Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio
Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Portuguese pronunciation: [eˈzɐ̃mi nasjoˈnaw du ẽˈsinu ˈmɛdʒi.u]; English: National High School Exam), shortened as Enem (Brazilian Portuguese: [eˈnẽj]), is a non-mandatory, standardized Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school students in Brazil. The ENEM is the most important exam of this kind in Brazil, with more than 8.6 million registered candidates in 2016. It is the second largest in the world after China's National Higher Education Entrance Examination.
| Acronym | Enem |
|---|---|
| Type | Paper/digital-based standardized test |
| Developer / administrator | National Institute for Educational Studies and Research "Anísio Teixeira" (INEP) |
| Knowledge / skills tested | Portuguese language Literature Foreign Language (English or Spanish) Arts Physical Education History Geography Philosophy Sociology Essay Biology Physics Chemistry Mathematics |
| Year started | 1998 |
| Duration | 10 hours and 30 minutes over 2 days |
| Offered | 1 time per year |
| Countries / regions | Brazil |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| Website | enem |
After 2009 its importance for students who want to attend college has increased, since the exam has been used both as an admission test for enrollment in 23 federal universities and 26 educational institutes, as well as for certification for a high school degree. The test is also used by people desiring to gain points in the Universidade para Todos Program (or ProUni), a federal scholarship program.