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Description:
Obverse
The face value in Hebrew and English, the State emblem, the word Israel in three languages, the words "INDEPENDENCE DAY 2006" along the border of the coin in Hebrew and English.
Reverse
The coin depicts a collection of symbols from different disciplines: natural sciences, humanities, technology, mathematics and so on, combined together in a "world" shaped like the graduation cap traditionally worn by college students during the graduation ceremony. Along the border of the coin, the words "HIGHER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL" in Hebrew and English.
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