Statistical data on higher education in Israel for 1980-1981 and previous years are presented. The data, which concern students, faculty, degrees, institutional budgets, and campuses facilities, refer mainly to the following seven universities: Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Weizmann Institute of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Tel-Aviv University, Haifa University, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Data are also presented on the Everyman's (Open) University and on other accredited institutions. Student data are presented by degree level, institution, field of study, age, sex, country of origin for Jews and non-Jews, employment and source of income. Budget data include: national expenditures on higher education by type of expenditure, ordinary budget of the universities by source of income and academic years, development of the ordinary budget of the universities along with government and Jewish agency allocations; ordinary budget of the universities by institution and sources of income, and tuition fees in universities in selected academic years. (SW)