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Special Education + Teaching Certificate

University of Kiryat Shmona in the GalileeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 95 or moreTeacher training

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Admission requirements

These requirements are incomplete — the full list is on the institution's site

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

Regular track

Psychometric score or weighted score based on the bagrut average and the psychometric score or composite

  • Psychometric score or weighted score based on the bagrut average and the psychometric score or composite: 570. The admissions committee range starts from a score of 520.

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Bagrut average

  • Eligibility for a bagrut certificate with an average of 95. The admissions committee range starts at an average of 85.

Special track

Review of exceptional cases

  • The admissions committee will consider admitting exceptional applicants in special cases, including expanding access to higher education, belonging to specific populations, or personal circumstances unique to the field of study. Exceptional applicants may not exceed 10%.

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

For every track

  • Applicants whose first language is not Hebrew and who took the psychometric exam in a language other than Hebrew and/or whose high school language of instruction was not Hebrew must present a score of at least 110 on the Yael exam.
  • Personal interview.
  • English level placementApplicants who do not have a psychometric score are required to take the Amirnet exam.

The Hebrew terms

psychometric scoreציון פסיכומטריpsychometric examפסיכומטריweighted scoreציון משוקללbagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותadmissions committeeועדת קבלהeligibility for a bagrut certificateזכאות לבגרותbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותreview of exceptional casesועדת חריגיםapplicantמועמד

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.

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 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.

Periphery 44 grant

This institution is not part of the Periphery 44 grant

This field at other institutions

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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