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Mathematics

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 11.25 (deserving advancement category 10.9)

Regular track

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

  • Admission threshold for the department: 22.000. 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 700 (deserving advancement category 665)
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)

Admission requirements for the second year

  • English exemption required
  • Hebrew exemption for holders of a non-Israeli bagrut certificate
  • 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
  • Applicants must meet the requirements for advancement from the first year to the second year at the institution where they studied, and pass all first-year required courses in accordance with the Faculty's advancement requirements.
  • Their admission will be considered based on a transcript submitted to the Admissions Office and subject to the number of available places in the field.

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

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

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

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

Transfer track from The Open University of Israel

  • Admission requirements for the second yearA transfer track from The Open University of Israel is available
  • Students must complete at the Open University the courses listed in the required courses table below. They must earn a minimum grade of 75 in each course.
  • The Hebrew University undertakes to admit to the second year of the Department of Mathematics students who meet all the transfer track requirements listed below, with no additional admission requirements.
  • Students wishing to transfer to the Department of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem through the transfer track must begin their studies in the department no later than 4 years after taking the first course at the Open University as part of the transfer track, and no later than 1 year after taking the last course as part of the track.
  • As a rule, under Hebrew University requirements, applicants to the second year or above must submit to the Registration and Admissions Office confirmation of a university exemption from English studies.

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

As part of the program, we will explore the field of mathematics broadly and in depth, and study topics that are the subject of ongoing research in modern mathematics, such as number theory and algebra, probability and applied mathematics, the various branches of geometry, logic, and the foundations of mathematics.

The degree covers a broad range of knowledge in both theoretical and applied mathematics, including topics at the heart of mathematics, such as number theory and algebra, probability and applied mathematics, various branches of geometry, logic, and the foundations of mathematics. The curriculum includes basic courses in differential and integral calculus, algebra, and geometry, as well as advanced courses in various fields such as functions, equations, analysis, topology, logic, combinatorics, set theory, game theory, probability theory, and more.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Teaching in secondary schoolmost commonTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
  • Teaching in elementary schoolmost commonTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
  • Software DevelopmentResearching, analyzing, and evaluating requirements for software applications. Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software solutions that meet those requirements.
  • Application ProgrammingWriting and maintaining code for software applications and operating systems.
  • Management of Other Professional ServicesPlanning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating the provision of professional and technical services.

Which industries they work in

  • Computer programming, computer consulting, and other related services41%
  • Education32%
  • Manufacture of Computers, Electronic and Optical Equipment5%

Average employment rate: 69% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies

Graduates’ salaries are above average: ₪31,100 average monthly salary 5–6 years after graduation

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: 35% of students
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students 105 points
  • Average psychometric score 670 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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