ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
All exams listed below apply to undergraduate degree applicants only, with the exception of the Hebrew and English Proficiency Exams, which must be taken by both undergraduate and graduate degree candidates.
Preliminary Remarks
• Applicants are requested to be in the examination hall half an hour before the beginning of the examination.
• Applicants should bring their registration acknowledgment form (if they have already received it) and an identification document (including a photograph, date of birth and identity number). Regarding the Psychometric Entrance Examination, the Hebrew and English Proficiency Exams, and the Mathematics Placement Exam, applicants should act according to the instructions on the invitation form for the exam.
Please note:
Applicants must make certain that the identity number written on the registration form for the Psychometric Examination and the identity number written on the registration form for the other exams is identical to the number on the application form for Tel Aviv University.
Discrepancies between these numbers may delay acceptance procedures.
English Placement Examination
• All candidates required to take the Psychometric Examination must also take the English Placement section of the Psychometric Exam, even if the candidate is already exempted from English. (Please see the section, “Division of Foreign Languages). The grade attained will in no way cancel the candidate's exemption. As with the Psychometric Examination, the English score, within the framework of the Psychometric or the Amir exam, is valid for ten years. In cases where there is more than one score in English, the higher score will be taken into consideration.
• Candidates for the master’s degree, holding a B.A. from abroad (except from institutions where the language of instruction is English) and undergraduate applicants who are exempted from the Psychometric Entrance examination (see the Hebrew Admissions booklet) must take the English Placement Exam Amir (exam No. 3). There are no limitations on the number of times the Amir exam may be repeated (see “Knowledge of English).
Registration forms for the Amir exam may be purchased at the University’s bookstore and upon a written request to NITE.
Hebrew Proficiency Examination
The Hebrew Proficiency Exam is given immediately following the Psychometric Entrance Exam in April and July 2003 in Israel, for candidates who take the Psychometric Exam in a language other than Hebrew. No additional individual notices are sent out for these candidates.
The Hebrew Exam will also be given separately on July 3/4, 2003 and September 3, 2003 in Israel, for candidates who did not pass it before or have not taken this exam. There will be a special charge for those who take the separate exam.
Candidates who took the Psychometric Exam abroad and who must take the Hebrew Proficiency Exam are entitled to take it in Israel on the separate dates mentioned above. There is no additional charge for these candidates.
Those who did not take the Hebrew exam immediately after the Psychometric Exam must register for the separate exam. Please see the examination schedule that follows for further details.
The Hebrew Proficiency Exam will also be given in the United States. Candidates residing in the U.S. or Canada who wish to take the exam in New York or Los Angeles are requested to contact:
American Friends of Tel-Aviv University
360 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10017
Tel (212) 557-5820, (800) 665-9828
Candidates may take this exam in the U.S. during April, May, June, and July 2003.
Psychometric Entrance Examination
The National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) administers the Psychometric Examination for candidates for undergraduate studies of all Israeli universities.
Examination Outside of Israel
NITE plans to administer the examination in several cities abroad in Europe, North America, and South America, depending upon demand.
Registration for exams that take place in Europe ends on March 20, 2003 and in the U.S. on March 10, 2003. Registration for examinations in South America ends on May 5, 2003.
The exam will be held in Europe (Paris, Marseille, Antwerpen) in April, in the U.S. (New York) in April, and in South America in June 2002. Exact dates will be sent to applicants. Exams given abroad during April, May, and June are considered part of the April session in Israel.
Registration Instructions
In order to register for the examination, applicants in Israel are requested to purchase the registration kit, which includes a registration form, a page of registration instructions, and a guide booklet with necessary information about the structure of the exam and the way scores are calculated. Kits may be purchased at university bookstores (Dyonon at Tel Aviv University, located in the Mitchell Student Center), from the Steimatzky chain of book shops, or from NITE upon written request to the address listed below. Hebrew, English, French, Arabic, Russian, and Spanish versions are available.
Applicants who wish to be examined abroad are requested to apply directly to NITE to obtain a registration form.
Registration for the examination is made directly through NITE and not through the academic institutions.
Return the completed registration form by air mail to:
National Institute for Testing and Evaluation – NITE
Overseas Examinations – Registration Center
P.O. Box 26015
Jerusalem 91260, Israel
Tel. 02-6759555, Fax: 02-6759543.
Email:
For examinees from abroad, the form must be accompanied by a bank check for $130 or 130 euro made out to: National Institute for Testing and Evaluation – NITE.
The final registration dates for the various sessions are indicated on the registration form. Registration forms that reach NITE after registration closes will be transferred to the next session.
Re-testing
Candidates may take the Psychometric Examination several times, provided that they take the exam no more than once every six months. The Hebrew Admissions booklet specifies the first possible session for re-testing, according to the session of the previous test.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
(For first degree applicants only, Hebrew Proficiency and English Placement Exams – for all candidates)
Individual notices will be sent only for the Psychomtric Entrance Exam and for the Hebrew, English and
Mathematics Placement Exams.
Applicants are requested to note carefully the exact time and place of examinations.
