Questions and answers

Start with a call to the registration office on *5033, or leave your details on the website. The information centre arranges a meeting with a study adviser, by phone or in person, where you find the right track and complete your registration.

Entitlement to a matriculation certificate or confirmation of completing a pre-academic preparatory programme (original), a psychometric score where required, an ID card and a passport photo (you can also have one taken on the spot). Graduates and practising teachers are also asked to bring official diplomas and transcripts.

The registration fee is NIS 400 and can be paid by any method. It is not part of tuition and is for submitting your application. During open week, new registrants receive a benefit.

Some bachelor's tracks require a psychometric score, and in some you can also be accepted through a preparatory programme. Your study adviser will check what the department you chose requires.

To register for a bachelor's degree you need entitlement to a matriculation certificate or confirmation of completing a pre-academic preparatory programme, and in some departments a psychometric score; in some tracks you can also be accepted through a preparatory programme. Each department sets its own threshold, so a study adviser will check with you what your track requires. In the social educational leadership programme, for example, admission requires a matriculation average or preparatory programme score of 85. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Applying is a short, personal process in four steps: a call to the registration office on *5033 or leaving your details on the website; an advice meeting with a study adviser (by phone or in person) where you choose a track; submitting your documents; and paying the NIS 400 registration fee against a receipt. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Both: call the registration office on *5033, or leave your details in the form on the website and a study adviser will call you back. The advice conversation can be held by phone or face to face. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Registration for the coming year is already open: call *5033 or leave your details on the website, and a study adviser will get back to you. Your study adviser will give you the registration and start dates for each track. It is worth applying early, because arranging payment and registering for courses happen about two months before studies begin. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Registration is open, and a study adviser accompanies you until the first day. You will get the registration and start dates for a particular track from your study adviser on *5033. It is worth applying early, because arranging payment and registering for courses happen about two months before studies begin. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

New registrants during open week receive a NIS 400 benefit, given on campus or by phone, and those who come to the campus also win the wheel of fortune benefit and a registration gift. It is best to arrange a time in advance on *5033.

Tuition at the college is at the university level and is set by the Council for Higher Education. It does not include additional charges. The tuition office and the study advisers will give you the exact amount for each track.

Yes. The college works with local authorities, youth centres, non-profits and Mifal HaPayis, and awards scholarships in return for volunteering hours; there are also external scholarships. The Dean of Students' office checks each student's eligibility. Technicians who want to retrain as teachers can receive a scholarship of up to NIS 16,000 if eligible.

There is an arrangement for students on reserve duty, subject to the regulations. The up-to-date details are with the tuition office, and you can also ask by phone on *5033.

All students pay an advance payment of NIS 2,400. Arranging payment and instalments is a condition for registering for courses, about two months before studies begin. Details are on the tuition office page.

For conversion or broadening a certification: up to 36 annual hours you pay 100% of tuition, and in the second year a further 25% where needed. From 37 annual hours upward: 125%.

The college works with local authorities, youth centres, non-profits and Mifal HaPayis, and awards scholarships in return for volunteering hours in the community. Mifal HaPayis allows one joint scholarship a year, and it depends on studying in both semesters.

Every student pays an advance of NIS 2,400, and arranging payment and instalments is a condition for registering for courses, about two months before studies begin. You can pay by credit card in instalments or by bank standing order; the guides and forms are on the tuition page of the website. A voice system answers 24 hours a day, and the tuition office staff answer Sunday to Thursday around noon.

For conversion or broadening a certification, up to 36 annual hours you pay 100% of tuition, and in the second year 25% where needed. From 37 annual hours upward you pay 125%. Tuition is set by the Council for Higher Education and does not include additional charges; you will get the exact amount for your track from a study adviser on *5033.

Joint scholarships are awarded together with local authorities, youth centres, non-profits and Mifal HaPayis, in return for volunteering hours in the community. Mifal HaPayis does not allow more than one joint scholarship a year, the college's part goes directly into the tuition account, and the scholarship depends on studying in both semester A and semester B. The Dean of Students' office checks eligibility; the announcement is updated during the summer. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The Ministry of Education has a support scheme to increase the number of people trained to teach subjects in shortage: a conditional loan that becomes a grant after joining the education system, according to the circular's terms. The Ministry decides who is eligible, and the college reports to it on students who meet the admission requirements and academic demands in the preferred subjects. Details from the study advisers on *5033.

