Admission Requirements for Undergraduates Studies for Those With a Foreign Matriculation Diploma (2024-2025)

Acceptance to the university is conditional upon successfully passing the English proficiency exam (AMIRAM/AMIRNET) of the National Institute for Testing & Evaluation (NITE) with a score of 85 **

**  Excluding the Department of English Literature and Linguistics, for which a score of 120 is required & the Medical Imaging program, for which a score of 100 is required  

Sign-up for AMIRAM exam

Sign up for AMIRNET exam  

Alternative exams to the AMIRAM/AMIRNET: 

The minimum score in the English proficiency exams in English are the threshold scores for admission. As part of the requirements for completing your BA studies, you will be required to take courses in English.

High school graduates from English-speaking countries are exempt from the English proficiency exam.

Admission is subject to successfully passing a Hebrew proficiency exam with a score of 105 (excluding the Medical Imaging program, Psychology single-major, and Social Work)

Medical Imaging program, Psychology single-major, and Social Work = score of 120

Register for the YAEL exam

Register for the YAELNET exam

The following are exempt from the YAEL\YAELNET exam, but might have to do an internal Hebrew exam:

• Mechinat Olim graduates (completed Rama Daled at least)
• Examinees of the Psychometry in Hebrew
• Mechina 30+ graduates
• B'china Yerushalmit with a score of "Good"
• Ulpan graduates from a recognized university with an exemption
• Individual cases will be evaluated on an individual basis

Some years an intensive summer mechina is available for those interested. Please be in contact with [email protected] for more information.

Important note:
SAT or ACT scores must be sent through the official channels during registration.

Screenshots of scores are not considered official.

• SAT scores, please request through College Board: College Board (code: 0967)
• ACT scores, please request through ACT board: ACT Board (code: 0967)
• Psychometric scores, if not requested at exam registration time, please request through NITE: NITE 

It is highly recommended to take the exam no later than April – otherwise, admission is based on availability!

Below is a list of foreign diplomas that can be converted to an Israeli Bagrut equivalent.

Applicants from countries not listed below must apply with an SAT/ACT/Psychometric score:

Australia

Canada

United Kingdom

France

Germany

International Baccalaureate (IB)

Italy

The Netherlands

United States

Switzerland

South Africa

You can calculate your chances of admission here in the Bar-Ilan University Admissions calculator 

How to input scores: 

• Overall grade from the Mechina L'Olim (ציון בגרות משוקלל) 
• Mathematics score and units  (ציון בגרות במתמטיקה, יח"ל )  
• English score and units (ציון בגרות באנגלית, יח"ל) - Those who received an exemption from English course (מתקדמים א, ב, פטור), should input a score of 95 with 5 יח"ל
• Psychometry, overall score (ציון בחינה פסיכומטרי)  
• Psychometry, mathematics score (ציון מתמטיקה בפסיכומטרי) 

Note: 

• Graduates who receive a Mathematics score in a 4 יח"ל course, input a bonus of 5 points to the ציון בגרות משוקלל

• Graduates who receive a Mathematics score in a 5 יח"ל course, input a bonus of 10 points for the ציון בגרות משוקלל

• Graduates who received an exemption from studying English (4 or 5 יח"ל), should input a score of 95 with 5 יח"ל

• Courses of study that require psychometric scores - also apply to graduates of the Mechina L'Olim 

At any stage, you are welcome to contact the Department for Olim and schedule an appointment: [email protected]

For those interested in studying Economics:

For graduates of Mechina L'Olim only, without the need for psychometry/SAT/ACT:

(1) Final overall grade from the Mechina L'Olim (including bonuses) = 100

(2) 4 יח"ל mathematics, final grade = 93

OR

(2) 5 יח"ל mathematics, final grade = 78

Admission based on an academic degree recognized by the Higher Education Council

• Admission is evaluated on an individual basis and the academic relevance of the existing degree to the degree in which the candidate wishes to study. List of department in which there is admission based on a previous academic degree
• Admission is without psychometry\SAT\ACT (except in the Faculty of Law, detailed information on the faculty website) and based on an academic exemption from English language studies in the previous degree
• A degree taught in the Hebrew language will grant the candidate an academic exemption from the obligation to study Hebrew

Bar-Ilan University salutes you - the men and women who serve in the reserves and security forces who have been harnessed for the past months to the mission of defending the state.

This important task prevented you from devoting the necessary time to studying for the psychometric exam. In order not to harm your chances of being admitted, we have created a special admission track without a need for psychometry/SAT/ACT score for the 2024-2025 year.

• Eligibility will be given to candidates who served in the reserves 60 days or more in 2023 (starting from 7.10.23) or those who served more than 28 days in 2024 (starting from 1.1.24), as well as to active security forces who served in 2024 during the Iron Swords war.

• Registration for this track will be closed after the quotas of applicants asking for exceptional admission of all types are filled, or on July 1, 2024, whichever comes first.

• The admission will be based solely on foreign diploma in addition to meeting the general admission requirements until 1.7.24

• Reserve men and women who have served the minimum required number of days, as detailed above, will present a certificate attesting to the period of service. Those in active security forces will present a certificate from an officer with the rank of major or higher (or equivalent) attesting that they served on an unusual scale during 2024 due to the war.

For a preliminary check and conversion of foreign diplomas please email [email protected]