Israeli grading system
In Israel, university and school grades run from 100 (best) to 0; the pass mark is 60 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and 55 in schools and the Bagrut exams.
Example · Credit-weighted average of 3 courses
טוב מאוד (very good)
A pass. 60 is the lowest pass.
3 courses, 15 credits. Your institution’s own rules on rounding or cutting off decimals decide the grade on your record.
University grades: 0 to 100
Courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; other Israeli universities and colleges also mark from 0 to 100. Each institution sets its own pass mark and verbal labels, so the legend on the transcript decides.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95–100 | מעולה | excellent | Pass |
| 90–94 | טוב מאוד | very good | Pass |
| 85–89 | כמעט טוב מאוד | almost very good | Pass |
| 75–84 | טוב | good | Pass |
| 65–74 | כמעט טוב | almost good | Pass |
| 60–64 | מספיק | sufficient | Pass |
| 0–59 | נכשל | fail | Fail |
School and Bagrut grades: 0 to 100
Israeli secondary schools (years 7 to 12) and the Bagrut matriculation exams.
| Grade | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|
| 55–100 | pass | Pass |
| 0–54 | fail | Fail |
Israeli grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Israeli grades: we found no table for them on Wikipedia or from an official source, and we do not make one up. A US university reads a foreign transcript itself or through the credential evaluation service it names, and its conversion is the one that counts.
Send your grades as they are, with the scale above. When a form asks for your average, give it on your own scale and say which scale it is: the converter’s average does exactly that, weighted by credits when you enter them.
What to know about grades in Israel
- Israeli universities and colleges mark each course from 0 to 100 and set their own pass mark, which is 60 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- In secondary school and in the Bagrut matriculation exams, any mark below 55 is a fail.
- Grades are rarely curved, but most law faculties normalise course averages to around 75.
- Honours are usually awarded from a degree average of about 88 and summa cum laude from about 95, though each institution sets its own thresholds.
- Most universities also require the Psychometric Entrance Test for admission, which is scored from 200 to 800.
Sources: Wikipedia, Academic grading in Israel; Wikipedia, Grading systems by country: Israel; Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 7.10 סולם הציונים (grading scale); Wikipedia (Hebrew), ציון (הערכה).