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Land of Israel Studies, Secondary School Track (Grades 7–10)

Oranim Academic College of EducationBachelor 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

Intake for the 2026/27 academic year

These requirements are incomplete — the full list is on the institution's site

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

For B.Ed. departments: quality bagrut or mechina(our wording)

  • Average of at least 92, including 4 units in English and an advanced-level subject at 5 units
  • Including 4 units in English

Regular track

Admission based on a combined score

  • The combined score required for all programs is 525

Special track

Review of exceptional cases

  • Applicants who do not meet the listed admission requirements may be admitted with the approval of the review of exceptional cases

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

  • Applicants whose high school’s language of instruction was not Hebrew, and/or who took the psychometric exam in a language other than Hebrew, are required to present: a score of at least 110 on a Hebrew knowledge test (Yael exam or Yaelnet exam) administered by the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation by the end of the first year. Bagrut in Hebrew at 5 units with a grade of 80, or a Hebrew mechina with a grade of 80.
  • Applicants enrolling at the college without a psychometric score are required to take the Amirnet exam before the start of their studies to determine their English proficiency level.

The Hebrew terms

bagrut certificateתעודת בגרותquality bagrutבגרות איכותיתbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהunitsיח"לadvanced-level subjectמקצוע מוגברcombined scoreציון משולבreview of exceptional casesועדת חריגיםapplicantמועמדpsychometric examפסיכומטרי

  • Source:The institution's siteoranim.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27

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

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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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