THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ISRAEL

THE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION

(An advisory committee entrusted to counsel the government on the development and funding
of higher education)

Universities Regional colleges Trade and Foreign

vocational schools universities
University-
mandated satellite Public Private Bachelor’s
Teaching

Research

campuses degree
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s
Bachelor’s degree degree
Law
Master’s degree Doctoral
Bachelor’s degree
degree Management
Doctoral degree
Master’s Technology
degree
Teacher
Doctoral development
degree
Paramedical
sciences

Sports

The cultural and

culinary skills

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
• Academic programs in a broad spectrum of • The language of instruction in almost all of
fields. the institutions of higher education is
Hebrew.
• University-level education can be received • The tuition fees in the private universities
in regional colleges in evening classes. are significantly higher than in the publicly
funded institutions.
• The Open University offers undergraduate
and graduate courses and is based on
distance-teaching.
• The Israeli higher education is highly
respected in the USA.