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Philosophy, Economics & Political Science

Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor of Arts (B.A)

Admission without the psychometric exam — see belowRegistration closedas checked on 2 Oct 2026

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Admission requirements

Intake for the 2026/27 academic year

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Required bagrut average for direct admission

  • Direct admission 11.3 (deserving advancement category 10.95)

Regular track

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

  • Admission threshold for the department: 23.000. 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% (applies to all mechina tracks)

Regular track

Required psychometric score for direct admission (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Direct admission 725 (deserving advancement category 690)
For adults and those who have studied before5

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)

Transfer track from The Open University of Israel

  • Admission requirements for the second yearA transfer track from The Open University of Israel is available
  • English exemption required
  • Hebrew exemption for holders of a non-Israeli bagrut certificate
  • Students admitted to the combined program at Hebrew University must have an exemption from English as a foreign language studies.
  • You must take the courses listed in the equivalency table below at the Open University and complete them with an average grade of at least 90. In addition, a grade of at least 90 is required in Introduction to Microeconomics 10131 and Introduction to Macroeconomics 10126.
  • The transfer track allows applicants to apply to the combined program, but does not guarantee admission. For the 2026/27 academic year, the Hebrew University will admit up to 3 students to the combined program who meet the requirements listed below. The track requirements will then be reviewed. If more than 3 students meet the requirements listed below in that year, the Hebrew University will consider admitting them based on considerations of diversity and excellence.

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

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

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

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 scorePsychometric general multi-domain score, psychometric quantitative-oriented score

Registration closed

On the institution's site:

  • Registration for PPE studies for the 2026/27 academic year is closed.

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

Most economic considerations and decisions have a political aspect, and every policy has an economic aspect involving the allocation and distribution of resources.

A bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Economics and Political Science (PEP) provides tools and an interdisciplinary knowledge base for understanding how societies and social institutions function or should function. The program combines knowledge in economics, public policy and politics. The curriculum includes core studies and elective courses in all 3 fields: economics, philosophy and political science. Courses in the degree include Introduction to Economics, Introduction to Political Science: Concepts and Approaches, Introduction to Ethics and Political Philosophy, History of Modern Philosophy, Principles of Political Economy and more.

After the degree

What graduates work as

  • Economicsmost commonResearch, monitoring data, analyzing information, preparing reports and plans, and providing advice to solve business and economic problems. Developing models to analyze patterns in the economy, explain them and predict them.

Which industries they work in

  • Computer programming, computer consulting, and other related services46%
  • Head Office Services; Management Consulting Services11%

Above-average employment rate: 88% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies

Graduate salaries are above average ₪27,400 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 75% of students
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students 105 points
  • Average psychometric score 680 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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