English Proficiency

The academic curriculum of the Raphael Recanati International School is taught entirely in English. Graduates of high schools in which English was not the primary language of instruction are required to pass an English Proficiency Exam. If available, the exam results should also be uploaded to the online registration form. Depending on their exam scores, students may be required to take English classes during their first year of studies.

There are four different levels of proficiency in English:



  • Exemption – Students are exempt from any further English proficiency requirements.
  • Advanced II – Students are required to take and pass one English proficiency course during their first year at Reichman University. 
  • Advanced I+II – Students are required to take and pass two English proficiency courses during their first year at Reichman University. 
  • English preparatory course – Students are required to take part in and successfully pass the Reichman University English preparatory summer course prior to the start of the academic year, as well as two English proficiency courses during their first year of studies.

 

The RRIS at Reichman University accepts the following English proficiency exams:

TOEFL  IELTS  PEARSON  CAMBRIDGE  AMIRNET

 

AMIRNET English Proficiency Exam

The Amirnet English exam is an online exam intended to test the student's English proficiency administered by The National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE).

Anyone wishing to take the Amirnet exam should register directly through the NITE website. Tests for those who register via the site will be administered at one of the NITE Test Centers across Israel.

The exam score will be reported directly to the chosen academic institution upon registration for the exam.

*Students must wait at least 35 days between the two English proficiency level exams (Amirnet).

 

English Proficiency

 

​
 International Exam		 ​Acceptance to
RRIS/Mechina		 Advanced I
(Level B)		 Advanced II
(Level A)		 ​Exemption/Acceptance
to MA level
​ IbT (Internet TOEFL) ​65 - 75 ​76 - 89 ​90 - 105 106+
​ IELTS ​5.5 ​6 ​6.5 7+
​ AMIRNET/
 Psychometric
 (+100 = AMIRNET)		 ​110 - 114 ​115 - 119 ​120 - 133 134+
 SAT 500 - 520 in both reading and writing 521 - 600 in both reading and writing 601 - 669 in both reading and writing 670+ in both reading and writing
 New SAT (Reading +   Writing/Language) 27 - 28 29 -32 33 - 35 36+
 ACT (average of
 English scores)		 22 -23 24 -26 27 -29 30+
 Cambridge ESOL
 Exams: Cambridge
 English Scale		 ​150 - 159  ​160 - 169 ​170 - 179 180+
​ PTE Academic 
 Pearson
 ​54 - 60 ​61 - 69 ​70 - 79 ​80+

  

Please note:

  1. Automatic exemption will be given to those who matriculated from an English-speaking high school/ Transfer students who successfully studied at least one year at a university in which the language of instruction was English.
  2. Students who speak English at home are not exempt from English studies – they need to be placed according to this table.
  3. Bagrut scores alone are not acceptable, even 100 points on 5-point English!