Today, the first of Sivan 5754 (1.5.94), we, the Herzliya City Council and the founders of the Interdisciplinary Center, have gathered here, in the presence of the Housing and Justice ministers of the State of Israel, to lay the foundation of a new university in the City of Herzliya.
A university that was planned with "the humane foundation" described by Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl, who foresaw the Jewish State and after whom the City of Herzliya was named 70 years ago.
A university that will cultivate freedom of thought, research, and self-realization.

A university that will strive for interdisciplinary training, will cultivate scientific and professional excellence, and will imbue its students with a broad cultural background and a vision that has international horizons.

A university that will help remove the walls of hostility in the Middle East, will serve students of all religions from this region and the rest of the world, will emphasize, in its research and its teaching, the importance of development and free movement in the space that is the cradle of humane culture, and will advance the principles of peace, freedom and dignity for mankind.
A university that will have an obligation to the community in which it is located and to its heritage, will be sensitive to social justice, and will help enrich the educational system and pre-college education.
Today the Interdisciplinary Center begins its activities in business, law, and technology studies in Herzliya, as the first stage in establishing a university.
We are pleased, with the signing of this agreement between the City of Herzliya and the Interdisciplinary Center, to begin our first academic year in the same year that the City of Herzliya celebrates its 70th anniversary.
We declare that the Interdisciplinary Center is open, with the belief that this is the foundation of a house of study, research, guidance, and learning for the residents of Israel and the region and for Jewish youth from the Diaspora.