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High School Track: Jewish Philosophy (Grades 7–10)

Jerusalem CollegeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 92 or moreTeacher trainingPeriphery 44 grant — a contribution to first-year tuitionWho: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Women – bachelor's degree B.Ed(our wording)

  • A full bagrut certificate with an average grade of 92 or higher, or proof of completion of a pre-academic mechina recognized by the Council for Higher Education, with an average grade of 85 or higher
  • Aptitude tests in the various departments

Another track

Men – bachelor's degree B.Ed (regular studies)(our wording)

  • Meeting the age criteria / years of yeshiva for the relevant categories
  • Entrance assessment in Gemara
For adults and those who have studied before3

Applicant over the age of 30 without a bagrut certificate

  • Bachelor's degree - womenApplicants over the age of 30 without a bagrut certificate are required to complete studies in the mechina for people aged 30+
  • Bachelor's degree - womenA full bagrut certificate with an average grade of 92 or higher, or proof of completion of a pre-academic mechina recognized by the Council for Higher Education, with an average grade of 85 or higher
  • Bachelor's degree - womenAptitude tests in the various departments

B.Ed. bachelor's degree for men holding a senior teaching certificate

  • Students with a senior teacher certificate from one of the teacher training institutes can complete their studies toward a BED degree in all departments.
  • Personal interview and senior teacher certificate with transcript.

Completion toward a bachelor's degree in education for women holding a teaching certificate

  • Jerusalem College offers completion programs toward a bachelor's degree in attractive tracks for graduates of seminaries who hold a "senior teacher" certificate.
  • The scope of the program depends on how well it matches the track and the specialization on the teaching certificate

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

  • Personal interview

The Hebrew terms

bachelor's degreeתואר ראשוןbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהpre-academic mechinaמכינת קד"אCouncil for Higher Educationמל"גapplicantמועמדpersonal interviewראיון אישי

What you study

The program focuses on issues in teaching and learning, emphasizing the connection between theory, research, and practice. Research and study areas include learning sciences, pedagogy and didactics, learning and teaching technologies, philosophy of education, research methods in education, multiculturalism and education, developing thinking skills, metacognition in subject areas, and more. The program awards a bachelor's degree with a teaching certificate for middle and high school. Subject areas in which students can specialize in teaching include Civics (political science and law), Art (art, creative work, and art history), English, geography, history, Hebrew language, music, Bible, mathematics, literature, Arabic, and theater.

After the degree

The degree awarded

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

What graduates work as

  • Nursing (Registered Nurses)most commonProviding care, support, and nursing services to patients. Planning and managing care, supervising healthcare workers, and collaborating with medical and other teams.
  • Teaching in elementary schoolmost commonTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
  • Shop Sales Assistancemost commonSelling goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of businesses, and explaining how the products and services being sold work and what their features are.
  • Nursing Care in Private Homesmost commonProviding routine nursing care to patients and helping them with their daily activities in their own homes and other independent living settings.
  • 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

  • Education60%

Graduates’ salaries are below average 10,200 ₪ average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)

Admitted students and graduates

average across all institutions

  • Program length: 3 years

Money

How the institution is funded

Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education

Periphery 44 grant

Periphery 44 grant — a contribution to first-year tuition

Who: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.

per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026

This field at other institutions

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An unofficial guide. Every fact comes from a public source — the institutions' sites, the Council for Higher Education, the Labor Ministry's Avodata, the Ministry of Defense — and links to it. Requirements change: check the institution's site before you apply.

How the data was collected

  • The Council for Higher Education register of institutions and programs — 2 Oct 2026
  • Avodata, Ministry of Labor: fields, employment and pay — 2023 data, collected 2 Oct 2026
  • Institutions' sites: admission requirements — checked 2 Oct 2026–5 Oct 2026
  • The Russian, English and French text is machine-translated and reviewed; where they differ, the Hebrew original prevails

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