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Marine and Environmental Sciences

Ruppin Academic CenterBachelor of Science (B.Sc)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 100 or more

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Marine and Marine Environment Sciences / weighted bagrut average(our wording)

  • Weighted bagrut average: bagrut average (weighted with bonus points) of at least 100.

Regular track

Marine and Marine Environment Sciences / psychometric score(our wording)

  • Psychometric score: general multi-domain/quantitative-oriented psychometric score of at least 620.

Regular track

Marine and Marine Environment Sciences / admission score of 106 or higher(our wording)

  • Admission score of 106 or higher: calculated based on the bagrut average (weighted with bonus points) and the psychometric score.
  • For the calculation, a general multi-domain/quantitative-oriented psychometric score of at least 550 is required.

Special track

Request for exceptional admission

  • Ruppin Academic Center may admit up to 10% of the students admitted to a department who do not meet the official admission requirements published above, in cases involving special circumstances specified in the Registration and Admission Regulations, subject to approval by the committee for review of exceptional cases. In addition, Ruppin Academic Center may admit up to an additional 8% of the students in each department who do not meet the official admission requirements published above, for the following reasons: reservists or career soldiers in frontline units; those wounded in the Swords of Iron War; discharged regular-service combat soldiers—subject to presenting a combat soldier certificate.
For adults and those who have studied before2

Marine and Marine Environment Sciences / practical engineer diploma and final transcript(our wording)

  • Practical engineer diploma and final transcript: an average of at least 80 in courses for the external government exams (including the project grade), or a simple average (without bonus points) of at least 85 in practical engineering courses.

Marine and Marine Environment Sciences / bachelor's degree from a recognized academic institution(our wording)

  • Bachelor's degree from a recognized academic institution - confirmation of eligibility for a bachelor's degree and a final degree average of at least 80.

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

  • Applicants whose high school’s language of instruction was not Hebrew and/or who took the psychometric exam in a language other than Hebrew must present a score of at least 110 on a Hebrew knowledge test (Yael exam / Yaelnet exam) administered by the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation.
  • Mathematics requirement in the bagrutAdmission is conditional on a math grade of at least 70 in the bagrut certificate at 4 units, or a passing math grade or higher in the bagrut certificate at 5 units
  • Applicants who do not meet the math admission requirements must take a prerequisite course in mathematics and pass the exam given at the end of the course, or pass the exemption exam. Applicants who do not pass the prerequisite course or exemption exam will not be able to begin their academic studies.
  • Bagrut certificate - All applicants to a bachelor's degree must be eligible for an Israeli bagrut certificate (full bagrut), or hold an equivalent certificate accepted under the regulations of the Council for Higher Education: a 1-year pre-academic mechina (supervised by the Council for Higher Education), or Ministry of Education approval of secondary education completed abroad, or a practical engineer diploma certificate.
  • Applicants admitted to the program who do not have a psychometric score are required to take the Amirnet exam administered by the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation to determine their English level placement.

The Hebrew terms

bagrut averageממוצע בגרותweighted bagrut averageממוצע בגרות משוקללbagrutבגרותbonus pointsבונוסיםpsychometric scoreציון פסיכומטריpsychometric examפסיכומטריgeneral (multi-domain) psychometric scoreרב-תחומיquantitative-orientedבדגש כמותיquantitative reasoningחשיבה כמותיתadmission scoreציון קבלה

What you study

Alongside foundational courses in the sciences, the degree includes specialized courses in marine sciences, including physical, chemical, and biological oceanography; the biology and ecology of marine organisms; marine microbiology; the ecology of Israel’s coastal streams; and marine and coastal conservation. In addition, the degree offers a range of elective courses, such as marine ions, geomorphology, marine archaeology, endocrinology, immunology, and more. The bachelor's degree curriculum also includes theoretical and practical studies in seamanship. The theoretical seamanship courses are mandatory, while the practical seamanship courses are intended for students who wish to receive a skipper’s certificate.

After the degree

Graduates of related fields work as:

Related fields: Biology

  • 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

  • Education37%

Graduates' salaries are below average: ₪13,800 average monthly salary 5–6 years after graduation

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 96 points
  • Average psychometric score: 580 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.

Questions and contact:info.shpieg@gmail.com

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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