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Bar-Ilan UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 90 or more

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Admission requirements for a bachelor's degree in Arabic (psychometric exam)(our wording)

  • A score of at least 500 on the psychometric exam (a score of at least 85 on the English section)
  • A grade of at least 80 in the Arabic bagrut exam at 4 units, or a grade of at least 70 at 5 units
  • Bagrut certificate
  • Applicants who studied 4 or 5 units and whose grade is below the required grade will be admitted after successfully passing an entrance exam
  • Applicants who studied 3 units are required to take an entrance exam

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Admission based on bagrut average only (without a psychometric exam)(our wording)

  • Study Programs: ArabicMinimum Bagrut Average: 90Additional Requirements/Notes: Bagrut grade in Arabic of 80 at 4 units or 70 at 5 units. Applicants who do not meet the requirements should contact the departmentRegistration Status: Open
For adults and those who have studied before1

You do not have a psychometric exam score and are 40 or older

  • You do not have a psychometric exam score and are 40 or older—contact the department’s deputy administrative director, Ms. Esti Hasid

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

  • English screening test (Amiram exam), with a score of 85 or higher in the English section, except that the Department of Linguistics and English Literature requires a score of at least 120, the Medical Imaging program requires a score of at least 100, and the PAKAM program requires a score of at least 110 in the psychometric-based admission track).
  • Applicants whose school’s language of instruction was not Hebrew are required to have a score of at least 105 on the Hebrew screening test (Yael exam) administered by the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (except in the English Linguistics single-major, English Literature single-major, and French single-major programs; the French single-major program is taught in French, and all 3 programs are exempt from the Yael exam). For more details, see the bachelor's degree admission requirements.

The Hebrew terms

bachelor's degreeתואר ראשוןpsychometric examפסיכומטריbagrutבגרותunitsיח"לbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותapplicantמועמדentrance examמבחן כניסהbagrut averageממוצע בגרותdepartmentחוגscreening testמבחן מיון ממוחשב

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What you study

The studies provide extensive knowledge of the Arabic language, both theoretical and practical, across its different forms: classical, literary, modern, and spoken Arabic. They also provide knowledge of literature written in Arabic and of Arab culture. Courses in the degree include language and linguistics courses: Arabic and the Semitic languages, Arabic grammar through modern and classical approaches, and the dialects spoken in the East and West; as well as literature courses: classical Arabic literature, in both prose and poetry, modern Arabic literature, theories of translation, the history of Muslim thought, and polemical literature.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Teaching in elementary schoolmost commonTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
  • Teaching in secondary schoolTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
  • Preschool EducationPromoting the social, physical and intellectual development of young children through educational activities and games.
  • Special Education TeachingTeaching people of all ages with physical or mental disabilities, learning disabilities or special needs, and promoting their social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
  • Other work in the field of teachingProviding individual instruction in other subjects and educational counseling in schools.

Which industries they work in

  • Local government30%

Graduates' salaries are below the average: ₪8,200 average monthly salary 5–6 years after graduation

Most graduates go on to a master's degree(average across universities)

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 95 points
  • Average psychometric score: 490 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.

This field at other institutions

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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