Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBachelor of Arts (B.A)
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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:
Regular track
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, double major | Admission based on the psychometric exam/Netiv La'Akademia exam [sekhem or psychometric exam](our wording)
- Sekhem: 590
- Psychometric exam, general multi-domain score / Netiv La'Akademia exam: 590
- Mathematics: 70/4 or 60/5
- English level: Basic level
- Bagrut mathematics requirement:Applicants may be admitted with a passing grade in bagrut mathematics at any number of units. Admitted applicants who do not meet the bagrut mathematics requirement as published above must take the summer course “Introduction to Quantitative Methods,” held in August at the Center for Pre-Academic Studies. This course cannot be made up in the first semester; therefore, after registration closes, only applicants who meet the bagrut mathematics requirement will be admitted: applicants with bagrut mathematics at 4 units with a grade of 70 or at 5 units with a grade of 60.
- Hebrew level for applicants required to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency: Level 5
- Additional requirementsLevel 6 in Hebrew for those who are required to take it
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, double major | Admission based on the bagrut certificate only(our wording)
- Bagrut average: 105
- Mathematics: 60/5 or 70/4
- English level: Basic level
- Bagrut mathematics requirement:Applicants may be admitted with a passing grade in bagrut mathematics at any number of units. Admitted applicants who do not meet the bagrut mathematics requirement as published above must take the summer course “Introduction to Quantitative Methods,” held in August at the Center for Pre-Academic Studies. This course cannot be made up in the first semester; therefore, after registration closes, only applicants who meet the bagrut mathematics requirement will be admitted: applicants with bagrut mathematics at 4 units with a grade of 70 or at 5 units with a grade of 60.
- Hebrew level for applicants required to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency: Level 5
- Additional requirementsLevel 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
- On 15.4.2026, a review of exceptional cases began in the department.
- Exceptional-case review policy: Applicants who meet the English and Hebrew requirements but do not meet the required admission conditions will be referred to the department for review according to the following details: For admission based on the psychometric exam/sekhem: applicants with a psychometric exam score or sekhem of 550 or higher.
- Review of exceptional cases is subject to available places in the department and may take place at different times during the registration period.
- Applicants with an academic background who do not meet the admission cutoff will be referred for review by the department after submitting an up-to-date transcript.
- Awarding the degree is subject to approval by the Council for Higher Education
The Hebrew terms
double majorדו-חוגיpsychometric examפסיכומטריNetiv La'Akademia examנתיב לאקדמיהsekhemסכםgeneral (multi-domain) psychometric scoreרב-תחומיBasic levelבסיסיbagrutבגרותunitsיח"לapplicantמועמדbagrut certificateתעודת בגרות
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- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
The least successful ideas in human history are the ones that stayed in the drawer. Having a revolutionary idea is not enough; you also need to know how to bring it to market, where it can create value for society.
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.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