Tuition fees for Teaching certificate

The main tuition components for a teaching certificate are explained in the table below:

Table

Item	Charges	Description
Base tuition for the current academic year	16,239 ILS	Base degree tuition for Israeli students is set by the Council for Higher Education. For the 2025-26 academic year – 16,239 ILS linked to the CPI from July 2025. Tuition for foreign students is 25% above the base tuition for Israeli teaching certificate students. This sum corresponds to 100% tuition for full-time studies.
Supplemental fees	For the 2025-26 academic year: Social-services – 341 ILS Security – 685 ILS	Supplemental fees – security and social services. These fees are not a component of tuition and are charged each academic year..
% tuition required for degree	100%	Minimum 100% tuition for teaching certificate
Standard years for degree	2	Standard number of years – 2
Standard annual hours for degree		Number of annual hours of study required for the student’s chosen degree program. Prerequisite hours are charged separately.
Number of annual hours for tuition calculation		Number of annual hours enrolled in practice (not including prerequisite courses). In calculating tuition, an annual hour is considered a full hour.

Tuition is updated on the 15^th day of each month, and will under no circumstances be lower than the tuition established by the Council for Higher Education.

Tuition for summer courses, special exam periods, surcharges, surplus annual hours and prerequisite annual hours is linked to the CPI of July 2025 and updated on the 15^th of every month.

Tuition calculation guidelines

Table

% annual tuition

% tuition for degree × number of annual hours this year standard credit hours for degree

Annual tuition

% annual tuition × base tuition for current academic year

Rate for surplus annual hours

After the standard annual hours for the degree have been accumulated, enrolled hours are considered surplus annual hours.

Rate for surplus annual hours –

4.7% per annual hour × base tuition for current academic year

Assignment submission in a year in which student is not registered for courses.

10% of current annual base tuition. Supplemental fees are not incurred.

Academic waivers

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.

*Summer tuition will be announced prior to the start of the summer session.

Tuition for foreign students is 25% above the base tuition that applies for that year.

Additional Topics

Supplementing to minimum

Students enrolled in a teaching certificate program only (with no additional degree) are charged based on a calculation of 100% tuition spanning the first two years of studies. It is based on enrolled course load percentage but no less than 25% tuition in a single academic year.

Prolonged study surcharge

Students enrolled in a teaching certificate program only (with no additional degree) who prolong their studies beyond the standard years for the degree (including leaves of absence) incur a surcharge of 10% of base tuition for each year of prolonged studies, in addition to the standard tuition for the year.

Combining a teaching certificate + bachelor’s degree

Students combining study for a teaching certificate and a BA are charged no less than 300% tuition for their bachelor’s degree and no less than 100% tuition for their teaching certificate studies.

Students are charged an additional 10% tuition beginning with a second year in which courses were for the teaching certificate only and none for the other degree.

Prerequisite course credit hours

Students who have been accepted to a teaching certificate program with prerequisite course requirements are charged 4.7% of base tuition of the current year for each additional annual hour.

This fee is not included in the aggregated tuition required for meeting 100% minimum tuition requirements.

Hebrew expository writing

Teaching students who register for a Hebrew writing expository course will be charged for the course per bachelor's degree policy.

Students studying toward more than one teaching certificate

Students taking on two teaching certificates are charged a minimum of 150% (not including prerequisites for the teaching certificate) for both teaching certificates, in parallel studies of two teaching certificates and in consecutive studies with a gap of up to three years.

Tuition is calculated for each teaching certificate separately as described in the policy document, each independent of the other (supplemental fees are charged only once).
Students are charged no less than full tuition (a minimum of 100% tuition) for one teaching certificate and a minimum of 50% tuition for the second one.
Students whose tuition comes to less than 25% are charged a minimum of 25% of base tuition for each teaching certificate separately.

The Tuition Office

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290000
Tuition Office request form

Zoom hours: Sun., Tues., Thurs.10 a.m.-12 noon Zoom link during specified hours

Office hours: Sun., Tues., Thurs.10 a.m.-12 noon Building 404, Room 001

(On Mon., Wed., Fri., fast days, eves of holidays, holidays and Memorial Day – the office is closed to the public)

Tuition Office request form->

To issue a payment voucher or for service on general study-related or administrative matters, contact the Services and Recruitment Center

Department staff:

Head of Tuition Services and Curriculum Planning – Avital Amar

Deputy Head – Iris Gal Raveh

Head of Tuition Office – Hana Tawili

Tuition Office staff: Aharon Hen,

Granit Goren, Sharon Gutman, Avi Amir, Tamy Cohen, Shir Aviv Dahan, Shelly Elias.