Beyond the college's own scholarships there are external ones, for example PERACH, scholarships for discharged soldiers and the National Union of Israeli Students scholarships, and they are published on the website. The Dean of Students' office checks each student's eligibility and can point you in the right direction. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Tuition at Gordon Academic College is the standard university rate at institutions recognised by the Council for Higher Education, with no additional charges. The tuition office and the study advisers give the exact amount for each track. In addition there is an advance payment of NIS 2,400 and a registration fee of NIS 400 that is not part of tuition, and there are scholarships in return for volunteering hours. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Three years in the departments that run on a three-year format (for example mathematics for primary school, social and community education, science, language, Bible, literature, communication and Israeli culture), and four years in the four-year departments or in a two-department combination. The programme is between 90 and 106 credits.

Primary education, special education, early childhood, social and community education, English, mathematics, Hebrew language, Bible, literature, communication, Israeli culture and heritage, and science, sustainability and environment. You can study one department or combine two.

ROM is a programme for outstanding students with an educational vision, run with the Ministry of Education. It emphasises educational leadership, entrepreneurship and creativity, and offers an accelerated track: a bachelor's degree, a teaching certificate and a master's degree in four years.

Yes. New students on the full bachelor's and teaching certificate programme (four years) receive a free tablet as a working tool throughout their studies, in line with the regulations.

Placements in schools and kindergartens are a central part of the training. Every student is placed with a mentor teacher or kindergarten teacher and accompanied by a pedagogical instructor from the college. Each semester there is a week of five consecutive days of placement, and in the third year ten days at the start of the school year.

Absolutely. Some tracks have timetables that suit working students, such as the social educational leadership programme, the master's programmes and academic conversion. Ask the adviser for a sample timetable.

New students on the full bachelor's and teaching certificate programme (four years) receive a free tablet, according to the regulations. Students on the social educational leadership programme, without a teaching certificate, do not take part in the offer. Details from the study advisers on *5033.

The special education department, a four-year B.Ed and teaching certificate, trains teachers to teach students with learning disabilities, on the autism spectrum, with developmental intellectual disability and more, aged 6 to 21, in the classroom, in a small group and in one-to-one work, in the approach of "the home and the way". You can study in one department or two, for example with English or mathematics, and the placements are in schools and kindergartens. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

The early childhood department trains kindergarten teachers for educational work and for managing kindergartens, day care centres and nurseries, in a four-year B.Ed and teaching certificate. The emphasis is on the arts (children's literature, visual art, music, theatre and movement), values-based leadership and entrepreneurship, and studies include placements in educational settings. Graduates of the kindergarten track can broaden their certification to teach grades 1-2. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

The communication department combines communication studies, a bachelor's degree in education and a teaching certificate, with advanced technologies and an advanced filming studio on campus. You study in one department or two, to teach in primary school (grades 1-6) or middle school (grades 7-9). Graduates receive a degree in education and a teaching certificate in communication; the specialisations are not stated on the degree certificate. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Yes. The English department trains English teachers for primary school, in a four-year B.Ed and teaching certificate, with technology and varied teaching methods. You can study in two departments, combined with special education, and you can also spend a semester abroad in the Erasmus+ programme. For people with a degree there is also conversion to teaching English. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

The science, sustainability and environment department trains science teachers for primary school (grades 1-6) in a three-year B.Ed and teaching certificate, studied in two departments. You learn knowledge and inquiry skills through experiments, nature and sustainability, with an emphasis on climate change, and take department tours and learn in the field and the laboratory. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Yes. You choose one department (single-department) or combine two (two-department), depending on the department; for example special education combined with English or science, mathematics, language, Bible, literature, communication and Israeli culture. Some departments are three years and others four. A study adviser will help you build the combination. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

It is a distinctive three-year track that lets you combine work with study: a bachelor's degree in social and community education and general studies, a timetable adapted to people who work, an education worker's certificate and the option of a group facilitation certificate at a subsidised price. Students in it do not study for a teaching certificate. Admission with an education worker's certificate, single-department, requires a matriculation or preparatory programme average of 85. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The training for the degree and the teaching certificate has between 90 and 106 credits, depending on the department and track. Studies take three to four years and include practical placement in schools. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Every student has a mentor teacher and a pedagogical instructor from the college who accompany the placement in schools and kindergartens, so you can understand the classroom dynamics and try out teaching in practice. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

M.Ed degrees in educational systems management and organisation, in guidance, facilitation and learning, in innovation and technology in education, in inclusive education and in the teaching of mathematics, as well as the M.Teach: a master's degree with a teaching certificate for middle and high school.

