Admissions and costs

Instructions

A application forms

1. Click here for the Shaindy Rudoff Application Form. If you are interested in the creative nonfiction track, specify this in your Personal Statement, as there is not a rubric for cnf on the application. Fill out and submit.
2. You must also submit an online application form to the MA Committee. You can access the online application form from Bar-Ilan's MA Committee here: https://dory.os.biu.ac.il/Toar2Web/internet_registration.html.
3. In the application form, under the section called "Maslul Limudim", you should fill in the following:
   
   מסגרת לימודים: לימודי תואר שני; היקף: מסלול א' (עם עבודת מחקר); מחלקה: אנגלית; מגמה: אנגלית ספרות עם תיזה
   If need assistance filling out the MA committee form, please email us at barilanwriting@gmail.com after submitting your Shaindy Rudoff application. 
4. Pay the NIS 470 registration fee online at the site of the MA Committee or mail a check or money order in NIS, along with your application, to Nadia Jacobson, Dept. of English, Bar Ilan University, 52 900 Ramat Gan, Israel
5. Aside from filling out the online form and paying the application fee, please do not mail any additional materials to the MA committee (despite the instructions on the MA committee form). All additional materials should be sent to the Creative Writing office as detailed below.

B. Email this portion: writing sample and letters of recommendation, to  barilanwriting@gmail.com

1.  The  writing sample is 20-30 doubled-spaced pages in 12 pt. font for the fiction and nonfiction tracks and  10-15 poems for the poetry track. Make sure your name is on each page.

2. Send two letters of recommendation from teachers or employers. They must be on letterhead and signed.

C Mail by post to Nadia Jacobson, Dept. of English, Bar-Ilan University, 52 900 Ramat Gan, Israel

1. Official, sealed transcripts for all your undergraduate and graduate work to Nadia Jacobson, Dept. of English, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel.

2. Two photos of yourself

3. A photocopy of the first page of your Israeli ID  or (non-Israelis) your passport.

Application Fee: NIS 470 or equivalent.

Tuition: The tuition for Israelis is determined by the Government of Israel. In 2011-12 the fee for the M.A. was approximately NIS 27,000 for Israelis and NIS 33,750, approx. $8,900 for students from abroad (non-Israelis). This includes additional fees for security and student services. Students are charged according to the number of classes they take each semester. At the end of the two-year period, the initial summer workshop is considered part of the tuition. If a student does not finish the thesis within two years, s/he must ask for an extension from the M.A. Committee and pay at least another 10% of the annual tuition for that year.

If a student is required to take extra, prerequisite courses (hashlamot) due to a lack of training in English literature at the undergraduate level, the tuition will be higher.

In addition to tuition, students coming from abroad must consider the following expenditures:

• Transportation to and from Israel;
• Housing - There is no graduate housing at Bar-Ilan. Apartment rentals near the university go for $300-400/ month for a shared apartment. Rentals in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are higher;
• Food- hot kosher meals can be purchased at the University cafeteria for approx. $8-10;
• Transportation - A one hour RT bus ride from Jerusalem costs approx. $9;
                            A 20-minute RT bus ride from Tel Aviv costs approx. $3.50;
• Health insurance.

Stipends: The Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Bar-Ilan University offers a few partial-tuition internships to well-qualified students on the basis of need. The deadline to apply for internships is May , 2013.
Please inquire at barilanwriting@gmail.com.