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List of admission tests to colleges and universities

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of standardized tests that students may need to take for admissions to various colleges or universities. Tests of language proficiency are excluded here. Only tests not included within a certain secondary schooling curriculum are listed. Therefore, those tests initially focused on secondary–school–leaving, e.g., GCE A–Levels in the UK, Abitur in Germany or French Baccalaureate, are not listed here, although they function as the de facto admission tests in those countries (see list of secondary school leaving certificates).

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Albania Matura Shtetërore – Required for entry to some Albanian universities.

Australia ATAR – Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, indicative rank for school leavers, replacing UAI, ENTE and TER and OP. Different states and territories have different external standardised tests. New South Wales: Higher School Certificate (HSC) Victoria: Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Queensland: Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE), Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA) South Australia: South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Western Australia: Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) Tasmania: Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) ACT: No external standardised exams Northern Territory: Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET) STAT – Special Tertiary Admissions Test, aptitude test for non–school leavers. UCAT – University Clinical Aptitude Test, required for undergraduate entry to many Australian and New Zealand undergraduate-entry medical and dental schools. GAMSAT – Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test, required for graduate entry to many Australian graduate–entry medical and dental schools. International Student Admissions Test

Bangladesh Admission processes vary depending on universities. From 2020-2021 onward, most public universities offer central admission tests. However, some public universities including University of Dhaka, University of Rajshahi, University of Chittagong, Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University, Khulna University, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Comilla University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University present their own individual admission tests from 2024-2025 onward. All private universities in the country offer their own individual admission tests. There are also three central admissions exams:

GST Admission System or Guccha – The central and combined undergraduate program admission test for 19 public general, science and technological universities. There are 08 general universities and 11 science and technology universities from 2025 GST admission test. ACAS – The combined admission test for 8 agricultural universities along with the Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Patuakhali Science and Technology University's Faculty of Agriculture's undergraduate program. Admission Test for 1st Year MBBS or Medical College's Admission Test – The undergraduate level medical admission test for MBBS program that includes all state owned and private medical colleges.

Belize Caribbean Examinations Council.

Brazil Vestibular – Single University entrance exam in Brazil, each University may have its own vestibular. Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio

Burma University Entrance Examination

Canada GED – High School Diploma Equivalent CAEL – Canadian Academic English Language Assessment Diploma Exams — Only taken in Alberta

Chile Prueba de Acceso a la Educación Superior (PAES) from 2022 (formerly PDT and PSU)

China Gaokao – Standard means of entry to Chinese universities.

Colombia SABER 11 Exam – Test for all undergraduate students that want to apply to a university in Colombian territory.

Cuba Prueba de Ingreso a la Universidad – Set of exams in different subject matters for all students who want to enter any university in Cuba.

France Baccalauréat (or Bac) – Test for all undergraduate students who are looking to enter a university in France.

Germany TMS – Test for Medical Studies, used by most medical colleges in Germany. PhaST – Pharmaceutical Studies Aptitude Test, used for most pharmaceutical study programmes. HAM-Nat – Hamburg test for natural sciences, used by two universities for medical studies and pharmaceutical studies. BaPsy-DGPs - Studieneignungstest Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, test for study programmes in psychology. ITB-Business – Test for business administration and social sciences, used by some universities for business administration studies. ITB-Science – Test for STEM studies, used by some universities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria for admission procedures. ITB-Technology – Test for engineering, mathematics and computer science.

Greece Panhellenic Examinations – Subject tests for Greek students and adults who want to enter High Education Institutions (HEIs).

Ghana CDSU-IALE: INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EXAM (Level: 1, 2, 3, And 4)

Consular & Diplomatic Service University (CDSU) CDSU - IALE (International Licensure Examinations for Ambassadors and Career Diplomats)

Hong Kong Admission processes differ in institutes. For secondary school students applying for degree–level programmes provided by the University Grants Committee (UGC)–funded institutes, they can only apply through the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (JUPAS), which uses Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE) and Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) as benchmark agency until academic year 2011/12, and Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) since 2011/12. JUPAS is not used in most non-UGC/non–degree level programmes, even these institutes still use the examination results that JUPAS uses as benchmark agency.

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (Last year of exam in 2011, as EAS Subsystem of JUPAS until 2011). Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (Last year of exam in 2013, as JUPAS benchmark until 2012 admission). Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (The new qualification to replace the two qualifications above, starts since 2011/12).

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In the classroom: List of admission tests to colleges and universities is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Education lists by country, Higher education-related lists, School examinations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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