Admissions

Students are admitted to the University of the Holy Land upon review of their application, undergraduate records, and personal references. Candidates are encouraged to submit their application material as early as possible prior to enrollment.

Applicants for degree programs must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. The minimal acceptable grade point average is 3.0 or B (in institutions not using GPA).

While UHL is primarily a graduate institution, we will accept applications for the traditional semester or year abroad from junior or senior level college undergraduates of demonstrated superior ability. Such students are expected to attend graduate level lectures, though the demands of papers and examinations may be modified as appropriate to their level.

UHL has a policy of non-discrimination. Students are accepted without consideration of sex, race, age, national, or ethnic origin. Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to consider realistically the physical demands of living in Israel.

Application Procedures

Application materials must include:

• Application form, waiver of liability and affirmation of legality completed.
• Transcripts of undergraduate work. (For institutions whose policy is to transmit transcripts directly, it is incumbent upon the applicant to arrange such transmittal and to include a memo with the application indicating this, along with the name of the subject institution.)
• All applicants are required to have two personal letters of reference transmitted to the Director of Admissions.
• Application fee: US$60.00 non-refundable.
• Notice of acceptance will be sent as soon as the decision is made by the Admissions Committee. Students who are able to send an e-mail address with the application will receive word immediately.

General Admissions Policy

• Admission to UHL is not an automatic admission to degree candidacy. At the end of the first semester, a student's progress and performance is evaluated by the Academic Committee as a condition to admission to degree candidacy.
• The requirements for any degree program may be modified by the Academic Committee. Each student has a Program Advisor and the student's individual academic program is designed with reference to his/her interests, professional goals, and prior preparation.
• All Master of Arts degree programs require proficiency in Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek.
• All degree programs require a student to take course numbers 1086 and 1087 (Land, Nature, and Society in Biblical Times I and II).