The term College entrance exam may refer to any standardized test which is needed in order for one to be considered eligible for application by a post-secondary institution. Such examinations may include *

SAT The SAT ( ) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and scoring have changed several times; originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, it was later called the Schol ...

Reasoning Test, in the United States * ACT, also in the United States * The Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, in Hong Kong *

Leaving Certificate A secondary school leaving qualification is a document signifying that the holder has fulfilled any secondary education requirements of their locality, often including the passage of a final qualification examination. For each leaving certifica ...

, the university matriculation examination in

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. *

Baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...

, the academic qualification examination in France *

ATAR Atar, Atash, or Azar ( ae, 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭, translit=ātar) is the Zoroastrian concept of holy fire, sometimes described in abstract terms as "burning and unburning fire" or "visible and invisible fire" (Mirza, 1987:389). It is considered to b ...

, the academic qualification examination in Australia *

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

, the academic qualification examination in Germany *

GCSE The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a particular subject, taken in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. State schools in Scotland use the Scottish Qualifications Certificate instead. Private sc ...

, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland *

IGCSE The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is an English language based examination similar to GCSE and is recognised in the United Kingdom as being equivalent to the GCSE for the purposes of recognising prior attainm ...

, administered by

Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Assessment International Education (informally known as Cambridge International or simply Cambridge and formerly known as CIE, Cambridge International Examinations) is a provider of international qualifications, offering examinations ...

* OSS (Student Selection and Placement System), the academic qualification and ranking exam in Turkey, where more than 1.7 million students take each year *

Matura or its translated terms (''Mature'', ''Matur'', , , , , , ) is a Latin name for the secondary school exit exam or "maturity diploma" in various European countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech ...

, the academic qualification examination in Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland * TS ĐH-CĐ, in Vietnam *

Selectividad is the popular name given to the Spanish University Admission Tests ("", E.v.A.U.), a non-compulsory exam taken by students after secondary school, necessary to get into University. Students must take six 90-minute written exams over three days ...

, in Spain * University Entrance Exam commonly known as Konkour, in Iran * CSAT(수능), in South Korea. *

Gaokao The National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), commonly known as the gaokao (), is a standardized college entrance exam held annually in mainland China. It is required for entrance into almost all higher education institutions at the und ...

National College Entrance Examination, in China. *

National Center Test for University Admissions The was a type of standardized test used by public and some private universities in Japan. It was held annually during a weekend in mid-January over a period of two days. Since the test was held in the middle of winter, snow delayed the exam in ...

, in Japan * SBMPTN, a competitive exam required to enroll in public universities in Indonesia. *

PSU PSU may refer to: Organizations Military *Police Support Unit, a paramilitary wing of the Zimbabwe Republic Police *Port Security Unit, a U.S. Coast Guard expeditionary force protection unit Political parties * Parti Socialiste Unifié (disambig ...

Prueba de Selección Universitaria, in Chile * ENEM Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio, in Brazil *

ICFES ICFES is an acronym for ''Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educación Superior'' ("Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education"). It is a Colombian organization that manages and evaluates the education and Institutes (School ...

Examen ICFES Prueba Saber 11, in Colombia * Riigieksamid — in Estonia. *

Unified State Exam The Unified State Exam (russian: Единый государственный экзамен, ЕГЭ, ''Yediniy gosudarstvenniy ekzamen, EGE'') is an exam in the Russian Federation. It is a series of exams every student must pass after graduation fr ...

– in Russia. *

External independent testing External independent evaluation or External independent testing (EIT, external testing, ET) is the examination for admission to universities in Ukraine. Complex organizational procedures (first - testing) aim to determine the level of academic p ...

- in Ukraine. * Unified National Testing - in Kazakhstan. * General Republican Testing - in Kyrgyzstan. * Centralized Testing - in Belarus, Latvia and Tajikistan * Unified State/National Exams - in Armenia and Georgia * Bacalaureat - in Moldova and Romania * General Scholastic Ability Test - in Taiwan

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