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PPE – Philosophy, Economics, Political Science

Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc)

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Admission requirements

Intake for the 2026/27 academic year

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

suitability score

  • The suitability score meets the required admission thresholdacademic year: 2026/27Acceptance threshold: 680Rejection threshold: 670
  • And meeting the required task

Regular track

Psychometric exam

  • Psychometric score (general) of 720 or higher and eligibility for a bagrut certificate that meets the university's requirements and meeting the required task

These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.

For every track

  • At least Advanced B level
  • A short essay describing areas of interest and plans for the future, and in particular the reasons for your interest in the PPE program (up to 300 words).
  • Applicants are also asked to choose a controversial economic or social policy issue and discuss it, giving arguments for and against. Applicants must explain their position on the issue (up to 500 words).
  • The program was selected as the first preference
  • A grade of 70 or higher in mathematics at 5 units in the bagrut, or a grade of 80 or higher in mathematics at 4 units in the bagrut; or a score of at least 138 in the quantitative reasoning section of the psychometric exam

The Hebrew terms

suitability scoreציון התאמהadmission thresholdציון סףpsychometric examפסיכומטריpsychometric scoreציון פסיכומטריeligibility for a bagrut certificateזכאות לבגרותbagrutבגרותAdvanced B levelמתקדמים ב'applicantמועמדunitsיח"לquantitative reasoningחשיבה כמותית

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  • Source:The institution's sitego.tau.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27

What you study

Tel Aviv University's PPE honors program is designed to train the next generation of researchers, public servants, and leaders. You can continue to a master's degree in any of the program's fields: philosophy, economics, or political science.

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%

Employment rate above average: 89% of graduates are employed 3–4 years after completing their studies

Graduate salaries are above average ₪31,200 average monthly salary 5–6 years after graduation

Most graduates go on to a master's degree(average across universities)

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students: 106 points
  • Average psychometric score 700 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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