Most programmes (without the thesis track) run in one calendar year, three semesters including the summer. There are tracks with and without a thesis, in the morning or the evening.

The M.Ed is a master's degree in education for people who already teach or work in education, for example in educational systems management, guidance, innovation and technology, inclusive education or mathematics teaching, in most cases in one calendar year. The M.Teach is a master's degree in teaching that also ends with a teaching certificate for middle and high school, in one of seven fields: mathematics, English, literature, Bible, language, communication or Israeli culture. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Yes. In the master's degree in educational systems management and organisation, for example, you can choose a research track with a thesis or a track without one, in the morning or the evening. A study adviser will detail what suits each programme. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

It is a three-semester M.Ed including the summer that connects pedagogy, technology and educational contexts, with artificial intelligence woven through the questions of how we teach, how we learn and how we assess, with practical experience and discussion of ethics and responsibility. You can leave with a Gordon AI in Education certificate, and add teaching of gifted and outstanding students. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

It is an M.Ed for educators and future principals, in one calendar year (three semesters including the summer), in the morning or the evening. You can choose a specialisation in management and leadership in emergencies or in organisational consulting and development (with Yozmot College), with or without a thesis. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The M.Ed in inclusive education is for educators, kindergarten teachers and professionals who want to lead the inclusion of students with special needs, including inclusion coordinator roles in school. You can add an applied behaviour analysis (ABA) pathway, which takes four semesters. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

A one-year programme (three semesters including the summer) in guidance, facilitation and learning, for educators and instructors, with practice in individual and group guidance. There is an early childhood pathway (birth to 3) with the Ministry of Labour and a new parent guidance pathway. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Yes: an M.Ed in mathematics teaching for primary and post-primary teachers, in one year including the summer, for deeper didactics and to prepare for leadership roles in school, in two tracks, primary and post-primary. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

In several master's programmes you can choose between morning and evening, for example educational systems management and organisation, to combine work and study; most programmes are one year (three semesters including the summer), with or without a thesis. Certificate studies such as ABA are held on Monday evenings. The exact details for each programme are with the study adviser. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

A track for people with an academic degree who want to become teachers, or teachers who want to broaden their certification. The programme is between 30 and 56 credits, depending on the department and your academic background.

Yes. There is a programme to retrain technicians to teach technological subjects: four semesters, one to one and a half days a week, with the option of completing a bachelor's degree within a year.

A bachelor's degree with a teaching certificate (B.Ed) is for people starting out from high school: you study three to four years, choose one or two departments and leave with a bachelor's degree in education and a teaching certificate. The condition is a matriculation certificate or a preparatory programme, and in some departments a psychometric score. Academic conversion is for people who already have an academic degree and want to become teachers: you do not study a new degree but complete 30 to 56 credits, depending on your background, with practical placement in schools, and leave with a teaching certificate. For conversion you bring a diploma and official transcripts. On both tracks you start with a call to the registration office on *5033 or the form on the website, and choose a track in a meeting with a study adviser; the registration fee is NIS 400. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

Conversion and certification broadening are for people with an academic degree, technicians and holders of a teaching certificate who want to broaden their certification. To register, bring diplomas and official transcripts, an ID card and a passport photo. The programme is 30 to 56 credits, depending on your background, and a study adviser will check with you what the subject you chose requires. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Conversion is a programme of 30 to 56 credits, depending on each student's background, so the duration is set in the advice meeting according to your background and subject. For example, conversion for technicians takes four semesters, one to one and a half days a week. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Yes, if you already have an academic degree: in conversion to teaching you do not study another bachelor's degree but a programme of 30 to 56 credits that ends with a teaching certificate, with placements in schools. You can choose a subject, for example mathematics, English, language, literature, communication, Israeli culture, early childhood or special education. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

You can retrain to teach mathematics, communication, English, Hebrew language, literature, Israeli culture, special education and early childhood (kindergarten teachers), and technicians can retrain to teach technological subjects. All of it is under the teaching certificate of Gordon Academic College, of 30 to 56 credits depending on your background. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Technician conversion trains people to teach technological subjects: electricity and electronics, industry and management, computing, mechanics, architecture and software. Studies are four semesters, one to one and a half days a week, so you can work alongside your studies. Eligible students receive a scholarship of up to NIS 16,000, and at the end you can complete a bachelor's degree within a year and join the system as an intern teacher. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The one-year programme (two semesters) replaces a matriculation certificate for admission to a degree. There is also a shortened one-semester programme for people with a matriculation certificate who want to improve their average, and a 30+ programme. Courses include mathematics, academic English, academic literacy and computer applications.

