Brakim is a track in mechanical engineering for students in the military academic reserve program (Atuda) who have demonstrated excellence. The program offers a unique and challenging track for BSc and MSc degrees, including a thesis, at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Brakim provides academic and military training especially adapted to research and development, which are at the core of the IDF’s technological activity. Graduates of the program serve as technological pioneers in the IDF and spearhead Israel’s defense establishment.
Why choose the Brakim program at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering?
- Earliest placement in the IDF academic reserve.
- Guaranteed placement in R&D positions.
- The possibility to become an officer and engineer with an MSc and thesis.
- A Brakim grant in the amount of NIS 5,000 each year in addition to the academic reserve grant.
- Eligibility for residence in the Technion’s dormitories (for a fee).
- Personal attention by the Brakim administration and the faculty.
- Studies in a quality, supportive and cohesive framework created following a rigorous and unique classification process that puts emphasis on high personal level and academic skills.
- Graduates will serve their compulsory military service and will then sign up for only three years in the standing army.
- Preferential salary during the compulsory service (academic reserve wages).
- Rich professional experience in the IDF’s most elite technology units while gaining command experience.
How to register
First, register for and take the psychometric admission test no later than in April of your senior year in high school.
In addition, register for the academic reserve through the Mitgaisim website and choose the mechanical engineering profession. After registering, send the following forms and documents to the Brakim Administration, no later than the end of February of your senior year of high school:
- Copy of the registration forms for the academic reserve.
- Registration forms for Brakim.
- Copy of your final grades from the 11th grade.
- Copy of the psychometric admission test score or copy of the registration form for the month of April at the latest.
After sending the documents, call +972-3-7312602 to verify that they were received.
Contact:
IDF Brakim Administration
Tel.: +972-3-7374941
Fax: +972-3-7374947
Email: brakimprogram@gmail.com
Brakim Program Coordinator at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Dana Solav
Tel.: +972-73-3785494
Email danas@technion.ac.il