Applicants for: /Type of Exam
/ Date (2003) /Registration ends (2003)
1. Applicants for All Departments / Psychometric Entrance ExamI / April 14-15July 3-4 / March 3
May 22
2. Applicants not holding an Israeli Matriculation (Bagrut) / Hebrew Proficiency ExamII / July 3-4
Sept. 3 / May 22
Aug. 11
3. Applicants for Graduate studies and for undergraduate applicants. / English Placement Test – "Amir" / Feb. 10
April 14-15
July 3-4
Sept. 3 / Jan. 13
March 3
May 22
Aug. 11
4. Engineering and Optional for Exact Sciences, Physiotherapy and Management / Mathematics Placement ExamIV / May 9 / April 20
Applicants for: /
Type of Exam
/ Date (2003) /Hours
/Building/Room
5. Arabic Language and Literature Department / Arabic Entrance ExamV / April 13July 8 / 09:00
09:00 / Gilman 223
Gilman 281
6. English Department / English Entrance ExamV / April 30
June 10
July 6
Aug. 17 / 18:00
09:00
09:00
09:00 / Gilman 326
Gilman 307
Gilman 281
Gilman 223
7. French DepartmentVI / French Placement ExamV / June 24
Aug. 5 / 09:00
09:00 / Gilman 282
Gilman 280
8. Theater Arts Department / Meeting in the Department / March 4
June 11 / 18:00
18:00 / Mexico Building 206A
Mexico Building 206A
I Examinees in the French or Spanish language can take this exam for all faculties only in July 2003.
Applicants who take the psychometric exam in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian or combined version English/Hebrew, can take the exam in July only for the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Arts (except for Architecture and Film and Television).
II For details for registration to this exam, please call the Hebrew studies Unit, at least 45 days before each session.
A candidate with a "pass" level ("Level Alef" at least in Tel Aviv University) may take the Hebrew Proficiency Exam only once towards the same academic year. Tel-Aviv University will not take into consideration the result of the Hebrew Exam of a candidate who had received a "pass" level in a previous session. Only in case of failure may the candidate take the exam again.
III For all applicants to graduate studies from abroad who have not graduated from an institution where the language of instruction is English and all candidates who have or wish to take this exam, see the Hebrew booklet. In order to take this test the student must purchase the registration kit (at Dyonon bookshop in the Mitchell Building near Gate 7, and other universities’ bookshops or upon request to NITE).
IV Registration kit for this exam is available at the "Dyonon", in the other Universities’ bookshops and from NITE upon a written request. All candidates from abroad to the Faculty of Engineering must take this exam (The exam is optional for candidates to the Faculty of Exact Sciences, the Department of Management and the Department of Physiotherapy).
V Candidates may take the exam twice. Information concerning examination dates for the second semester will be available at the registration office during November 2003
VI Candidates holding a French High School Diploma from countries where the language of instruction is French are exempted.
Validity of Scores
Examination scores are valid for ten years. The results of October 1993 are the earliest valid scores for the 2003/04 academic year. Candidates taking the examination more than once (subject to the above restriction) will be evaluated by Tel Aviv University according to the best result.
Exams for Students with Disabilities
Examinees with medical or physical limitations, or learning disorders may request from NITE to be examined under suitable conditions: exams no. 1, 3, and 4 in the examination schedule. For details see the Registration Kit.
Test Results
Results will be automatically sent to all the examinees and to the universities in Israel, unless the candidate requests otherwise. For details see the Hebrew information booklet.
Examination Language
The examination will be offered in the following languages: Hebrew, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, and a combined Hebrew-English version. It is advised, when possible, that candidates take the examination in their mother tongue.
A combined Hebrew-English version is offered for candidates whose mother tongue is English or candidates who know English or Hebrew better than other languages. The exam questions are in both Hebrew and English. Various words are translated into several other languages.
Psychometric Exams in the foreign languages Russian and Combined Hebrew-English take place twice a year, in April and July. The exams in French and Spanish take place only once a year, in July. The exam in Arabic takes place three times this year, in April, July, and October.
Preparation for the Exam
Recent surveys indicate that in preparing for the exam, the greatest benefit is derived from various forms of self-study, especially exercise books and practice tests. The guide to be found in the test kit includes all the necessary information about the structure of the test and its various sections as well as information about how scores are calculated and their meaning. The guide includes a sample of questions, solutions and explanations, and a complete test together with an appendix that enables the examinee to calculate the total and sectional scores. A careful study of the guide and practice of the various exercises in it are excellent ways of preparing for the test.
Applicants may contact NITE in order to get examples of former exams in Hebrew, English, Russian, French, and Spanish.
Professional courses in English and Mathematics may assist examinees lacking knowledge in these subjects.
Cheating on the Test
Any incident that disrupts fair conduct in the admissions process, such as copying on the test or posing as someone else, is regarded as fraud. Because this kind of fraud can lead to the acceptance of unsuitable applicants at the expense of more deserving candidates, NITE has devised ways of detecting instances of fraud and reserves the right to refuse to test a person or to disqualify a test, if there is a suspicion that the person has committed an offense related to the test's confidentiality or in an instance where the performance on the exam or the result do not reflect the real ability of the examinee.
Remember: Impersonating someone (for example, when a person sends someone else to be tested in his place) is a criminal offense. Such offenses result in the filing of a complaint with the police, a trial, and to the disciplinary committees of the various educational institutions.
This information is relevant to Exams no. 1-4 in the examination schedule.
Summons for re-testing
When the Psychometric tests are evaluated, routine checks are performed to ensure that the examinee's test score accurately reflects his or her ability. Occasionally, NITE may experience difficulty in evaluating an examinee's score, which may be due, for example, to irregular or inconsistent findings on the test or due to technical problems. In such cases the processing of the test is halted and the examinee is summoned in writing within six week of the original exam to re-take the test at NITE offices in Jerusalem. Only after re-testing will NITE make a decision regarding further processing of the test.
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