The Test of Language by the Iranian Measurement Organization (English-Advanced) or TOLIMO: E-A is a standardized test administered by the Educational Measurement and Evaluation Organization (EMEO). It is a multiple – choice exam that lasts about two hours. It is designed to test a English speaker's proficiency in English.
HOW IMPORTANT IS THE TOLIMO
All the Iranian candidates for receiving Ph.D. scholarship for other countries have to obtain a satisfactory score on the TOLIMO. The acceptable score levels are announced by the EMEO.
Besides, the EMEO intends for TOLIMO scores to be used by Iranian universities as cutoffs-rejecting, for example, all applicants with scores below 500-and it is very likely that in future they might be used as a good measure of the applicants' language proficiency in different educational or vocational centers.