(JNS.org) Israel’s Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art in Ramat Gan has been ranked as the fifth-most “influential” design school in the world and the 11th-best school of its kind overall, according to rankings compiled by the Business of Fashion (BoF) publication. “Situated within the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Shenkar blends both the technical and conceptual in its curriculum. During the four-year undergraduate fashion design course, students are exposed to small group peer and faculty critique, where they must defend their concepts and processes in arriving at their finished projects,” the publication wrote regarding the Israeli school. Shenkar President Prof. Yuli Tamir called the ranking “an unprecedented international achievement, particularly regarding the design industry,” according to Yedioth Ahronoth.