Etgar tracks are designed for outstanding students, offering them individual tutoring and unique courses throughout their studies, with the intention of preparing them for a career in scientific research.

All Etgar students are exposed throughout their studies to contemporary research conducted at the Institute of Life Sciences, and acquire advanced tools for the design, implementation and evaluation of up-to-date research in all fields of life sciences.

During the first year Etgar students receive close personal tutoring from at least four senior investigators, the "mentors", who introduce them to innovative research performed by the Institute's researchers. These mentors accompany the students during their three-year studies. One of the mentors also serves as an advisory mentor, who is responsible for coordination, consultation and administrative issues of all the Etgar students of that class.

The program is designed for outstanding students who were accepted to the department, were identified as suitable according to their admission scores, and were invited to participate in the Etgar program.

Only outstanding students remain in the program. An average score of 90 or above is mandatory for transition to the next year.

Students who were not initially accepted to the program, but completed their first year with an average grade of 90 or above, may apply for admission to the second year of the program. These requests are considered by the department.

Students must complete at least 150 credits, meeting all the requirements of the regular B.Sc. degree in Life Sciences, plus 15 extra credits of courses unique to the program (such as a one-week intensive laboratory course in the Gulf of Eilat).

The Etgar program offers several tracks (all links are in Hebrew):

• Etgar single major program + a unit of supplementary studies (4019)
• Etgar single major program (4020)
• Etgar dual major program with other programs in the Faculty of Science (4021)
• Etgar dual major program with Cognition (4026) or Chemistry (566).

The dual-major programs allow students to continue for graduate studies in two departments, usually without requirements for completion of additional courses.
 
The Institute of Life Sciences offers a number of integrated programs, in which a maximum effort is made to prevent collisions between courses of the different departments and to enable completion of the degree within three years. (All following links are in Hebrew).
 
1. Integrated program of chemistry and biology (566)

• Integrated program with Etgar Biology (Track 8051)
• Integrated program with Etgar Chemistry (Track 8052)

2. Psychobiology (Track 4024)
3. Biophysics (Track 4022)
4. Life Sciences & Cognition (Track 4025)

• Etgar Life Sciences & Cognition (Track 4026)

5. Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (Specializing in Geology) (Track 8029)
6. Life Sciences & Environmental Sciences (Track 8032)
 
In addition, we offer non-integrated dual-major programs.
In these programs, the workload is higher (over 150 credits), and studies may take more than three years (due to overlap between courses given by the different departments).
 
7. Life Sciences combined with another program in the Faculty of Science, where there is no defined track, for example: Biology and Mathematics (Track 4011).
The goal of B.Sc. studies in this track is to provide students with an interdisciplinary acquaintance of life sciences in a broader context of the natural sciences.

• Etgar Life Sciences & another program in the Faculty of Science (Track 4021)

8. Life Sciences combined with another program in the Faculties of Humanities or Social Sciences (Track 4013)
In this track, life sciences can be combined with any study program from the above faculties, provided it is not a single major program, and in accordance with the admission conditions of the two departments. (e.g. biology and law, biology and education, biology and music.)
 
Please note: if a candidate does not meet the acceptance criteria of the dual major programs Psychobiology (track 4024) or Life Sciences & Cognition (Tracks 4025, 4026), it is possible to enroll in track 4013 to study the above combinations.

During their graduate studies our students participate in innovative and groundbreaking scientific research in one of the numerous fields of the life sciences, according to their choice.

Graduate studies take place only within the research track, which requires submission of a thesis, and are contingent upon finding an advisor among the Institute's researchers. (See the list of research topics offered by our researchers.)

In addition to performing their research, students are required to take courses from the Institute's annual program, according to the subject of their research, the degree towards which they are studying, and according to the specific requirements of their department. (See the regulations relating to M.Sc.and Ph.D.studies.)