Combined Program in Mathematics and Physics
Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor 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:
Regular track
Exact Sciences suitability score
- Exact Sciences suitability score* meets the admission thresholdacademic year: 2026/27Acceptance threshold: 670Rejection threshold: 660
- Exact Sciences suitability score—an applicant who took mathematics and physics at 5 units and scored at least 55 in each will receive an additional 10 bonus points toward the regular suitability score.
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Without a psychometric exam
- A grade of 90 or higher in mathematics in the bagrut or a recognized academic mechina, in the science track, at 5 units or more, and also a grade of 90 or higher in physics in the bagrut exam or a recognized academic mechina, in the science track, at 5 units, or in the physics placement exam, and: an adjusted bagrut average of 108 or higher
Another track
High-school students who studied in the Science-Oriented Youth Unit
- High school students who studied at the Youth for Science Unit and met the requirements for transferring to Physics may be admitted with special status as long as they are high school students. Once they are eligible for a bagrut certificate, and only after demonstrating that they have met the transfer requirements, they will be transferred to "regular student status.
Special track
Exceptional admission
- Your credentials do not meet the requirements? You may want to check the conditions for consideration for exceptional admission
For adults and those who have studied before2
A total of at least 30 academic semester hours
- Without a psychometric examA grade of 80 or higher in each of the following courses and an average of 85 or higher across all of them, with a total of at least 30 academic semester hours: Calculus 1A, Mathematical Introduction for Physicists 1, Classical Physics 1, Classical Physics 2;
Applicants with previous academic background in physics
- Applicants with previous academic background in physics may register for the second semester. Admission requirements for the second semester will be published in November
These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.
For every track
- A grade of 80 or higher in mathematics at 5 units in bagrut or in a recognized pre-academic university mechina, or a grade of 80 or higher in each of the courses Calculus 1A and Mathematical Introduction to Physics 1 at Tel Aviv University
- A grade of 80 or higher in physics at 5 units in bagrut or in a recognized pre-academic university mechina, or a grade of 90 or higher on the placement test for the physics preparatory course held at the Faculty of Engineering during the summer months, or a grade of 80 or higher in the Classical Physics 1 course at Tel Aviv University
- Applicants seeking admission on the basis of a recognized pre-academic mechina are required to complete a mechina in the science track
- The university’s general admission requirementsAn Israeli bagrut certificate or a high-school completion certificate from abroad
The Hebrew terms
suitability scoreציון התאמהadmission thresholdציון סףapplicantמועמדunitsיח"לbonus pointsבונוסיםpsychometric examפסיכומטריbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהlevel placementסיווג רמהbagrut averageממוצע בגרות
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What you study
Does mathematics and physics sound too theoretical to you? Like a degree with no use in the “real world”?
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After the degree
What graduates work as
- Teaching in secondary schoolmost commonTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
Which industries they work in
- Education46%
Graduates' salaries are below average: ₪12,300 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across universities)
Most graduates go on to a master's degree(average across universities)
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Admitted students and graduates
average across universities
- Program length: 3 years
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Money
How the institution is funded
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Tuition2026/27
Annual tuition for a full-time bachelor's degree program in the 2026/27 academic year: ₪12,203.
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