Environmental Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyBachelor 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
Sekhem
- Environmental Engineering 83
Regular track
Sekhem and interview or CV
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bagrut and level placement in mathematics
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Excellent bagrut
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
Special track
Shortened track
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
Special track
Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
Special track
Admissions bridge to the Technion
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
For adults and those who have studied before1
Admission options based on academic background and transfer pathways
- In addition to the admission pathways listed on this page, there are admission options based on academic background and transfer pathways.
These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.
For every track
- Study track: Environmental EngineeringSekhem: 83Sekhem and interview or CV: ✔Bagrut and level placement in mathematics: ✔Excellent bagrut: ✔Shortened track: ✔Sekhem discount points for the deserving advancement category: 2Admissions bridge to the Technion: ✔The sekhem required to receive the sekhem excellence scholarship: 91
- The admission requirements shown on this page are estimates and may be updated from time to time. In all cases, the binding admission requirements are those published on the day the applicant completes all admission requirements.
The Hebrew terms
sekhemסכםbagrutבגרותlevel placementסיווג רמה“deserving advancement” (affirmative-action category based on socio-economic criteria)ראויים לקידוםapplicantמועמד
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- Source:The institution's siteadmissions.technion.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
Environmental engineering deals with developing technologies to reduce pollution and prevent deterioration in the quality of the environment in terms of water, air, and soil. This is done by protecting water sources, controlling air pollution, desalinating brackish water and seawater, treating municipal wastewater and sludge, disposing of and recycling solid waste, improving industrial production processes to reduce sources of air, water, and soil pollution, and more. Degree subjects include foundational courses in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science; core and advanced courses in environmental engineering fields, including water, wastewater, and waste treatment, air pollution and its prevention, chemical engineering processes, biotechnology, fluid mechanics, hydrology, ecology, and soil science.
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
What graduates work as
- Environmental Engineeringmost commonResearching, planning, managing, implementing, and monitoring solutions to prevent environmental pollution, and advising on them. Environmental assessment of construction projects. Monitoring pollution, recycling, and waste disposal. Marketing and managing programs to upgrade water systems, filtration, desalination, and purification.
Which industries they work in
- Architectural and Engineering Services; Technical Testing and Analysis58%
Graduates' salaries are above average: ₪21,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/1304checked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/103checked 2 Oct 2026
Admitted students and graduates
for this program at this institution
- Program length: 4 years
- On-time graduation rate 65% of students
- Average bagrut score of admitted students: 104 points
- Average psychometric score: 650 points
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.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.
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- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/שכר-הלימודchecked 4 Oct 2026