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Statistics and Data Science

Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor of Science (B.Sc)

Admission without the psychometric exam — see belowRegistration closedas checked on 2 Oct 2026

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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

Required bagrut average for direct admission

  • Direct admission 11.00 (deserving advancement category 10.65)

Regular track

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and bagrut (department admission threshold)(our wording)

  • The admission threshold for the department is 20.750. Explanations of how it is calculated at the link

Through a preparatory program

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a mechina

  • 50%/50% (applies to all mechina tracks)

Regular track

Required psychometric score for direct admission (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Direct admission 675 (deserving advancement category 640)
For adults and those who have studied before6

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam and a bachelor’s degree

  • 50%/50% (does not apply when applicants with a degree are admitted directly)

Admission requirements for the second year

  • English exemption required
  • Hebrew exemption for holders of a non-Israeli bagrut certificate
  • Minimum psychometric score of 600, general multi-domain score
  • Completion of at least 1 academic year at an institution recognized by the Council for Higher Education, with at least 32 credit points
  • Compatibility between previous studies and the department's requirements
  • Applicants must meet the requirements for moving on to the second year at the institution where they studied.
  • An average grade of 80 or higher is required in the department in which they wish to continue their studies.
  • The number of available places is limited. The most suitable applicants will be admitted following discussion by the department's admissions committee.

Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate

  • Direct admission for holders of a bachelor's degree/doctorate is available for holders of a doctorate only

Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies

  • Weighted score based on the psychometric exam, bagrut, and partial academic studies. Relevant admission track. Contact the Registration and Admissions Office to check your chances of admission

Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and older (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate)

  • Psychometric score for direct admission for applicants aged 30 and over (for those eligible for a bagrut certificate). Relevant admission track

Transfer track from The Open University of Israel

  • Admission requirements for the second yearA transfer track from The Open University of Israel is available
  • The Department of Statistics and Data Science undertakes to admit to the second year students who have successfully completed courses 1–5 at the Open University of Israel, as listed in the equivalency table below, and have met the English requirements (see the English Studies section).
  • Following changes to this track, students who wish to begin their studies at the Hebrew University through this track in the 2024/25 academic year or later will be required to earn a minimum grade of 75 in each of courses 1–5 in the equivalency table below.
  • The guaranteed admission requirements below apply only to admission to the Department of Statistics. Applicants seeking admission to a double major in Statistics must meet the admission requirements of the additional department through an appropriate transfer track (if one has been defined), or by another route.
  • Students seeking to transfer to the Department of Statistics at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem through the transfer track must begin their studies in the department no later than 5 years after taking the first course in the equivalency table at the Open University of Israel.
  • As a rule, under Hebrew University requirements, applicants to the second year or above must submit to the Registration and Admissions Office confirmation of a university exemption from English studies.

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

  • Minimum English levelScore of 85/Basic level
  • Score of 105, required in cases where the language of instruction in high school is not Hebrew
  • A bagrut exam in Mathematics at 4 units or higher, with a grade of at least 60.
  • Alternative to the bagrut mathematics requirement based on courses at The Open University of IsraelCompletion of Differential and Integral Calculus A (20406) or Infinitesimal Calculus 1 (20474) is an alternative for those who took the mathematics bagrut exam at 4 units or higher.
  • Mechina students from the Hebrew University who study at the 3-unit level as part of the Humanities and Social Sciences mechina may appeal to the appeals committee.
  • Completing the courses Differential and Integral Calculus A and B (20406 and 20423) is an alternative for applicants who took the mathematics bagrut exam at 3 units or more; their grade will be the average of the grades in the 2 courses. A grade of at least 60 is required.
  • Type of psychometric scorePsychometric general multi-domain score, psychometric quantitative-oriented score

Registration closed

On the institution's site:

  • Registration for Statistics and Data Science for the 2026/27 academic year is closed!

The Hebrew terms

bagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותadmission trackמסלול קבלהdirect admissionקבלה ישירה“deserving advancement” (affirmative-action category based on socio-economic criteria)ראויים לקידוםweighted scoreציון משוקללpsychometric examפסיכומטריadmission thresholdציון סףdepartmentחוגmechinaמכינה

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What you study

In response to the dramatic changes taking place around the world in the amount of data being collected and in methods for handling huge data files, the Department of Statistics and Data Science places greater emphasis on data science methods.

Statistics focuses on 2 main areas: collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting quantitative data, and developing models for forecasting, drawing conclusions, and making decisions under complex conditions of uncertainty. The Statistics and Data Science degree provides broad theoretical knowledge of statistical and mathematical models, along with applied tools. Students learn to independently develop computer tools for data analysis. Courses include calculus, linear algebra, introduction to programming, statistical inference, statistical models, multivariate analysis, data management and analysis using SAS and SQL, computational methods in statistics, and more.

After the degree

Graduates of related fields work as:

Related fields: Statistics

  • Mathematics, Actuarial Science and Statisticsmost commonResearch and development of concepts, theories, practical methods, and practical models, and their application to a wide range of tasks.
  • Bank or Post Office Clerical WorkProviding direct service to bank or post office customers regarding the receipt, exchange and payment of money, as well as providing postal services.
  • Credit and Loan ConsultingAnalyzing and evaluating financial information related to credit and loan applications, and approving or rejecting them.

Admitted students and graduates

for this program at this institution

  • Program length: 3 years
  • Average bagrut score of admitted students 105 points
  • Average psychometric score: 650 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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