Renewable Natural Resources
Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBachelor 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
Renewable Natural Resources Renewable Natural Resources | Admission based on the psychometric exam or Netiv La'Akademia exam(our wording)
- Quantitative sekhem: 575
- English level: Advanced B level
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Renewable Natural Resources Renewable Natural Resources | Admission based on the bagrut certificate only(our wording)
- Bagrut average: 100
- Mathematics: 80/4 or 60/5
- English level: Advanced B level
Regular track
Renewable Natural Resources Renewable Natural Resources (Sde Boker) | Admission based on the psychometric exam or Netiv La'Akademia exam(our wording)
- Quantitative sekhem: 575
- English level: Advanced B level
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Renewable Natural Resources Renewable Natural Resources (Sde Boker) | Admission based on the bagrut certificate only(our wording)
- Bagrut average: 100
- Mathematics: 80/4 or 60/5
- English level: Advanced B level
Regular track
Applicants with a foreign high-school diploma
- Admission requirements for applicants with a foreign high-school diploma whose bagrut average cannot be calculated, and therefore whose quantitative sekhem cannot be calculated: psychometric exam 600 and a quantitative reasoning component score of 125, and a mathematics subject on the high-school graduation certificate; or SAT score 1150 and a quantitative reasoning component score of 650, and a mathematics subject on the high-school graduation certificate
- English level: Advanced B level
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
- Policy for review of exceptional cases:Applicants who meet the English requirements and whose quantitative sekhem is up to 20 points below the required score will be reviewed by the department’s admissions committee based on all their data. 2. Applicants who meet the admission requirements with English at Advanced A level will be reviewed by the department’s admissions committee based on all their data.
- Review of exceptional cases is subject to available places in the department and may take place at different times during the registration period.
- Applicants with an academic background: 1. An applicant who meets the admission cutoff will be admitted without needing to submit transcripts. 2. An applicant who does not meet the admission cutoff will be referred for review by the department’s admissions committee after submitting an up-to-date transcript. Provided that they have an English level placement and eligibility for a bagrut certificate.
- The award of a bachelor's degree in Renewable Natural Resources is subject to approval by the Council for Higher Education. Ben-Gurion University is not currently authorized to award a bachelor's degree in Renewable Natural Resources, and authorization to award the degree is subject to approval by the Council for Higher Education. If the program is not accredited, a bachelor's degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences will be awarded by Ben-Gurion University. Applicants must sign a statement in the Department of Renewable Natural Resources declaring that they are aware of this information.
- The language of instruction in the program is English
The Hebrew terms
psychometric examפסיכומטריNetiv La'Akademia examנתיב לאקדמיהsekhemסכםquantitative reasoningחשיבה כמותיתAdvanced B levelמתקדמים ב'bagrut certificateתעודת בגרותbagrutבגרותbagrut averageממוצע בגרותapplicantמועמדforeign high-school diplomaבגרות חו"ל
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- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
The 21st century is marked by a constant threat to the environment, to the point of destabilizing natural and agricultural systems. Conserving, restoring, and renewing natural resources are at the heart of modern solutions to environmental problems.
- Source:The institution's sitebgu.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
Money
How the institution is funded
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Tuition2026/27
Annual tuition for a full-time bachelor's degree program in the 2026/27 academic year: ₪12,203.
Periphery 44 grant
only for programs at the Eilat campus
Who: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.
per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026
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