You can start with a pre-academic preparatory programme: the one-year programme (two semesters) replaces the matriculation certificate for admission to Gordon and to most higher education institutions. The admission requirements are 7 study units with at least a passing grade and 12 years of schooling. For people over 30 there is also a 30+ programme. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The one-year programme lasts two semesters, and completing it successfully replaces a matriculation certificate for admission to Gordon and to most higher education institutions (in the social sciences and humanities track). You study mathematics, English for academic purposes, academic literacy and computer applications, as well as enrichment courses and academic courses with credit toward the bachelor's degree. Admission requirements: 7 study units with at least a passing grade and 12 years of schooling. Would you like me to open the application form for you?

The shortened programme is one semester for people with a full matriculation certificate who want to improve their average. Those who complete it successfully can be placed in basic-level academic English, without the AMIRAM exam. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The 30+ programme is a one-semester track for people aged 30 and over, which lets you begin a bachelor's degree at Gordon even without a matriculation certificate. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) trains certified behaviour analysts, in four semesters with an intensive practicum, in person, on Zoom and asynchronously, on Monday evenings from 16:00 to 21:00. It is the largest programme in Israel for training behaviour analysts; it is recognised for sabbatical leave, and it can also be combined as a pathway in the master's in inclusive education. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Certificate and continuing studies include applied behaviour analysis (ABA), adapted teaching (on Zoom, in Hebrew and Arabic, on Sunday afternoons), group facilitation (a hybrid course) and organisational consulting and development (210 academic hours, remote with a peak day each semester). To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

A hybrid course that gives knowledge and skills in facilitating groups, with practice and fieldwork under close supervision. Prerequisites: a bachelor's degree and experience in guidance. It suits principals, teachers, youth instructors, social workers and others, and students of the social departments receive the certificate at a subsidised price. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

Certificate studies that teach how to adapt teaching methods to each student's particular needs, to make learning easier for them and raise their inner motivation. They are held on Zoom, on Sunday afternoons, in a Hebrew course and an Arabic course, and include a new unit on emotional and social aspects. To speak with a study adviser: *5033.

The address is 73 Tchernichovsky Street, Haifa. You can park in the Bat Galim Promenade car park (about 500 free spaces) and take the Haifa cable car up to the Stella Maris station, about 3 minutes from the campus. The free cable car to campus is available to students on in-person teaching days, according to the regulations. There are also buses 25, 115, 30 and 31.

Personal advice, a taste of the teaching methods, a one-to-one tour of the campus and open workshops. New registrants receive a NIS 400 benefit, and those who come to the campus also take part in the wheel of fortune and receive a registration gift. It is best to arrange a time in advance.

Yes. The campus has a digital pedagogy incubator, distinctive learning spaces, a studio, a simulation centre, an educational escape room and an innovation corridor. Students can book advice and borrow equipment ahead of their practical placement.

The Dean's office deals with personal, financial and social issues: counselling and support, academic assistance, accommodations, scholarships and loans, leave and absences, and the students' complaints officer.

Maternity leave: six consecutive weeks of absence (four weeks in workshop courses and seminars). Wedding leave: seven consecutive days adjacent to the wedding date, with the Dean's approval and against an official invitation sent a month in advance.

In the bachelor's degree and the teaching certificate on the regular track there is a community volunteering requirement through the MAHOLA project: 30 hours for those who began in the 2024/25 academic year or later, and 60 hours for those who began earlier.

Send the Dean's office your reserve duty order (and form 3010 at the end), and the Dean's office informs the faculty. The college has a reserve duty arrangement, and there is also free emotional support from the NATAL association on *3362.

There are printers and copiers in the computer classrooms on floor 400, in the lobby on floor 100 and in the library, on a cloud system with a personal account. A colour page costs NIS 1.20 and a black-and-white page 14 agorot.

Yes: the free Student Group app with discounts on shopping and entertainment, bank benefits, and discounts on innovative pedagogy products in the college shop.

Yes, through the Erasmus+ programme: a semester of study funded by the European Union at more than 20 universities in Europe, including flights and accommodation. Registration is through a call for applications published every year.

There are protected spaces and shelters on every floor and an evacuation chart for each floor, and defibrillators on the entrance floor, on Sima Plaza, on floor 500 and on floor 600. Follow the announcements.

The library has a general collection and a reference collection, a catalogue and databases, remote advice over Zoom and WhatsApp, inter-library loans and training sessions.