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Human Services

University of HaifaBachelor of Arts (B.A)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 100 or moreRegistration closedas checked on 2 Oct 2026

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Admission based on sekhem score

  • Sekhem: 540 or higher (waitlist range – 520–539)
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Direct admission without a psychometric exam based on the bagrut average

  • Full bagrut certificate with a weighted bagrut average of 100 or higher
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • ∙ Bagrut in English: a grade of 90 or higher at 4 units, or a grade of 80 or higher at 5 units
  • If required, passing a department entrance exam

Through a preparatory program

Admission through the University of Haifa mechina programs — direct admission to a degree(our wording)

  • A grade average of 88 or higher in the University of Haifa mechina
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina

Through a preparatory program

Admission to the Ofek track toward a degree through the mechina

  • A grade average of 80–87 or higher in the University of Haifa mechina
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • Successfully pass 2 courses: an introductory course with a grade of 70 or higher and a statistics course with a grade of 51 or higher during the first semester of studies
  • Only after completing the pre-academic track will you become a regular student

Special track

Admission through the Ofek track toward a degree — based on a bagrut certificate — without a psychometric exam(our wording)

  • Full bagrut certificate with a weighted bagrut average of 95–99
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • ∙ Bagrut in English: a grade of 90 or higher at 4 units, or a grade of 80 or higher at 5 units
  • Successfully pass 2 courses: an introductory course with a grade of 70 or higher and a statistics course with a grade of 51 or higher during the first semester of studies
  • Only after completing the pre-academic track will you become a regular student
For adults and those who have studied before2

Admission to the pre-degree track based on the 30+ mechina

  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 120 or higher on the Yaelnet exam, a Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa, or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • Successful completion of the University of Haifa's 30+ mechina

Admission for applicants who hold a degree from a recognized academic institution

  • Degree average: 85 or higher
  • ∙ Admission interview, if necessary

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.

Registration closed

On the institution's site:

  • Registration is closed

The Hebrew terms

sekhemסכםwaitlist rangeטווח המתנהlevel placementסיווג רמהBasic levelבסיסיAmirnet examאמירנטpsychometric examפסיכומטריYaelnet examיעל"נטplacement testמבחן סיווג רמהmechinaמכינהdirect admissionקבלה ישירה

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What you study

The Department of Human Services was established to improve service systems and service quality across all sectors of the economy. Our students take on prominent leadership roles at various companies, advance along their career paths, and contribute knowledge, insights, and skills that promote excellence in service delivery.

The field of human services focuses on understanding, managing, and improving work processes and service quality in organizations that provide services, as well as addressing the satisfaction and well-being of employees, customers, or citizens who receive services from systems in different sectors: business, public, and volunteer. Courses in the degree include: Introduction to Human Services, Statistics, Sociology for Human Services, Psychology for Human Services, Organizations and Employment Patterns, Research Methods, Employee Behavior in Organizational Management, The Individual in the Service World, Issues in Human Resource Management in Service Organizations, and more.

After the degree

Which industries they work in

  • Education23%

Graduates’ salaries below average: ₪13,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 98 points
  • Average psychometric score 520 points

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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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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