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The NIMEI the new national medical Education system which is a joint initiative by the two Ministries,
the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
envisioning the scaling up and transformation of medical education in Ethiopia .The goal is to educate
21st century Medical Doctors quantitatively sufficient and professionally competent to provide quality
health care to meet the demand of the Nation.
NIMEI as one of its components has developed Recruitment Selection and Admission system where
National Entrance Examination is one major component. NIMEI Entrance Examination was conducted
on Tahsas 10 2004 E.C. in 13 Universities and newly established medical schools in different regions of
Ethiopia . A total of 2879 applicants had registered in the different registration sites to the
National Examination Agency. Among the total applicants 430 were Female applicants.
Applicants were from all regions of Ethiopia: Tigray, Afar, Amhara, Oromia, Somali, BenshangulGumz, SNNPR, Gambella, Harari, Addis Ababa, and Dire-Dawa.
Male candidates with results of 56 and above have been accepted to the
Medical Schools.
Female candidates with results of 48 and above have been accepted to the
Medical School
d) A total of 1017 candidates will be admitted to the Medical Schools out of these 75 % are
Male and 25% are Female candidates. Additional 117 Candidates are selected as
reserves.
e) Status to Medical School admissions are four: 1) Pass means admitted 2) Reserve
means can be admitted if Pass candidate number is not achieved in the medical
schools 3) Fail means not admitted 4) Disqualified means candidate whose result
has been rejected for reasons of falsification or misrepresentation.