The Center for Olympic Studies at the Academic College at Wingate will serve as a leading institution for studies, research and dissemination of Olympic ideals in Israel.
The Center for Olympic Studies is a joint initiative of the Academic College at Wingate and The Olympic Committee of Israel. Its objectives are:
- To promote research about the Olympic Games, the Olympic Movement, Olympic Sports and Olympism.
- To heighten awareness in the academic community and in the sports community at large about the Olympics, though international conferences, study days, academic publications and courses on Olympic topics.
- To cooperate with Centers for Olympic Studies around the world, and especially with the Center of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
- To provide academic and professional information to decision makers and the public at large on relevant issues on the agenda of the Israeli public.