Founded in 1956, it has an enrollment of 27,000 and a faculty of 1,800. It is housed in an American-style campus in the Ramat Aviv suburb of Tel Aviv. One of its main attractions is the Diaspora Museum, which covers the history of the Jewish people. Its renowned research institutes engage in advanced study of cancer, heart, and 16 other medical specialties, as well as urban studies, Middle Eastern and African Studies, petroleum, space and planetary science, nature preservation, labor studies, and Russian studies. The American Friends of Tel Aviv University maintain an office in New York City.