education and training, which started this year, following a plan put together by a think-team of employees and managers. The program will extend to all administrative bodies in the Institute, even those known for their excellence to date, such as the Administration and Transportation Services unit, headed by Yuval Yurman, and the Institute's Postal Service, headed by Nissim Attias. These employees have been at the Institute for years and wholeheartedly embrace its goals and values.

• Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Department of Veterinary Resources, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science
• The Joseph and Belle Braun Center for Submicron Research, Weizmann Institute of Science
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Theoretical Mathematics