The beautiful capital of Israel, Jerusalem is known to be home for some of the best educational institutions. Universities like Jerusalem University College, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies are famous for the diversified range of courses and successful alumni.

Area studies typically examine the development of a particular population or region. While other, similar interdisciplinary studies, such as gender, disability, and ethnic, may have some part in course discussions, these are not considered area studies.

Israel has 8 universities and is academically supervised by the Council for Higher Education in Israel. The country is among the countries, which have the high rate of university enrollment in the world. They have a friendly student’s relationship not only to the local students but also to international students.

An MA is a master’s degree awarded to students that have completed a program studying humanities or fine arts subjects such as history, communications, philosophy, theology or English. A Master of Arts degree typically requires coursework, research and written examinations.