PhD Admissions

​Online Registration for Foreign Students Only

The following items must be attached to the registration forms:

1. Official confirmation of the successful completion of a Bachelor’s degree, either notarized or certified by the accrediting institution or by the BGU Office for Research Students. New, incoming students (not previously at BGU) must also submit a detailed, official grade sheet.
2. Official confirmation of the successful completion of a Master’s degree. New, incoming students (not previously at BGU) must also submit a detailed, official grade sheet (including the Thesis score) and the grading scale/grading method of the institution.
3. Students from abroad (from non-English-speaking countries) must also submit notarized or certified (see 1 above) translations of their documents and complete grade sheets in either English or Hebrew.
4. An up-to-date curriculum vita (in either Hebrew or English).
5. Letters of reference: Three recommendations:
   • After you finish your registration, you will get an e-mail with a link.
   • Please send this link to the scholars who will be your referees:
   • ​Regular and Combined PhD Tracks:
     
     • Your master's advisor(s) - If there is more than one advisor, send the link to all master's supervisors.
     • 2 references from scholars at academics who hold PhD diplomas. Applicants for the Department of Life Sciences must include the proposed advisor as one of the referees; these are to be sent by the referees directly to the Kreitman School Office.
6. Only candidates for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences are required to submit a tentative, pre-admission Thesis Research Proposal, signed by the referees, to the Kreitman School Office.
7. Only candidates for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences "Combined Track" are required to submit a summary of their research along with a form approving their transfer to the "Combined Track," signed by the Head of the Graduate Students' Committee of their department.
8. Online registration fees :
   
   • Israeli citizens: 419NIS for new incoming students at BGU; 210​​​ NIS for continuing.
   • $100 for foreign nationals
   • ​(all fees are subject to change).
9. Copy of your passport (will be uploaded in the system. 1MB, JPG)

1. A candidate interested in work as a teaching assistant in his/her department or who would like a scholarship should turn to his/her department’s office. Note: Being accepted as a teaching assistant does not guarantee admission into the doctoral studies program.
2. Scholarships

Doctoral candidates may only be accepted for research studies by recommendation of the department in which that research will be done and with the approval of the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee and the Research Students’ Committee.

1. The candidate must have earned a Master's degree in a program requiring the submission of a Master’s Thesis from B.G.U. or another comparable academic institution and must have high grades from the Master’s studies and Thesis. Candidates who have not yet fulfilled their Master’s degree requirements may be accepted conditionally, contingent upon their proper completion of additional studies; this is a temporary status that may be conferred for only one semester.
   • Holders of a Master's degree without a Thesis may not register for the PhD degree. It is possible to complete the required Thesis at our University by registering for "Thesis completion" (as part of the registration for the Master's degree). One may register for the PhD program after completing the Thesis. In some departments, it is possible to register for the "Combined Track" after one year of research (inquire at the Kreitman School).
2. The candidate must choose a potential Thesis Advisor from among the senior lecturers or professors before registration online. Detailed information on the various academicians is generally available online via the BGU homepage by checking their personal homepages linked to the departmental websites.

“Doctoral research” (Code 3):
Intended for internal doctoral candidates who have a scholarship. In this case, a candidate is admitted for a “trial period” of up to 12 months. At the conclusion of this period, the student is required to submit a Thesis Research Proposal and pass a candidacy test. Having passed this test successfully, the candidate’s status is changed to a “regular doctoral student” (Code 3). 

“Supplementary doctoral studies” (Code 13):
Intended for a) candidates who have not yet fulfilled their Master’s degree requirements due to inadequate course grades or a low Thesis score, but they may be admitted if they have convinced the Research Students’ Committee that they can reach the required level by means of supplementary studies; b) candidates who intend to study a different research field from that of their Masters' studies. The Research Students’ Committee will decide whether to accept the candidate for Ph.D. studies after assessing the students’ achievements in their supplementary studies. 

Registration forms may be submitted to the Kreitman School Office throughout the academic year. Doctoral studies may be started two times each year—at the start of the Winter or Spring semesters.

A candidate requesting admission to the Fall semester (Semester A) should register no later than the preceding 31^st of August; for the Spring semester (Semester B), no later than the preceding 1^st of February.

Registration forms received after these dates will be considered, but there are no guarantees that the candidate will be accepted for the requested semester.

Online Registration for Foreign Students Only

In order to apply to The Kreitman-School follow these instructions:

• First and foremost, read the Academic Regulations 
• Before applying, you must find a faculty member from Ben-Gurion University who will agree to advise you in your PhD studies.
• Here you can find a list of PhD advisors according to their field of research