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Special Education

University of HaifaBachelor of Arts (B.A)

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Admission based on sekhem score

  • Sekhem: 600 or higher (waitlist range – 570–599)
  • English level placement: Pre-Basic level or higher based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 100 or higher on the Yaelnet exam or the Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa (conditional admission in the first year until a score of 120 is achieved), or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • Applicants below the waiting-list range (570) – admission is at the department’s discretion.
  • ∙ Submission of a resume
  • ∙ Admissions interview (at the department’s discretion)

Through a preparatory program

Admission through the University of Haifa mechina programs — direct admission to a degree(our wording)

  • Average grade of 90 or higher in the University of Haifa mechina
  • English level placement: Basic level or higher, based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 100 or higher on the Yaelnet exam or the Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa (conditional admission in the first year until a score of 120 is achieved), or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • ∙ Submission of a resume
  • ∙ Admissions interview (at the department’s discretion)

Special track

Admission through the Ofek track toward a degree — based on a bagrut certificate — without a psychometric exam(our wording)

  • Full bagrut certificate with a weighted bagrut average of 95 or higher
  • English level placement: Pre-Basic level or higher based on the Amirnet exam or the English section of the psychometric exam
  • Hebrew level placement: a score of 100 or higher on the Yaelnet exam or the Hebrew placement test at the University of Haifa (conditional admission in the first year until a score of 120 is achieved), or successful completion of an academic Hebrew course as part of the university mechina
  • Successfully completing 4 courses with a grade of 80 or higher during the first semester of studies
  • ∙ Submission of a resume
  • ∙ Admissions interview (at the department’s discretion)
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Admission for applicants who hold a degree from a recognized academic institution

  • Degree average: 80 or higher
  • ∙ Submission of a resume
  • ∙ Admissions interview (at the department’s discretion)

Admission through the transfer pathway from The Open University of Israel

  • Admission without a psychometric exam is possible through the Open University of Israel transfer tracks
  • The shaded courses must be completed at the Open University of Israel. Taking additional courses from the equivalency table is optional. Students must earn a grade of 70 or higher in each course taken from the equivalency table, and achieve an overall average grade of 90 or higher.
  • Students who complete their studies with the required minimum grades (listed below) will be eligible for admission to the second year of the Special Education department at the University of Haifa. They will need to complete the introductory courses Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, Introduction to Educational Counseling, Introduction to Learning Environments, Teaching and Instruction, and Introduction to Learning, which are taught in the department in the first year and are not offered by the Open University.
  • Admission to the requested department in the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa is guaranteed to anyone who meets all the requirements of the relevant course cluster, with no additional admission requirements.
  • A student who successfully completes these courses with an average grade of 80 or higher but lower than 90 may submit an application to the department's admissions committee.
  • The programs in the Education departments are double-major programs. Therefore, applicants must register for a bachelor's degree in an additional department at the University and meet the university-wide and department-specific admission requirements of the second department, whether these are the department's regular admission requirements or the requirements for transferring to an additional department with which the Open University has a transfer pathway agreement.
  • All students in the Faculty, except those exempt from English studies at the University of Haifa based on an English placement test or on previous studies at a recognized academic institution, must complete Advanced 2 level in English.
  • Applicants whose high school language of instruction was not Hebrew and/or who did not take the psychometric exam in Hebrew must receive a score on the Yael exam (Hebrew proficiency test).

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

sekhemסכםwaitlist rangeטווח המתנהlevel placementסיווג רמהPre-Basic levelטרום בסיסיBasic levelבסיסיAmirnet examאמירנטpsychometric examפסיכומטריYaelnet examיעל"נטplacement testמבחן סיווג רמהmechinaמכינה

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What you study

Our student community is waiting for you, with a supportive environment and a great desire to change the world.

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.

After the degree

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 universities)

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

Admitted students and graduates

average across universities

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