List of admission tests to colleges and universities

This is a list of standardized tests that students may have to take for admissions to various Universities and Colleges. Tests of language proficiency are excluded here.

Only tests not included within a certain secondary schooling curriculum are listed. Thus, those tests initially focused on secondary-school-leaving, e.g., GCE A-Levels in the UK, or French Baccalaureate, are not listed here, although they function as the de facto admission tests in those countries.

Contents 1 Undergraduate 1.1 Australia 1.2 Brazil 1.3 China 1.4 Colombia 1.5 France 1.6 Germany 1.7 India 1.7.1 National 1.7.2 State Level 1.7.2.1 Andhra Pradesh 1.7.2.2 Delhi 1.7.2.3 Karnataka 1.7.2.4 Maharashtra 1.7.2.5 Tamil Nadu 1.8 Indonesia 1.9 Israel 1.10 Iran 1.11 Ireland 1.12 Japan 1.13 Pakistan 1.14 Sweden 1.15 South Korea 1.16 Turkey 1.17 United Kingdom 1.18 United States and Canada 2 Postgraduate/Professional schools 2.1 Australia 2.2 Chile 2.3 Colombia 2.4 India 2.5 Pakistan 2.6 United States and Canada 3 See also 4 External links

Undergraduate

Australia

• STAT - Special Tertiary Admissions Test, aptitude test for non-school leavers
• UMAT - Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test, required for undergraduate entry to many Australian and New Zealand undergraduate-entry medical schools
• uniTEST

Brazil

• Vestibular - University entrance exams in Brazil

China

• National College Entrance Examination - Standard means of entry to Chinese universities
• AST - Ameson Scholastic Test, originally designed for students who come from China, and are applying for the University of Cambridge of the UK, now used by a handful of UK and Australian universities.

Colombia

• ICFES exam - Test for all undergraduate students that want to apply to a university in Colombian territory.

France

• Baccalauréat (or le bac) - Test for all undergraduate students who are looking to enter a university in France.

Germany

• Abitur - Test for German students who want to apply to a university in Germany.

India

Admission procedures and entry tests vary widely across states and universities/institutes. Usually, admission to a university in a state is based upon the performance of the candidates in the state-wide Higher Secondary examinations. These are usually given after completion of the twelfth standard/grade, for eg the HSC examinations of Maharashtra. Some states also have special entrance examinations for entry into engineering and medical programs, for eg. the Common Entrance Test in Karnataka. Admission into federally established institutes like the Central Universities, the IITs and the NITs is usually based on a combination of performance in nation-wide exams such as the AIEEE and the state-level Higher Secondary examinations.

National

• AIEEE - Standard means of entry to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) across India with some other colleges
• All India Pre Medical Test - Standard test for admission to 15% of Central Government quota merit seats in Government Medical Colleges in India.
• BITSAT - Standard means of entry to BITS Pilani institutes across the country.
• IIT-JEE, HSEE - Standard exams for entry to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and ITBHU
• CAT, XAT, JMET, MAT or SNAP - Standard exams for entry to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other business schools

State Level

Andhra Pradesh

• EAMCET - Test for admissions into engineering and medical schools in the state

Delhi

• CEE - Standard means of entry to Delhi College of Engineering(DCE) and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology(NSIT).

Karnataka

• Common Entrance Test, the Karnataka common entrance test (KCET) - Test for admission into medical and engineering

Maharashtra

• MH-CET, the Maharashtra common entrance test - Test for admission into medical and engineering schools

Tamil Nadu

• TNPCEE - Test for undergraduate admissions in the select universities in the state of Tamil Nadu.This test has been removed from admission requirements from the academic year 2007-08 following approval from the then president Dr.APJ Abdulkalam

Indonesia

• TKB - Test for undergraduate admissions in Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

Israel

• Psychometric Entrance Test (colloquially "The Psychometry") - Required for undergraduate entry to most universities in Israel

Iran

• Concoor - Standard means of entry to universities in Iran.

Ireland

• HPAT - Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test, required for undergraduate entry to Irish Medical Schools

Japan

• Examination for Japanese University Admission - Required for entry by foreigners into many Japanese Universities

Pakistan

• NAT - Category I - National Aptitude Test, for admission in Engineering, Computer Science, Medical and Arts in most universities of Pakistan

Sweden

• Högskoleprovet - the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
• PIL - Test and interview, used by the Karolinska Institute for admission to some of its study programmes

South Korea

• College Scholastic Ability Test - Standard means of entry to South Korean universities and colleges

Turkey

• ÖSS - Standard means of entry to Turkish universities.

United Kingdom

• HAT - History Aptitude Test
• LNAT - National Admissions Test for Law
• BMAT - Biomedical Admissions Test
• UKCAT - United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test
• ELAT - English Literature Admissions Test
• Modern and Medieval Languages Test, provided and required by the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages of the University of Cambridge
• STEP - Sixth Term Examination Paper, only the subjects of Mathematics(I, II, III) are available after 2003
• Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Cambridge)
• Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA Oxford), formerly known as the PPE(Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Admissions Test
• Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA UCL)
• Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT)
• Health Professions Admissions Test (HPAT)

United States and Canada

• SAT - formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test
  • SAT Subject Tests
• ACT - formerly American College Testing Program or American College Test
• THEA - Texas Higher Education Assessment
• GRE-Graduate Record Examination
• GED-High School Diploma Equivalent

Postgraduate/Professional schools

Australia

• GAMSAT - Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Test
• LSAT - Law School Admission Test (some Juris Doctor programs)

Chile

• PSU: Prueba de Selección Universitaria

Colombia

• ECAES - Examen de Estado de Calidad de la Educación Superior

India

• MH-CET - (Maharashtra-India)
• Common Admission Test (CAT)- (India)
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Enginnering (GATE),JAM and Jmet - Standard means of entry to the graduate courses at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
• Management Admission Test (MAT)-(India)
• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS)-(India)
• Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)-(India)

Pakistan

• GAT-GENERAL - Graduate Aptitude Test, for admission in M.Phil and HEC Scholarship Schemes, Pakistan.
• GAT-SUBJECT - Graduate Aptitude Test, for admission in PhD programs, Pakistan.
• NAT - Category II - National Aptitude Test, for admission in Graduate / Masters programs, Pakistan.

United States and Canada

• Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
• Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
• Dental Admission Test (DAT)- (United States)
• Dental Aptitude Test (DAT)- (Canada)
• Optometry Admission Test (OAT)
• Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT)
• Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT)
• Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT)
• Law School Admission Test (LSAT)

See also

• List of primary and secondary school tests
• List of secondary school leaving certificates
• List of language proficiency tests

External links

• Test Preparation at the Open Directory Project
• Educational Testing Service developer of many of these exams
• Standard means of entry to Ukrainian universities and colleges (Russian)