Official Israeli matriculation certificate (te’udat bagrut in Hebrew) attesting that the student has passed all required subject exams and qualifies to graduate from high school (This is not the same as a high school diploma [te’udat g’mar tichon], which certifies that the student completed 12 years of schooling). Analogous to the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) tests, the British A-levels, and the German Abitur. Most of the exams are written by the Ministry of Education. Students must take exams in the required number of compulsory and elective subjects. The bagrut certificate is awarded to students who pass the required examinations with a mark of 56 percent or higher in each of their exams.
Bagrut grades are built as an average of scores in all compulsory and elective subjects taking into consideration the level of exams. Successful completion is one of the requirements for continuing to higher education or service in elite military units.