Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor of Science (B.Sc)
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Admission requirements
Intake for the 2026/27 academic year
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Required bagrut average for direct admission
- Direct admission 11.4 (deserving advancement category 11.05)
Regular track
Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and bagrut (department admission threshold)(our wording)
- Admission threshold for the department 24.000. Explanations of the calculation method 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 740 (deserving advancement category 705)
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
- Type of psychometric scorePsychometric general multi-domain score, psychometric quantitative-oriented score
Registration closed
On the institution's site:
- Registration for Cognitive and Brain Sciences for the 2026/27 academic year is closed!
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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- Source:The institution's siteinfo.huji.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
Cognitive and brain sciences seek to explain mental processes such as language acquisition, perception, decision-making, creativity, and awareness.
Cognitive science seeks to explain mental abilities such as perception, learning, memory, language, thinking, decision-making, creativity, emotions, group relationships, and consciousness. The studies explore the processes people go through as they receive, process, and act on information. The curriculum is multidisciplinary and includes foundational studies in statistics, research methods, and mathematics, as well as courses in various fields: computer science and information systems, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science, and brain science.
- Source:The institution's siteinfo.huji.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
Which industries they work in
- Education44%
Graduates’ salaries above average: ₪21,400 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across universities)
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il“universities” tabchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
Admitted students and graduates
average across universities
- Program length: 3 years
- Average bagrut score of admitted students 105 points
- Average psychometric score 670 points
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il“universities” tabchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
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