Amirim Honors Programs
Amirim Humanities
Amirim Humanities is a unique honors program that incorporates humanities and another track. In Israel, honors programs usually entail scholarships and participating in courses offered by the university. Amirim is unique in that it is based on courses that are open exclusively to program participants.
Being accepted to the program is an accomplishment in itself, and opens doors to future careers. Students in this prestigious program enjoy studies that are fascinating, surprising and challenging. They learn together as a group, so that they develop close ties which enable social support and in-depth studies.
Amirim Computer Science
The Amirim Computer Science program is a unique study track for honors students interested in expanding their education and developing their skills with the help of the best scientists and professors from the School of Computer Science and Engineering. The program consists of at least one track from the school and can be combined with intradisciplinary studies in different faculties, such as Natural Sciences.
Students in this program are exposed to the latest research in a range of computer fields by participating in a research seminar and monthly meetings with researchers, and completing a research project under the personal supervision of a professor from the School of Computer Science and Engineering.
Amirim Agricultural Sciences
This special program at the Faculty of Agriculture combines studies with research and is intended for honors students. The program takes place alongside a track to which the students applied and were accepted and is based on participation in a large-scale research project at one of the faculty's research labs during their undergraduate studies.
Each student in the program receives a faculty mentor according to their interest, joins an active research group, and takes part in the research.
The Faculty of Agriculture encourages students to design a personal academic schedule according to their project and to take courses from advanced degrees. The academic structure is based on the student’s personal program and is determined with the department head, program coordinator, and personal mentor.
Amirim Natural Sciences
Today's researchers are expected to develop a broad research perspective, have expertise in many subjects, and be knowledgeable about different analytical tools. This program exposes students to different disciplines, expands their horizons, and develops their creative thinking.
Graduates of this program are highly appreciated by the university and are encouraged to continue to advanced degrees, including direct PhD tracks. The program includes a scholarship and is intended for students planning to continue to advanced degrees.
Revivim
Revivim is a unique Hebrew University program founded from the desire to nurture educational leadership and contribute to the advancement of Jewish Studies education in the state school system throughout Israel, in an interesting, challenging, and meaningful manner.
The program combines in-depth academic studies in Jewish Studies with practical teacher training. Based on a diverse and pluralistic view of the Jewish world, the program imparts tools to handle Jewish Studies content in a critical manner, both as students and as future educators. Revivim is unique in that it combines hands-on teaching experience during undergraduate studies and includes numerous field trips, seminars, guest lectures, and more.
Revivim students are supervised by a first-rate pedagogic team and benefit from the opportunity to complete a Bachelor's degree, a Master’s degree, and a teaching certificate in only four years, together with a scholarship.
Agro-Informatics (Digital Agriculture)
Much research in the field of agriculture, food and the environment deals with collecting, analyzing, and understanding quantitative data. Modern-day researchers require computing tools to both manage and process the data and to draw conclusions. Agro-Informatics is a new inter-disciplinary field that combines the world of agriculture, food and the environment with the worlds of mathematics, computer science, physics and engineering.
Internet & Society
In the last few decades, digital web technologies have become key players in social, economic, and political processes around the world. Our aspiration is that new technologies and media channels will develop in a way that will not only meet user requirements, but will also assist social change and growth processes.
The Internet & Society program trains future industry leaders who will influence digital media and the social activism it enables. During their studies, students learn a broad range of subjects, including technological, analytical, social, economic, legal, and ethical. This knowledge represents the foundation for a deep understanding of developments in the world of technology, communications, and the Internet. In addition to theoretical studies, students develop tools for everyday life.
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Science deals with the explanation of mental abilities, such as language acquisition, decision making, creativity, and awareness. Cognition research touches on different fields, including Psychology, Linguistics, philosophy, logic and calculations, and brain science. This special program combines diverse fields in order to expose the processes that make up mental phenomena.
Double Degree in Law, Economics & Philosophy
This double Bachelor's degree program in law, economics, and philosophy is based on the premise that complex problems usually require complex solutions. Therefore, combining studies from three departments gives graduates the necessary tools to discuss theoretical, ethical, and hands-on aspects of such solutions. Each of these fields imparts important complementary analytical tools.
