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Accounting

Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor of Arts (B.A)

Admission without the psychometric exam — see below

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Required bagrut average for direct admission

  • Direct admission 11.00 (deserving advancement category 10.65)

Regular track

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and bagrut (department admission threshold)(our wording)

  • The admission threshold for the department is 20.750. Explanations of how it is calculated at the link

Through a preparatory program

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a mechina

  • 50%/50% (applies to all mechina tracks)

Regular track

Required psychometric score for direct admission (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Direct admission 675 (deserving advancement category 640)
For adults and those who have studied before4

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a bachelor’s degree

  • 50%/50% (does not apply when applicants with a degree are admitted directly)

Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate

  • Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate is available for holders of a doctorate only

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies

  • Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies. Relevant admission track. Contact the Registration and Admissions Office to check your chances of admission

Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and older (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and over (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate). Relevant admission track

These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.

The requirements are in the institution's words. Names and labels marked "our wording" are our own, written from the same page.

For every track

  • Minimum English levelScore of 85/Basic level
  • Score of 105, required in cases where the language of instruction in high school is not Hebrew
  • A bagrut exam in mathematics at 4 units or higher. Applicants with 3 units must make up their mathematics knowledge in one of the following ways: completing the bagrut to the level of 4 units. Studying in the university mechina at a level equivalent to 4 units. Studying in a mathematics mechina held during September. The mechina costs ₪700. Mechina students will take the interim exam held as part of the regular mathematics course taken by first-year students in the first semester. There will also be a second sitting for this exam. The passing grade is 60.
  • Additional requirementsAccounting mechina — in addition to the School’s general admission requirements, those admitted to the department must take an accounting mechina. The mechina provides basic knowledge of accounting. Applicants with knowledge of accounting (documented by certificates) will be exempt from this requirement, provided they submit a request to the Teaching Committee of the Accounting Department and receive an exemption from the committee.
  • Type of psychometric scorePsychometric general multi-domain score, psychometric quantitative-oriented score

The Hebrew terms

bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותadmission trackמסלול קבלהdirect admissionקבלה ישירה“deserving advancement” (affirmative-action category based on socio-economic criteria)ראויים לקידוםweighted scoreציון משוקללpsychometric examפסיכומטריadmission thresholdציון סףdepartmentחוגmechinaמכינה

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What you study

The program is designed to fully address all the needs that arise in the course of an accountant’s work at large accounting firms and organizations.

The program focuses on 2 main fields: external auditing of the financial position and financial activity of organizations and companies; and analyzing, preparing, and presenting financial reports and data for organizations and companies' internal needs. The program includes core subjects in fields such as economics, mathematics, statistics, computers and information systems, law, and management sciences. Students then take specialized courses in various areas of accounting, such as balance sheets, taxes, auditing, and financial statement analysis, with a focus on both theory and practice. To work as an accountant, you must pass the certification exams of the Council of Certified Public Accountants.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Accountingmost commonPlanning, organizing and managing accounting systems for individuals and institutions. Examining and analyzing accounting and financial records.
  • Financial ManagementPlanning, organizing, directing and coordinating financial operations within or for a company or organization.
  • BookkeepingMaintaining a system of records documenting actions carried out as part of financial transactions, and verifying the accuracy of documents and records related to these transactions.
  • EconomicsResearch, monitoring data, analyzing information, preparing reports and plans, and providing advice to solve business and economic problems. Developing models to analyze patterns in the economy, explain them and predict them.

Which industries they work in

  • Legal and Accounting Services64%
  • Computer programming, computer consulting, and other related services6%
  • Activities Auxiliary to Financial and Insurance Services3%

Above-average employment rate: 96% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies(average across universities)

Graduates’ salaries are about average 15,800 ₪ average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3.5 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 107 points
  • Average psychometric score: 570 points

Money

How the institution is funded

Budgeted institutions

Tuition2026/27

Annual tuition for a full-time bachelor's degree program in the 2026/27 academic year: ₪12,203.

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An unofficial guide. Every fact comes from a public source — the institutions' sites, the Council for Higher Education, the Labor Ministry's Avodata, the Ministry of Defense — and links to it. Requirements change: check the institution's site before you apply.

How the data was collected

  • The Council for Higher Education register of institutions and programs — 2 Oct 2026
  • Avodata, Ministry of Labor: fields, employment and pay — 2023 data, collected 2 Oct 2026
  • Institutions' sites: admission requirements — checked 2 Oct 2026–5 Oct 2026
  • The Russian, English and French text is machine-translated and reviewed; where they differ, the Hebrew original prevails

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