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Overview
Beth Medrash Govoha, in Lakewood, New Jersey, is one of the largest yeshivas in the world, an institution of advanced Talmudic and rabbinical study for Orthodox Jewish men rather than a conventional liberal-arts or professional college. It anchors Lakewood's large Orthodox Jewish community and draws students from across the United States and abroad.
Worth knowing
Study centers on traditional chavruta, or paired, learning of Jewish legal texts for extended daily hours rather than a semester schedule of separate courses in secular majors. A student considering it should understand it functions as a yeshiva of advanced Torah study, not as a college in the conventional American sense, and it is not the right fit for someone seeking a typical undergraduate degree and campus experience.
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Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
bmg.edu ↗High school coursework
RequiredHigh school diploma or equivalent (GED, approved homeschooling, Associate's degree, or 60+ transferable credits) -- no conventional subject-unit distribution; admission instead requires completion of an advanced Talmudic-studies preparatory program (150 folio pages of Talmud with Rashi and Tosfos commentaries, functional Hebrew and Aramaic literacy), assessed via interview and examination
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