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The Western Galilee CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A)
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Admission requirements
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bagrut average / pre-academic mechina / practical engineer certificate / 30+ mechina with a grade of 85
- Bagrut average / pre-academic mechina / practical engineer certificate / 30+ mechina with a grade of 85 or higher.
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bagrut average / pre-academic mechina / practical engineer certificate / 30+ mechina with a grade of 80–85 + department head’s decision(our wording)
- Bagrut average / pre-academic mechina / practical engineer certificate / 30+ mechina with a grade of 80–85. Admission will be assessed by the department head.
Regular track
Eligibility for a bagrut certificate + psychometric exam(our wording)
- Eligibility for a bagrut certificate and a psychometric exam score of 500 or higher.
Regular track
Foreign high-school diploma + psychometric exam(our wording)
- Assessment of a foreign high-school diploma and a psychometric exam score of 500 or higher.
For adults and those who have studied before2
Transfer track (auditing student)(our wording)
- Students whose bagrut average is below the required level may take 3 courses in a transfer-pathway, non-degree auditing status, selected by the department head. If they pass all 3 courses with a grade of at least 80 in each course, they may be admitted as regular students to the Department of Education.
Admissions committee (work experience / diploma)(our wording)
- Applicants with a bagrut certificate or an alternative who do not meet the above requirements, and who have work experience in the fields of education, a practical engineer diploma, or other relevant experience, may apply to the program, and their suitability will be assessed by an admissions committee.
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
- English: Bagrut grade of 60 in 4 units or a designated preparatory program covering 4 units with a grade of 60 or higher.
- Graduates of schools where the language of instruction is not Hebrew will be required to pass the Yael exam with a score of 115 points. A student who received a score of 110 or higher will have their suitability assessed by the admissions committee.
- For a combination of 2 departments in a degree, applicants must meet the admission requirements of each department as a condition of admission to the track.
The Hebrew terms
bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהpre-academic mechinaמכינת קד"אpractical engineerהנדסאי30+ mechinaמכינת 30+departmentחוגeligibility for a bagrut certificateזכאות לבגרותpsychometric examפסיכומטריforeign high-school diplomaבגרות חו"ל
- Source:The institution's sitewgalil.ac.ilchecked 3 Oct 2026
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.
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
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)
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
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
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
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
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
- 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
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