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Life Sciences

Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor of Science (B.Sc)

Admission without the psychometric exam — see below

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Required bagrut average for direct admission

  • Direct admission 10.50 (deserving advancement category 10.15)

Regular track

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and bagrut (department admission threshold)(our wording)

  • Department admission threshold 19.000. Explanations of how it is calculated at the link

Through a preparatory program

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a mechina

  • 50%/50% (relevant only for the natural sciences tracks in the mechina)

Regular track

Required psychometric score for direct admission (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Direct admission 650 (deserving advancement category 615)
For adults and those who have studied before6

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a bachelor’s degree

  • 50%/50% (does not apply when applicants with a degree are admitted directly)

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies

  • Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies. Relevant admission track. Contact the Registration and Admissions Office to check your chances of admission

Transfer track from The Open University of Israel

  • A transfer track from The Open University of Israel to the department for the second year is available.
  • Students must complete all the courses listed in the equivalency table below at the Open University. They must achieve an average grade of 80 or higher in these courses, and a minimum grade of 70 in each course. They must also obtain an exemption in English.
  • The Hebrew University Department of Life Sciences undertakes to admit Open University students to the second year if they meet all the requirements of the transfer track, with no additional conditions.
  • Students wishing to transfer to the Department of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem through the transfer track must begin their studies in the department within 3 years of completing the required group of courses listed in the equivalency table, and no later than 6 years after beginning the courses in that group.
  • Meeting all the requirements for the group of courses listed in the equivalency table and obtaining an exemption in English are admission requirements for the department through the transfer track.

Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate

  • Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate is available

Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and older (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and over (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate). Relevant admission track

Admission requirements for the second year

  • English exemption required. The faculty will also accept applicants at Advanced B level and allow them to complete the exemption during the first semester of the second year
  • Completion of at least 1 academic year at an institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education, with at least 45 credit points
  • Compatibility between previous studies and the department's requirements
  • Students must meet the requirements for advancing from the first year to the second year at the institution where they studied, with a minimum average of 7 5, and pass all first-year required courses in accordance with the faculty's advancement requirements
  • Students wishing to be admitted to the second year must apply for exemptions from / credits for first-year required courses at the Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University. If they are missing 3 or more required courses, they cannot be admitted to the second year. If they are missing 2 or fewer required courses, the admissions committee at the Institute of Life Sciences will consider their admission to the second year of Life Sciences.
  • Their applications will be considered based on the transcripts they submit to the faculty's Teaching Affairs Office and subject to the number of places available in the field.

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

  • Minimum English levelScore of 85/Basic level
  • Score of 105, required in cases where the language of instruction in high school is not Hebrew
  • Type of psychometric scoreQuantitative-oriented psychometric score

The Hebrew terms

bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותadmission trackמסלול קבלהdirect admissionקבלה ישירה“deserving advancement” (affirmative-action category based on socio-economic criteria)ראויים לקידוםweighted scoreציון משוקללpsychometric examפסיכומטריadmission thresholdציון סףdepartmentחוגmechinaמכינה

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What you study

Biological research is essential to advancing many areas of life—medicine, agriculture, environmental quality, industry, education, public policy, and more—and contributes to the well-being of human society.

Biology studies the living world, the behavior of living organisms, the composition of living organisms, and the relationships among them and with the environment in which they live. The curriculum combines theoretical studies with practical laboratory experience. Topics covered in the degree include plant sciences, biochemistry, biophysics, ecology, and physics, as well as anatomy, genetics, botany, evolution, ecology, microbiology, the study and preservation of the human environment, statistics and probability, cell structure, and more.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Biology, Botany and Zoologymost commonStudying living organisms, their interactions with one another, and their interactions with their environment, to solve health and environmental problems.
  • 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.
  • Teaching in elementary schoolTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
  • ChemistryResearching and developing concepts, theories, and methods in chemistry, and applying this knowledge to develop new knowledge or products, conduct quality control, and control processes.
  • Specialist MedicineDiagnosing, treating and preventing diseases, injuries, and physical and mental disabilities using professional, surgical and psychiatric methods. Applying principles and procedures from modern medicine. Specializing in certain types of diseases, patients and treatment methods, and sometimes also teaching and conducting research in the area of specialization and managing hospital departments.

Which industries they work in

  • Health services21%
  • Education20%
  • Scientific Research and Development10%

Above-average employment rate: 79% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies

Graduates' salaries are about average: ₪15,100 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies

Most graduates go on to a master's degree

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • On-time graduation rate 65% of students
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
  • Average psychometric score: 610 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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