The program exposes students to a wide range of content related to contemporary social issues. Due to the interdisciplinary tools and knowledge they acquire, graduates of the program are expected to take on key positions in public and business sectors, social organizations, and in the academic sector in Israel as well as to impact Israeli society.
Statistics & Data Science
In light of the drastic changes brought on around the world by big data, how it is handled, and how it is collected, this program represents how the Department of Statistics is focusing more on data science techniques. Data science is a very broad and encompassing term based on the fields of statistics and computing.
In today's society, data is collected on nearly every activity we do. This data serves as a rich source for mining information and decision making in areas such as marketing and R&D. Correct data analysis is key to gaining the insights which have scientific, economic, or social significance. Therefore, data scientists adept in statistical and computational tools and skilled in gaining basic insights from large amounts of complicated data are in high demand on the job market.
PPE – Philosophy, Political Science & Economics
Most economic decisions have a political aspect, and every political decision has an economic aspect related to budgeting. This program offers a unique perspective by emphasizing the connection between economics and politics and by clarifying the ethical ramifications of economic and political behavior, via philosophy. Using a critical approach, the program evaluates the basic methodological assumptions in economics and in political science and imparts tools for understanding and analyzing these fields.
Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics
This program is designed for students aiming to work in R&D activities that combine engineering, scientific research, and innovation in the high-tech industry, in start-up companies, in the security industry, or as a stepping stone towards advanced research. The program teaches students with a background or interest in physics and mathematics how to work in R&D at the forefront of innovative technologies in optoelectronics (lasers, sensors, imaging systems), microelectronics (data processing, switches, memories), and nanotechnology (physical phenomena bordering with nanometry and the quantum world), and their integration in advanced systems (such as, communications, computing, sensing, and more).
3+1 – BSc in Agriculture + MBA in 4 Years
This program aims to fully prepare students for the market needs in agricultural science. The program is intended for Faculty of Agriculture students interested in combining their regular curriculum with Business Management studies and in completing two degrees in four years: a Bachelor’s in Agriculture (3 years at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment) and a Master’s in Business Management (studies at Mount Scopus from the third year onwards).
'Nitzanim BaMidbar' – Combined BSc/MSc in Biomedical Science
This 4-year honors program grants a joint BSc/MSc degree in Biomedical Science. The purpose of the program is the rapid advancement of honors students with a high potential for taking part in research at the forefront of biomedical science. Starting from the end of the first year, students are exposed to research projects carried out at the Institute for Medical Research at the Faculty of Medicine, and from the third year each student is assigned to the lab of a senior faculty member in order to carry out a research project under their supervision. Program participants are required to write a thesis for their Master’s degree, which enables them to pursue doctoral studies.
Master’s in Public Policy – Leadership Program
This program, which is designed for the special challenges and needs of the public service sector, develops analytical and policy capabilities and nurtures organizational and personal leadership. The main purpose of the program is to improve the public service sector and provide its employees the necessary tools to be entrepreneurs of policy and policy leaders, each in their own field. The program focuses on the connection between the world of research and theory and its practical applications. Furthermore, the program develops thinking and a professional language of policy leadership and imparts a unique tool box, civil service orientation, and exposure to Israel’s multi-cultural society. It encourages networking among program alumni, who collaborate and help each other in their various public roles.
Master’s in Public Policy – Honors Program
This program is for honors students with any Bachelor’s degree who possess outstanding abilities and display leadership potential, and who are interesting in acquiring the research and analytical tools required for public policy shapers. The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum with core studies aimed at providing the required background for high-level public policy and professional development in this field. The program seeks to train the next generation of public policy researchers and provides options for doctoral studies.
School of Pharmacology Honors Program
This prestigious honors program at the School of Pharmacology is designed for exceptionally-qualified students interested in pursuing drug research and development. The program prepaers students to lead the field of medicinal drug development and treatment. The program includes pharmacological studies and early exposure to research and is the fastest and most efficient track for training scientists in this fascinating field – offering Master’s and PhD degrees after four more years of research. The theoretical and practical tools acquired in this program are unique, highly-focussed, and at the highest possible academic level.