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Admission requirements
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
Regular track
Admission based on sekhem score
- Sekhem: 680 or higher (waitlist range: 650–679)
- English level placement: Pre-Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
- Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
- ∙ Mathematics bagrut: a grade of 85 or higher at 4 units, or a grade of 75 or higher at 5 units
Special track
Admission through the Ofek track toward a degree — based on a bagrut certificate — without a psychometric exam(our wording)
- Full bagrut certificate with a weighted bagrut average of 105 or higher (to calculate the weighted bagrut average >> admission chances calculator)
- English level placement: Pre-Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
- Hebrew level placement: a score of 110 or higher on the Yaelnet exam or the Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
- ∙ Mathematics bagrut: a grade of 85 or higher at 4 units, or a grade of 75 or higher at 5 units
- Only after completing the pre-academic track will you become a regular student
- Admission through this route is not guaranteed and is subject to the discretion of the department's admissions committee
Special track
Admission through the Ofek Toward a Degree track — based on a lower sekhem score(our wording)
- Sekhem: 630–679
- English level placement: Pre-Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
- Hebrew level placement: a score of 110 or higher on the Yaelnet exam or the Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
- ∙ Mathematics bagrut: a grade of 85 or higher at 4 units, or a grade of 75 or higher at 5 units
- Only after completing the pre-academic track will you become a regular student
- Admission through this route is not guaranteed and is subject to the discretion of the department's admissions committee
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.
The Hebrew terms
sekhemסכםwaitlist rangeטווח המתנהlevel placementסיווג רמהPre-Basic levelטרום בסיסיBasic levelבסיסיAmirnet examאמירנטpsychometric examפסיכומטריYaelnet examיעל"נטplacement testמבחן סיווג רמהmechinaמכינה
Check your chances — the institution's calculator
- Source:The institution's siteadmissions.haifa.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
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.
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/מוסדות מתוקצביםchecked 4 Oct 2026
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/שכר-הלימודchecked 4 Oct 2026
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