Information for Examinees Registering for the MEIMAD Test Via the NITE Website
This page details the registration procedures for the test used to assess candidates for pre-academic preparatory programs. You should read all the information carefully. During registration you will be asked to confirm that you have read the procedures, including NITE’s privacy policy.
General Information
Anyone with an Israeli identity document or valid passport can register to take the test. It is essential that you bring with you to the test the document that you used when registering. You will not be permitted to take the test without showing your identity card, driver’s license, or valid passport.
NITE reserves the right to pursue any course of action it deems appropriate in cases where it suspects that an examinee has registered for the test for a purpose other than that for which the test was designed and/or because of external motivations.
It is forbidden to register for the test in order to infringe on NITE’s proprietary rights. This includes copying, disclosing, or conveying test items, whether to provide instruction and preparation for the test or for any other purpose.
Testing Frequency
You may take the MEIMAD test as often as you like. At the same time, you must wait at least 65 days before taking the test again. If you do not wait at least 65 days from your previous test, your test will be invalidated and you will not be entitled to a refund. If your test is invalidated, you will have to wait at least 65 days from the date of the invalidated test before you can take the test again.
Registration Procedures
Registering for the test via the NITE website must be done at least two (2) days before your requested test date and in accordance with the registration procedures described below.
Make sure that the personal details provided during registration match those on your ID card (Teudat Zehut) or passport, and that your email address and cellular phone number are correct.
When you register, you will be asked to fill in your Israeli ID number. If you do not have an Israeli ID card but have an Israeli passport or Immigrant Card (Teudat Oleh), copy the ID number from that document.
If you do not have any of these means of identification, you may type in your foreign passport number. Use the last 8 digits or characters of your passport number. If your passport number has fewer than 8 digits or letters, fill in the blank spaces on the left with zeroes.
Make sure that you use the same identity or passport number that you used to register for the test to register at the educational institution of your choice.
You must pay the test fee, as listed on the NITE website, when you register for the test.
A confirmation will be issued when the registration process is complete. A registration form that is not recorded in the system (for whatever reason) will not be accepted. We therefore recommend registering in advance and not waiting until the last minute. Information on changing a test date or canceling registration appears below.
Test Dates
During the process of registering for the test on the NITE website, you may choose the date on which you want to take the test, but you cannot choose the hour at which the test will be given.
Test Locations and Conditions
You may register to take the test at any of the NITE test centers that have spaces available. Available test spaces are listed when you register for the test.
The test will be given on a computer. You must read all of the instructions for examinees on the NITE website. During the test, use of the following is strictly prohibited: calculator watches, clocks that make sounds (including stopwatches), smart watches, cellular telephones, other communication devices, laptops and electronic instruments of any kind, dictionaries, books, papers, rulers, writing surfaces, stands of various kinds, or any other study aids.
The proctors will give every examinee a basic calculator (that performs the four basic arithmetic operations) that they can use during the test.
It is important to listen to the proctors’ instructions and to any other guidelines that are given before the test begins. Smoking is prohibited in all the test centers.
Tests with Special Accommodations
The MEIMAD is suitable for examinees with attention deficit disorders, or disabilities related to reading or arithmetic. In addition, the NITE Test Centers are fully accessible and it is possible to take the test while sitting in a wheelchair. Examinees with a restriction that they believe would entitle them to special test accommodations above and beyond those described here should register for the Psychometric Entrance Test (PET) and submit a request for special test accommodations according to the instructions posted on the NITE website. PET scores are valid for selection and acceptance purposes at all institutions that use the MEIMAD.
Test Notification
After your registration is recorded in the system, a test notification will be sent to the email address you provided, and you will be able to access your registration details by logging onto the NITE site.
You are responsible for verifying the accuracy of the information that appears on your test notification (name, ID number or passport number, test date, and test location). If any of these details are incorrect, fix them immediately by logging onto the site or by telephoning the NITE Registration Center.
Changing Your Test Date or Test Location
If you want to change the date of the test you registered for or its location, you may do so by logging onto the website within two business days of the original test date at no charge. After that, the system will be closed to changes and you will not be able to make any changes to your registration until one day after the test is given.
| Day of the Test | What is the latest an examinee can change test date or location without incurring a service charge? |
| Sunday | Until midnight on the Wednesday before the test |
| Monday | Until midnight on the Thursday before the test |
| Tuesday | Until midnight on Sunday |
| Wednesday | Until midnight on Monday |
| Thursday | Until midnight on Tuesday |
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An examinee who does not take the test as scheduled may log onto the website to pick a new date, as long as there is room available. Changing a test date or a test location after the test is given will entail a service charge of about 45% of the current test fee.
