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Special Education Track: Kindergarten (birth to 6)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 92 or moreTeacher training

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Combined score

  • Weighted score of at least 540 based on the combined psychometric exam score and bagrut average (including bonus points), with each component weighted at 50%

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Quality bagrut

  • Admission based on the composition and grades of the bagrut certificate, with a weighted bagrut average of at least 92 (including bonus points), without a psychometric exam
  • Subject to the following conditions: Humanities and Social Sciences: 4–5 units of English and a high grade in an advanced-level subject (5 units) relevant to the requested study track. Natural Sciences: 4–5 units of English and Mathematics and a high grade in an advanced-level subject (5 units) relevant to the requested study track.

Special track

Applicants with a score below the one listed on this page

  • Admission of applicants with a score below the one listed on this page will be reviewed after an admissions interview, as part of the review of exceptional cases (up to 10%)

These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.

For every track

  • A full bagrut certificate, with a grade of at least 80 in the bagrut exam in Arabic at 3 units or a grade of at least 70 at 4–5 units
  • Yael exam: a score of at least 85 (can be taken through the end of the first year)
  • Entrance exam in Arabic, with a score of at least 75 for applicants seeking to study Arabic language and literature teaching, and a score of at least 70 for other specializations
  • Admission interview: applicants must successfully complete an admission interview at the college
  • Applicants to the various departments must have a minimum grade of 80 in 5 units or a grade of 85 in 4 units in the subject relevant to their specialization

The Hebrew terms

combined scoreציון משולבweighted scoreציון משוקללpsychometric examפסיכומטריbagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותbagrutבגרותbonus pointsבונוסיםquality bagrutבגרות איכותיתadvanced-level subjectמקצוע מוגברapplicantמועמד

What you study

Studies provide the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to provide academic and social support and promote students with special needs and various difficulties, such as cerebral palsy, blindness and hearing difficulties, complex learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, students on the autism spectrum, and more. In the second year of the degree, students can also enroll in a teacher-training certificate program.

After the degree

The degree awarded

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

What graduates work as

  • Special Education Teachingmost commonTeaching people of all ages with physical or mental disabilities, learning disabilities or special needs, and promoting their social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
  • Teaching in elementary schoolTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
  • Preschool EducationPromoting the social, physical and intellectual development of young children through educational activities and games.
  • Teaching in secondary schoolTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
  • Other work in the field of teachingProviding individual instruction in other subjects and educational counseling in schools.

Which industries they work in

  • Education68%

Graduate salaries below average: ₪11,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)

Most graduates go on to a master's degree(average across all institutions)

Admitted students and graduates

average across all institutions

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
  • Average psychometric score: 550 points

Money

How the institution is funded

Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education

  • Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 4 Oct 2026

This field at other institutions

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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