Medical Laboratory Sciences
Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic CenterBachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences (B.Med.Lab.Sc)
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Admission requirements
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
A. Admission based on bagrut average / Natural Sciences mechina + admissions interview / Option 1 – bagrut average of 100 or higher(our wording)
- Option 1 – bagrut average of 100 or higher:
- 4 units with a grade of at least 80 or 5 units with a grade of at least 70.
- The department head reserves the right, based on the impression formed during the admission interview, to require applicants to take the TIL test and meet the admission requirements according to their admission index score.
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
A. Admission based on bagrut average / Natural Sciences mechina + admissions interview / Option 2 – bagrut average of 95 or higher with a science background(our wording)
- Option 2 – bagrut average of 95 or higher with a science background:
- Mathematics4 units with a grade of at least 80
- Or: 5 units of mathematics with a grade of at least 70
- An additional science subject (biology, chemistry, or physics) at 5 units with a grade above 80.
- The department head reserves the right, based on the impression formed during the admission interview, to require applicants to take the TIL test and meet the admission requirements according to their admission index score.
Regular track
The composite score combines / Admission requirements(our wording)
- Composite score of 530 or higher + admissions interview.
For reservists
Special admission track for reservists
- A special admission track is available for reservists
- Eligible for the track: A reservist who served 28 or more reserve-duty days from 7.10.2023 through the date of registration for studies. A discharged soldier and a graduate of 2 years of national service who were discharged after 7.10.2023
- Those eligible for the track can be admitted to the Academic Center without a psychometric exam or TIL exam, based on bagrut certificate grades + interview/admissions committee.
- Applicants admitted through this track will be admitted conditionally and will have to meet the department’s requirements at the end of the first academic year in order to continue their studies.
- Up to 10% of all students admitted to each department can be admitted through this admission track.
- Weighted bagrut average: 95 or higher. If the applicant has a scientific bagrut, a weighted score above 90 (a scientific bagrut is not required).
- For science subjects, students will be required to take GOOL courses in mathematics or chemistry, as needed.
- Requirements for moving from conditional student status to regular student statusAverage grade of 70 or higher at the end of the first year.
Special track
Exceptional admission
- The Council for Higher Education allows the Center to exceptionally admit up to 10% of students who do not meet the admission requirements.
For adults and those who have studied before1
Applicants with an academic degree
- Applicants with an academic degree from a recognized institution will be admitted based on an assessment of their field of study and degree grades.
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
- Admissions interview.
- Applicants whose first language is not Hebrew are required to take the Yael exam or the TIL Institute Hebrew placement test—score of 100 or higher.
- Tawjihi holdersScientific Tawjihi only, subject to the conditions above.
The Hebrew terms
bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהunitsיח"לdepartmentחוגapplicantמועמדTIL testתילreservistsמשרתי מילואיםreserve-duty daysימי מילואיםpsychometric examפסיכומטרי
- Source:The institution's sitejmc.ac.il /…/תנאי-קבלהchecked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:The institution's sitejmc.ac.il /…/מתווה-קבלה-לחיילי-מילואיםchecked 2 Oct 2026
What you study
The studies are designed to train laboratory workers with knowledge and practical skills in clinical laboratories and scientific research laboratories, as well as in medicine and biology. The degree provides extensive theoretical knowledge in the sciences, alongside clinical skills and training in hospital laboratories. Courses in the degree program include mathematics, physics, computer science, general and organic chemistry, cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, physiology, microbiology, statistics, cell biochemistry, immunology, cell biology, general and molecular genetics, and more.
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
What graduates work as
- Medical and Pathological Laboratory Technologymost commonConducting clinical tests on body fluid and tissue samples to obtain information about a person’s health or the cause of death.
- Biology, Botany and ZoologyStudying living organisms, their interactions with one another, and their interactions with their environment, to solve health and environmental problems.
- 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.
Which industries they work in
- Health services51%
- Public Administration and Security; Compulsory National Insurance14%
- Education7%
Employment rate above average 83% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies
Graduates' salaries are below average: ₪13,400 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies
Most graduates go on to a master's degree
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/870checked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.il /…/210checked 2 Oct 2026
Admitted students and graduates
for this program at this institution
- Program length: 3 years
- On-time graduation rate 75% of students
- Average bagrut score of admitted students: 99 points
- Average psychometric score: 500 points
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
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 אקדמייםchecked 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