Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the NegevDoctor of Medicine (M.D.)
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Admission requirements
Intake for the 2026/27 academic year
Regular track
Joyce and Irving Goldman Medical School, single major | Admission based on the psychometric exam/Netiv La'Akademia exam [sekhem and, in addition, psychometric exam](our wording)
- Sekhem: 735
- Psychometric exam, general multi-domain score / Netiv La'Akademia exam: 680
- English level: Advanced B level
- Hebrew level for applicants required to demonstrate Hebrew proficiency: Level 6
- You may register for first preference only.
For adults and those who have studied before1
Advanced years in Medicine
- Published above in a separate tab. Please state in your email to the Registration Office that you are applying for the advanced years.
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
- Psychometric exam, December 2025 session, and Netiv La'Akademia exam, fall 2025/26 cohort — final date for screening.
- 09.04.2026 - Final date to submit the online form for a CV and transcripts from previous studies. A link to the CV form and transcript update form is available in the personal area for applicants. Applicants who do not submit the documents by this date will have their application disqualified outright.
- 05–07.5.2026 - Computerized screening test. - Will be held on Zoom
- 31.5.2026 — Special date for the computerized screening test after decisions by the review of exceptional cases committee — held on Zoom.
- 17.06–09.07.2026 - First-round admission interviews - Will be held on Zoom
- 19.7–31.07.2026 - Second-round admission interviews
- Exceptional cases for first year only:
- 1. Deserving advancement category — psychometric score of 660 and sekhem of 710 will be forwarded to the next selection stages.
- 2. Applicants who studied at the Ben-Gurion University or Technion mechina and are not eligible for a bagrut certificate — the sekhem will be calculated as 30% mechina average + 70% psychometric score.
- 3. Applicants who studied at the Ben-Gurion University or Technion mechina and are eligible for a bagrut certificate — the sekhem will be calculated as: 25% bagrut average + 25% mechina average + 50% psychometric score. Alternatively: 30% mechina average + 70% psychometric score — whichever of the 2 is higher.
- Applicants with an academic background from Israel only who do not meet the required sekhem may be considered if they meet one of the following options: 1. Psychometric exam score of 660 and an average grade of 95, with 60 credit points earned in a full course load over 3 consecutive semesters at the same institution. 2. Psychometric exam score of 660 and an average grade of 90, with 80 credit points earned in a full course load over 4 consecutive semesters at the same institution. 3. Bachelor's degree graduates with an average grade of 90 and a psychometric exam score of 660.
- 04–15.10.26 – Mandatory summer course for admitted students – at no cost.
Registration closed
On the institution's site:
- Registration status: closed
The Hebrew terms
single majorחד-חוגיpsychometric examפסיכומטריNetiv La'Akademia examנתיב לאקדמיהsekhemסכםgeneral (multi-domain) psychometric scoreרב-תחומיAdvanced B levelמתקדמים ב'applicantמועמדscreening testמבחן מיון ממוחשבreview of exceptional casesועדת חריגים“deserving advancement” (affirmative-action category based on socio-economic criteria)ראויים לקידום
Check your chances — the institution's calculator
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
From its inception, it has been based on the principles of service-learning, independent learning, and integration across the fields of basic sciences, behavioral sciences, public health, and clinical medicine. From the beginning of the first year, students meet a wide range of patients and acquire basic clinical skills while applying the scientific material they have learned.
The first 3 years of medical studies, at the end of which students receive a bachelor's degree, include preclinical studies and take place mostly at the medical school. The next stage is based on clinical studies, both theoretical and practical, in hospitals and other health services. The bachelor's degree studies include foundational courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics and Computer Science, as well as introductory courses in the life and medical sciences: Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Immunology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, and more.
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
What graduates work as
- Specialist Medicinemost commonDiagnosing, 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.
- Medical ResidencyThose who have received a Doctor of Medicine degree, completed the required year of internship and obtained a license to practice general medicine. After completing 4–7 years of residency, they can practice as specialists.
- General MedicineDiagnosing diseases, injuries, and physical and mental disabilities, treating them, and preventing them. Applying principles and procedures from modern medicine. Providing continuous, comprehensive medical care to individuals, families, and communities.
- Management of Other Professional ServicesPlanning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating the provision of professional and technical services.
Which industries they work in
- Health services44%
- Public Administration and Security; Compulsory National Insurance34%
- Local government9%
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
Money
How the institution is funded
Budgeted institutions
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 4 Oct 2026
Medicine: track and selection
Six-year programAfter high school
- 6 years(our wording)6-year medical studies program
The requirements are in the institution's words. Names and labels marked "our wording" are our own, written from the same page.
Selection stages
- 01Computerized screening test
- 02Interviews (2 rounds)(our wording)
- Computerized screening test05–07.5.2026 - Computerized screening test. - Will be held on Zoom
- Interviews (2 rounds)(our wording)17.06–09.07.2026 - First-round admission interviews - Will be held on Zoom
- Interviews (2 rounds)(our wording)19.7–31.07.2026 - Second-round admission interviews
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.il /…/medical-schoolchecked 2 Oct 2026
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.il /…/acceptance-conditionschecked 2 Oct 2026
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