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Ono Academic CollegeBachelor of Nursing (B.S.N)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 85 or more

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

What do you need to be admitted?

  • Bagrut average of 85 or higher and psychometric exam score of 520 or higher
  • Hebrew at Advanced level (Yael exam score – 100).

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

What is required for admission / Unique admission tracks(our wording)

  • Combat soldiers in regular service, reservists, evacuees from the confrontation line, and first-degree family members whose loved ones fell or were murdered in the Iron Swords War – admission to a degree based only on a bagrut average (85 or higher) and meeting the admission interview requirement.

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Science Excellence Track

  • Bagrut average of 100 or higher
  • At least 5 units of advanced study in one of the science subjects (for example: biology, chemistry, physics, or mathematics, computer science).
  • Hebrew at Advanced level (Yael exam score of 105 or higher)

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Bagrut Excellence Track

  • Bagrut average of 103 or higher
  • Hebrew at Advanced level (Yael exam score of 105 or higher)

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Admission criteria for graduates of the Health Sciences track

  • Average of 90 or higher in studies in the track
  • Overall bagrut average (including bonus points) of 85 or higher
  • 12th-grade students – conditional admission, subject to presenting a bagrut certificate by the end of the first semester
  • Hebrew – Advanced level (Yael exam score of 110) or an exam administered by the Hebrew Unit of Ono Academic College

Special track

“Transfer Pathway” program

  • “Transfer Pathway” program – admission to a degree program for applicants with a bagrut certificate average of 85, without a psychometric exam. Admission to the program is conditional on passing an admissions interview and meeting all the academic requirements of the track.

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

  • Admission interview
  • English at Advanced A level (Amiram exam score of 100 or higher)

The Hebrew terms

bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותpsychometric examפסיכומטריYael examיע"לadmission trackמסלול קבלהcombat soldiersלוחמיםreservistsמשרתי מילואיםevacueesמפוניםunitsיח"לbonus pointsבונוסים

What you study

The nursing curriculum combines in-depth theoretical and academic content with practical and clinical experience. The program provides the clinical and academic knowledge and skills required for nursing work in different settings, and includes preparation for the licensing exams for registered nurses. Courses in the degree include: Introduction to Nursing Sciences, Fundamentals of General Chemistry: Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology and Immunology, Developmental Psychology, Fundamentals of Drug Therapy, Pathology, Genetics and Embryology, Geriatric Nursing, Community Nursing, and clinical experience.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Nursing (Registered Nurses)most commonProviding care, support, and nursing services to patients. Planning and managing care, supervising healthcare workers, and collaborating with medical and other teams.
  • Midwiferymost commonPlanning, managing, evaluating, and providing care services for women before and during pregnancy, during childbirth, and afterward. Providing care for women and newborns independently or as part of a team.
  • Healthcare Services Managementmost commonPlanning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating clinical medical services and community health services in hospitals, private clinics, public health funds, and similar organizations.

Which industries they work in

  • Health services51%
  • Public Administration and Security; Compulsory National Insurance33%
  • Local government7%

Employment rate is above average 90% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies(average across colleges)

Graduates' salaries are similar to average: ₪16,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across colleges)

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 4 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students 93 points
  • Average psychometric score: 440 points

Money

How the institution is funded

Non-budgeted institutions

Tuition

At academic institutions that are not funded by the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC), tuition is set by the institution itself.

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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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