Special Education (ages 6–21)

Shaanan Academic Religious Teachers’ CollegeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 92 or moreTeacher training

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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

Bachelor’s degree registration – women: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)

Bagrut average of 92 or higher

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Bachelor’s degree registration – women: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)

Applicants with a bagrut certificate who pass an admission interview and whose bagrut average is between 85–92, or mechina graduates with a grade of 92 or higher
Admission based on studies and an appropriate grade from designated pre-academic mechinot across the country, as follows: designated for engineering and exact sciences, designated for natural and life sciences, and designated for social sciences and humanities.

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Bachelor’s degree registration – men: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)

Bagrut average of 92 or higher

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Bachelor’s degree registration – men: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)

Applicants with a bagrut certificate who pass an admission interview and whose bagrut average is between 85–92, or mechina graduates with a grade of 92 or higher
Admission based on studies and an appropriate grade from designated pre-academic mechinot across the country, as follows: designated for engineering and exact sciences, designated for natural and life sciences, and designated for social sciences and humanities.

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.

The Hebrew terms

bachelor's degreeתואר ראשוןacademic yearשנת הלימודיםbagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהbagrut certificateתעודת בגרות

Source:The institution's siteshaanan.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27

What you study

Studies provide the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to provide academic and social support and promote students with special needs and various difficulties, such as cerebral palsy, blindness and hearing difficulties, complex learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, students on the autism spectrum, and more. In the second year of the degree, students can also enroll in a teacher-training certificate program.

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

After the degree

The degree awarded

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

What graduates work as

Special Education Teachingmost commonTeaching people of all ages with physical or mental disabilities, learning disabilities or special needs, and promoting their social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
Teaching in elementary schoolTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
Preschool EducationPromoting the social, physical and intellectual development of young children through educational activities and games.
Teaching in secondary schoolTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
Other work in the field of teachingProviding individual instruction in other subjects and educational counseling in schools.

Which industries they work in

Education68%

Graduate salaries below average: ₪11,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)

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

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026

Admitted students and graduates

average across all institutions

Program length: 3 years
Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
Average psychometric score: 550 points

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

Money

How the institution is funded

Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education

Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 4 Oct 2026

Special Education (ages 6–21)

Admission requirements

Bachelor’s degree registration – women: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)

Bachelor’s degree registration – women: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)

Bachelor’s degree registration – men: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)

Bachelor’s degree registration – men: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)

What you study

After the degree

Admitted students and graduates

Money

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