Single-gender schools

thumb|right|Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem)|Mir Yeshiva in [[Jerusalem, one of the two largest yeshivot in the world]] thumb|right|A typical beth midrash|bet midrash, [[Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore]] right|thumb|Chavrusas in study at Yeshiva Gedola of Carteret right|thumb|Morning seder at Petah Tikva#Schools and religious institutions|Or-Yisrael, a yeshiva founded by the [[Chazon Ish]] thumb|Shiur by Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein in memory of Rav [[Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion, a Hesder yeshiva]] thumb|right|Rabbinic Judaism|Rabbinical students in shiur in [[Jerusalem]] thumb|right|Shiur

A hawza () or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah () is the collective term (plural hawzat) for a madrasa (i.e. seminary) where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated.

Shiite seminary in Iran

Islamic seminary in Najaf, Iraq