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BA in Economics and Management

  • University tuition (subsidized)
  • A dynamic program with a wealth of distinctive courses: The curriculum includes original, multidisciplinary content on financial risk management, bond portfolio management, pension economics, behavioral economics, natural resource and environmental economics, economics of war and peace, economics of inequality, development of cellular applications, development of distributed information systems, and more.
  • Business computer game: The Business Game course is offered to third-year students. This competitive, experiential course is a hands-on summary of the many concepts that students acquired during their studies, allowing them to practice and implement these concepts. In the simulation of the business scene, students create firms, brand them, and fill executive positions at them. They must make decisions based on changing data from the field regarding production, marketing, finance, and business strategy.
  • Quick transition to the job market: Upon completing their studies, most of our alumni quickly begin working in the business or public sector in a variety of economic and managerial positions. Some 30% of alumni work as analysts in the capital market, investment advisors, and pension advisors and agents at banks. About 20% work as economists and budget professionals and in the field of financial management as finance directors and treasurers. About 25% are employed in the fields of management and marketing and the others hold a variety of positions in additional fields.
  • The Next Thing project: During their third year of studies, students interested in obtaining initial experience in the business or public sector are offered the opportunity to perform a practical internship that involves working at a placement in the economic field. Interns write a seminar paper in the field that they perform the internship, with the guidance of lecturers from the department.
  • Environmental responsibility: The program in economics and business administration encourages future executives to take responsibility for the world that they will be working in as decision makers. Guided by this approach, students take courses that address this topic, such as Humans Involvement in the Environment and Global Topics in Environmental Protection.
  • Outstanding faculty: The faculty includes the leading lecturers. For example, Prof. Yoram Kroll is a highly sought after lecturer in financial disciplines, economic advisor, start-up entrepreneur, and member of a pension fund’s investment committee and board of directors. He has been a chairperson, CEO, and director at many financial and industrial organizations. Prof. Leah Achdut was previously the deputy director-general for research and planning at the Israel National Insurance Institute and today heads the Economics and Business Administration Department at the Ruppin Academic Center and is a researcher on the staff of the economics and society program at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Prof. Joseph (Yossi) Yassour is a popular lecturer and expert on decision-making theory. He has published six books on the fascinating intersection between psychology and economics. He is a highly sought after lecturer on the economic aspects of decision making.
  • Conferences and guest lecturers: The curriculum includes a wealth of study days and guest lectures on topics on the public agenda. Some of the speakers that the Ruppin Academic Center has hosted recently include: Bank of Israel Governor Dr. Karnit Flug; Bank Leumi Chairperson David Brodet; former Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer; Israeli Minister of Finance Moshe Kahlon; leading Israeli researcher in the field of decision making, Prof. Dan Ariely; former Israeli Accountant-General Yaron Zelekha; and Prof. Eytan Sheshinski, who chaired the Israeli governmental committee on how to tax natural gas, oil, and other natural resources
  • Completing MBA courses during undergraduate studies: During their third year of studies, outstanding students may take courses from the master’s degree program in business administration.
  • Option to continue studies: Outstanding alumni are invited to continue their studies in one of the six master’s degree programs that the Ruppin Academic Center offers: MBA in business administration, MA in logistics and maritime systems, MA in immigration and social integration, MA in marine resource management, and more. All of the programs operate on a convenient schedule that enables students to combine studying with a full-time job. All the programs have university-level tuition.
  • Professional certification: During or at the end of the final year of studies, students may participate in one of the two supplementary studies programs designed especially for alumni of the Economics Department, training in investment portfolio management or pension advising and marketing. These programs give participants a distinctive advantage and take place on the Ruppin campus for students’ convenience. The studies include preparation for the official exams from the Israel Securities Authority and the Israeli Finance Ministry’s Capital Market, Insurance, and Savings Department. Offering the courses is dependent on sufficient registration​