Hebrew Language
Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBachelor of Arts (B.A)
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Admission requirements
Intake for the 2026/27 academic year
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
Regular track
Hebrew Language double major | Admission based on the psychometric exam/Netiv La'Akademia exam [sekhem or psychometric exam](our wording)
- Sekhem: 450
- Psychometric exam, general multi-domain score / Netiv La'Akademia exam: 450
- English level: Basic level
- Hebrew level for applicants required to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency: Level 6
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Hebrew Language double major | Admission based on the bagrut certificate only(our wording)
- Bagrut average: 85
- Hebrew expression: 80/2
- English level: Basic level
- Hebrew level for applicants required to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency: Level 6
For adults and those who have studied before1
Applicants aged 40+ are exempt from the psychometric exam
- Applicants aged 40+ are exempt from the psychometric exam but must have eligibility for a bagrut certificate and level placement at Basic level in English
- Level 6 in Hebrew for those who are required to take it
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
- Review of exceptional cases in the Department of Hebrew Language - 01.02.2026
- Applicants with a prior academic background who meet the admission requirements will be admitted without needing to submit a transcript.
- Policy for reviewing exceptional cases: Applicants who meet the English and Hebrew requirements but do not meet the required admission conditions will be referred to the department for consideration as detailed below: applicants whose psychometric exam score or sekhem is up to 20 points below the required score.
- Review of exceptional cases is subject to available places in the department and may take place at different times during the registration period.
The Hebrew terms
double majorדו-חוגיpsychometric examפסיכומטריNetiv La'Akademia examנתיב לאקדמיהsekhemסכםgeneral (multi-domain) psychometric scoreרב-תחומיBasic levelבסיסיbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותbagrutבגרותbagrut averageממוצע בגרותapplicantמועמד
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- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
Researches texts from the Bible to TikTok.
The degree provides comprehensive knowledge of the structure of the Hebrew language in all its aspects: grammar, syntax, the pronunciation, form, and meaning of words, history, cultural background, linguistics, the connection between Hebrew and related Semitic languages, and more. Courses in the degree include the history of the language—biblical Hebrew, the language of the Sages, medieval Hebrew, the revival of the Hebrew language, and modern Hebrew; phonetics; morphology; modern Hebrew syntax; discourse analysis of modern Hebrew; phonology; morphology; semantics; and more.
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
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.
- Teaching in elementary schoolTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
- Management in EducationPlanning, guiding, coordinating and evaluating educational services from both the administrative and educational perspectives.
Which industries they work in
- Education70%
Graduates' salaries are below average: ₪11,500 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies
Most graduates go on to a master's degree(average across universities)
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/100“universities” tabchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/108checked 2 Oct 2026
Admitted students and graduates
for this program at this institution
- Program length: 3 years
- 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.
Periphery 44 grant
only for programs at the Eilat campus
Who: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.
per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/מוסדות מתוקצביםchecked 4 Oct 2026
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/שכר-הלימודchecked 4 Oct 2026
- Source:Ministry of Defensehachvana.mod.gov.il /…/List-of-Educational-Institu…checked 4 Oct 2026
- Source:Ministry of Defensehachvana.mod.gov.il /…/Perypheria44checked 4 Oct 2026