Sunday, April 14, 2013

Tests Required for Admissions in Foreign Universities





Tests Required for Admissions in Foreign Universities


It is used by the Business Schools for admissions into Masters in Business
Administration (MBA).
Accepted in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Europe, Singapore and India
Computer Adaptive Test (CAT).
Test Contains 4 Sections: Mathematics, Verbal and Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) & Integrated Reasoning (IR).                                                                 
Owned by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC).
Written by the ACT.
Administered and Conducted by the PEARSON VUE.
GRE is termed as Graduate Record Examination.
Used by Graduate schools in any field apart from Business, Law and Medicine.
Accepted in USA, UK, Canada, Singapore and Germany.
Multi Stage Test (MST).
The test has 4 sections: Mathematics, Verbal, Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), and Experimental

Owned and written by ETS (Educational Testing Service).
Administered by Prometric/ Everonn.
GRE is a mandatory requirement for the following fields:
Engineering - Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical, Aeronautical, Civil etc.
Humanities - Art, English, History, Philosophy
Social Sciences - Economics, Political Science, Psychology
Natural Sciences - Applied Physics, Statistics, Mathematics
Earth Sciences - Geological and Environmental Sciences, Geophysics




IELTS is termed as International English Language Testing System.
?It is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication.
Accepted by UK, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, New zealand & many colleges in USA.
Conducting 1.4 million tests globally, IELTS is the world's most popular English testing system
IELTS is jointly owned by British Council, IDP:IELTS Australia and University of Cambridge ESOL examinations (Cambridge ESOL)
??Offered in more than 500 locations in around 120 countries





TOEFL is termed as Test of English as Foreign Language.
Evaluates the English proficiency of people whose native language is not English.
Measures the ability of non-native speakers of English to use and understand North American English.
Accepted in USA, UK, Canada and Singapore.
The test is administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).





Scholastic Assessment Test called earlier, but now SAT for admissions in undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree programs.
Accepted in USA and Singapore. Required by most American schools to assess qualifications of applications for under graduation.
Paper pencil test.
Administered on 6 fixed dates in India: October, November, 
December, January, May and June.
Owned and written by the ETS (Educational Testing Service).
Administered and Conducted by the College Board.





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