Education admissions tests

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This is a list of standardized tests that students may have to take for admissions to various schools:

[edit] Secondary School

[edit] Admissions

SHSAT - Specialized High Schools Admissions Test for New York City
ISEE - Independent School Entrance Examination
SSAT - Secondary School Admission Test
Eleven plus - For entry to grammar schools in the UK
PSLE - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Singapore
OKS - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Turkey
HSPT - High School Placement Test
UPSR - Entrance test into Secondary Schools for Malaysia

[edit] Mid-course

[edit] Undergraduate

SAT - formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test
- SAT Subject Tests
- Former English Language Proficiency Test - ELPT
- PSAT/NMSQT - Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
ACT - formerly American College Testing Program or American College Test
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
A-level - Standard means of entry to English, Welsh and Northern Irish universities
Scottish Higher - Standard means of entry to Scottish universities
Higher School Certificate New South Wales ExternalAssessment
Abitur - German High School final exam which determines university acceptance
Baccalauréat - French High School final exam which determines university acceptance
Selectividad - Spanish High School final exam which determines university acceptance
Psychometric Entrance Test (colloquially "The Psychometry") - Required for undergraduate entry to most universities in Israel
Access programme - Alternative means of entry to UK universities
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Högskoleprovet - the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
Examination for Japanese University Admission - Required for entry by foreigners into many Japanese Universities
IIT-JEE - Standard means of entry to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
BITSAT - Standard means of entry to BITS, Pilani
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.
ÖSS - Standard means of entry to Turkish universities
UMAT - Undergraduate Medical Admissions Test, required for undergraduate entry to many Australian and New Zealand undergraduate-entry medical schools
Equivalent National Tertiary Entry Rank
STAT - Australian aptitude test for non-school leavers
THEA - Texas Higher Education Assessment
Vestibular - University entrance exams in Brazil
National College Entrance Examination - Standard means of entry to Chinese universities
College Scholastic Ability Test - Standard means of entry to South Korean universities and colleges
HKALE - Standard means of entry to Hong Kong universities
Leaving Certificate Examination - Standard means of entry to colleges and universities in the Republic of Ireland
Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia - Malaysia Higher School Certificate (sic) is a test usually taken by students at the end of Form 6
Matura - Austrian High School Final Exam - required for university admission
MH-CET - Test for Graduate and/or Post-Graduate Studies in Maharashtra (India)
TNPCEE - Test for undergraduate Engineering admissions in Anna University (Tamilnadu, India)
EAMCET - Test for admissions into engineering and medical schools in the state of Andhra Pradesh(INDIA)

[edit] Graduate/Professional Schools

Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT)
BMAT - Biomedical Admissions Test (United Kingdom)
Common Admission Test (CAT)- (India)
Dental Admission Test (DAT)- (United States)
Dental Aptitude Test (Canada)
GAMSAT - Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Test
Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) - (US)
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
History Aptitude Test (HAT) - (United Kingdom)
LNAT - National Admissions Test for Law (UK)
Law School Admission Test (LSAT) - (US and Canada)
Miller Analogies Test (MAT)
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) - (US and Canada)
MOAT - for medical school
Optometry Admission Test (OAT) - Optometry Admission Test
Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT)
UKCAT - United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test
Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT)
Prueba de Selección Universitaria - (Chile)
MH-CET - (Maharashtra-India)
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - (India)
MPPET (MP PRE ENGINEERING TEST) -MP INDIA

[edit] Language Proficiency

[edit] Chinese

Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì - Chinese Proficiency Test.

[edit] English

IELTS - International English Language Testing System
TOEIC - Test of English for International Communication
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
London Tests of English - A series of six exams from Pearson Language Assessments
TSE - Test of Spoken English
TWE - Test of Written English
UBELT - University of Bath English Language Test
Former ELPT - English Language Proficiency Test

[edit] French

TEF - Test d'évaluation du français
TCF - Test de connaissance du français
TFI - Test de français international
DALF - Diplôme Approfondi de Langue Française
DELF - Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française

[edit] German

Deutsches Sprachdiplom Stufe I and II- German as a foreign language
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[edit] Japanese

JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test

[edit] Portuguese

CELPE-Bras - Brazilian Certificate of Proficiency in Portuguese for Foreigners

[edit] Spanish

DELE - Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera, Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

DMOZ listings of test preparation websites
Educational Testing Service developer of many of these exams

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