{{one source, date=October 2017The International Student Admissions Test (ISAT) is a mandatory test for entry into medicine, dentistry and other healthcare related courses offered by some Australian educational institutions to
international student
International students, or foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying.
In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...
s. The test is produced by the
Australian Council for Educational Research
The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), established in 1930, is an independent educational research organisation based in Camberwell, Victoria (Melbourne) and with offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Dubai, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Lond ...
(ACER) in order to give an indication of cognitive abilities of
international student
International students, or foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their tertiary education in a country other than their own and move to that country for the purpose of studying.
In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...
s who have applied for entry into an Australian university. The 3 hour computer-based exam comprises 100 multiple choice questions designed to assess each candidates critical reasoning and quantitative reasoning skills.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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