Canceling Registration
If you wish to cancel your registration for the test, you may do so by logging onto the NITE website. Your test fee will be reimbursed after a service charge has been deducted, as prescribed by law. With the exception of certain cases as determined by law:
- If your cancellation request is received within 48 hours of registering for the test and up to two business days before the test is given, you will receive a full refund of the test fee;
- If your cancellation request is received within 14 days of registering for the test and up to business two business days before the test is given, the service charge will be about 5% of the test fee;
- If your cancellation request is received more than 14 days after registering for the test and up to two business days before the test is given, the service charge will be about 30% of the test fee;
- If your cancellation request is received after the test is given, the service charge will be about 45% of the test fee.
NOTE: Starting two business days before the test is given until one day after it is given, the system will be closed to changes; it will not be possible to cancel your registration during that time.
Test Scores
Your score will be sent directly to the institutions that you indicated on the registration form within 10 days of the test date.
You will also be able to see your score by logging onto the NITE website and you may download your score sheet as a file to your computer at any time, at no charge.
Test scores will not be sent to examinees by email.
Every educational institution that uses this test determines its own policies regarding admissions and how long scores remain valid. For more information regarding the significance of test scores and how long they remain valid, please contact the educational institution you plan to attend.
Requesting a Re-evaluation of Your Test File
The computer program used for the MEIMAD test is highly reliable and errors in calculating scores are extremely rare. Nonetheless, NITE offers interested examinees the opportunity to request a re-evaluation of their test file. This re-evaluation is technical in nature, and only checks the file’s integrity and whether it has been successfully saved in NITE’s systems; the re-evaluation does not recheck test questions. There is a service charge for re-evaluation. If the re-evaluation confirms that an error in calculating your score indeed occurred, you will receive a full refund. In our experience, errors of this kind are very rare.
You may submit a request for re-evaluation of your test file by logging onto the NITE website within three months of the test date.
More information on submitting a request for re-evaluation of your test file appears on the NITE website.
Inquiries and Complaints about the Test
Any complaint regarding the test should be addressed in writing to the Customer Relations Bureau and sent via the NITE website within one week of the test date. A complaint received later than this will not be processed, in part because of the difficulty of conducting a check of a test administration long after it occurred.
Compromising the Integrity of the Test and Cheating
NITE views very seriously any attempt to compromise the integrity of its tests, including any behavior that infringes on the confidentiality of the test or the use of its results. We also view very seriously any attempt to obtain a score by illegal means, such as copying during the test or impersonating someone else. Among other things, cheating may lead to situations in which unsuitable candidates are accepted, sometimes even at the expense of other candidates who are better qualified. The National Institute for Testing and Evaluation has methods for detecting cheating and attempts to compromise test integrity, and reserves the right to react to such situations using all means at its disposal and at its discretion. These may include:
- Invalidating the test
- Prohibiting an examinee from taking any test administered by NITE for a period of 12 months
- Filing a civil suit
- Submitting a complaint to university or college disciplinary committees
Please note: Impersonating another person (such as sending someone to take the test in your place) is a criminal offense. If someone is suspected of committing such an offense, a complaint will be filed with the police and with university disciplinary committees.
Summons for Retesting
During the scoring process, NITE conducts routine checks to ensure that each examinee’s scores accurately reflect his or her ability. Sometimes these procedures turn up irregular findings that could be the result, for example, of inconsistencies or technological problems that make it difficult to calculate a score.
Any time there is a difficulty in calculating a score or any doubt about a test result, that examinee will be summoned to retake the test at NITE’s offices in Jerusalem, and his or her test scores will be withheld until the matter has been resolved. Only after an examinee is retested will NITE decide how to proceed.
A written summons for retesting is generally sent to such examinees within six weeks of the test date; however, it may also be issued at a later date.
In addition, in every case in which information discovered by or brought to the attention of NITE casts doubt for any reason upon the reliability of any score reported to an examinee (usually as the result of evidence uncovered during subsequent tests taken by the examinee, or information provided to NITE by external sources, the majority of which are institutions of higher education), NITE reserves the right - during every test administration date - to freeze or disqualify that score and to summon the examinee to a retest to clarify the matter (and when relevant, to notify the institutions of higher education that the score which NITE originally reported to them has been disqualified).
In addition, in response to any attempt at cheating, copying, or receiving a score through illegal means, NITE has the authority to prohibit the examinee from taking any test it administers for a period of 12 months.