魏茨曼研究所由哈伊姆·魏茨曼博士于1934年创立，当时名为丹尼尔·西夫研究所，以纪念英国捐助者丽贝卡·西夫的儿子，1949年更名为魏茨曼研究所。研究所设计制造了以色列在众多科学领域的第一项成就，如计算机、制药、癌症、粒子加速器等，为以色列科学技术发展和造福人类而追求科学。
魏茨曼科学研究所是世界领先的基础研究机构之一，由286个实验和理论研究小组组成，涉及生物学、生物化学、化学、数学和计算机科学以及物理学等多个领域，实验室中产生的见解有助于提供对人体和宇宙的基本理解，并导致医学、技术和环境的进步。
研究所历来引领计算机科学研究，20世纪70年代发明了允许安全可靠的计算机交易的算法RSA，推动以色列电信业的初创公司蓬勃发展。结构生物学系的Ada Yonath教授于2009年因破译核糖体的结构而获得诺贝尔化学奖，阐明了许多针对核糖体的抗生素的作用模式，并揭示了耐药机制，为基于结构的药物设计铺平了道路。
魏茨曼研究所坚信，其最重要的资产是其人民，并清楚地认识到基础研究需要数年甚至数十年的投资才能取得成果。科学家、博士后研究员和学生创新思考研究，为紧迫的问题提供新的解决方案，校友成为大型国际科学家网络的一部分，在各种项目上进行合作。
The Weizmann Institute was founded in 1934 by Dr. Chaim Weizmann as the Daniel Siff Institute, in honor of the son of the British benefactor Rebecca Siff, and was renamed the Weizmann Institute in 1949. The Institute designed and produced Israel's first achievements in numerous scientific fields, such as computers, pharmaceuticals, cancer, particle accelerators, etc., in pursuit of science for the development of science and technology in Israel and for the benefit of mankind.
Weizmann institute of science is one of the basis of the world's leading research institutions, is composed of 286 experimental and theoretical research team, involved in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, mathematics and computer science and physics, and other fields, in the laboratory to produce insights can help provide the basic understanding of the human body and the universe, and leads to medical science, technology and environment improvement.
The Institute has a history of leading computer science research, and in the 1970s created RSA, an algorithm that allows secure and reliable computer transactions, fueling a boom in startups in Israel's telecommunications industry. Professor Ada Yonath of the Department of Structural Biology won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for deciphering the structure of the ribosome, elucidating the mode of action of many antibiotics that target ribosomes and revealing resistance mechanisms, paving the way for structure-based drug design.
The Weizmann Institute firmly believes that its most important asset is its people and clearly understands that basic research requires years, if not decades, of investment to bear fruit. Scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and students think innovatively about research, providing new solutions to pressing problems, and alumni become part of a large international network of scientists collaborating on a variety of projects.