Tuition exemption guidelines

• Exemption from a CHE-recognized Israeli institution or from a foreign university.
• Exemptions in an MA program are only granted for courses taken as part of a master’s program in a recognized academic institution.
• Courses audited at Bar-Ilan (except EFL and Hebrew expository writing) for which the student paid the full rate and the exemption was recognized for the bachelor's degree.
• Courses audited at Bar-Ilan (except EFL and Hebrew expository writing) for high school students.
• Undergraduate students who had received academic approval to take master’s degree courses in their last year of studies and then continue on with their MA immediately upon completion of the BA, are academically and financially exempt from up to a total of 6 annual hours for those courses (provided that they were surplus hours in the BA degree and that the accumulated percent for the BA was above the required minimum).
• Hesder yeshiva graduates or students at the Bar-Ilan Institute for Advanced Torah Studies (the Kollel) who are eligible for a full exemption from 10 annual hours of basic Jewish studies will receive academic and monetary exemption in accordance with the standard annual hours rate.

• Courses audited at Bar-Ilan (except EFL and Hebrew writing skills) for which the student paid the full rate and the exemption was recognized for the bachelor's degree are credited at 4.7% per annual hour.

The exemption will only be granted to students who made all required payments as per tuition policy, and whose accumulated tuition percentage has not yet reached % tuition for degree.

• Exemption from institutions not recognized by the CHE.
• Exemptions in the master’s degree based on recognition of a course taken at a non-master’s degree level.
• Waivers in the teaching certificate program are academic only and do not grant monetary credit. The charge for such waivers is made at the time of request for graduation.
• Upon receipt of academic exemption that does not provide monetary credit, the student tuition account shall be charged with a supplement of the percentage tuition given in lieu of the exemption.
• Tuition charges apply in the year the exemption was recorded, in accordance with tuition policy corresponding to the student’s degree program. 
• Students who obtained academic exemptions that do not provide monetary credit, may take other courses beyond the requirements of their own study program in exchange – but only in the fall or spring semesters (not in summer session).
  To take advantage of this benefit, students must submit a request to the Curriculum Planning Office for course substitution at the standard rate.
  This policy decision does not include courses repeated or failed.
• For an academic exemption granted prior to the 2019-2020 academic year only, calculation of exemption from minimum tuition is performed upon receipt of request for degree completion, via the In-Bar portal (personal information).
  If the exemption request is academic only, the academic credit is granted upon degree completion.
• Students who completed the academic requirements for their degree/certificate and did not reach the minimum tuition required will be charged at the time they submit their request for graduation.