TestAS Examination in Germany

The TestAS is administered on a limited number of dates per year.

We offer a straightforward registration process at our test center:

You make a binding registration via our online form or in person on site. The fees are due immediately. After payment of the examination fees you will receive a TAN (transaction number) by e-mail, which you still have to redeem within the registration period during the registration process on www.testas.de in order to be finally registered for the examination.

Please check in time if you have received a TAN. Also check your SPAM mailbox or junk mail folder of your mail provider.

You should take the TestAS in the language you feel confident in. Now, if your English skills exceed your German skills, then it is advisable to take the TestAS in English. This is because the language skills have a direct influence on the result.

Nevertheless, participants with a B1 level are admitted to the exam. This is sufficient to solve some sub-tasks and interpret diagrams. Many sections of the exam involve challenging texts that test reading comprehension and the ability to make connections. Therefore, the higher the language level, the better the exam result.

An official, valid photo ID. It must be the same ID that you provided when registering in the TestAS portal.

The admission to the exam with the participant number. This should be downloaded and printed out by you from the TestAS Portal.
Multiple pens for the core test and subject-specific modules.

Students must bring their own pens. All other aids, including calculators, dictionaries, cell phones, or the like are strictly prohibited and may result in disqualification from the exam if not used.

TestAS consists of:

TestAS begins with the core test.  This section lasts 110 minutes and assesses the skills necessary for successful study in all university subjects and is divided into four additional timed subtests.

• Part 1 "Solving Quantitative Problems" (45 minutes): solve short text problems involving simple calculations and mathematical reasoning.
• Part 2 "Inferring Relationships" (10 minutes): recognizing connections between two pairs of words.
• Part 3 "Completing Patterns" (20 minutes): This part is commonly considered the most challenging of the core test. This subtest is about recognizing patterns in geometric figures and continuing them logically.
• Part 4 "Continuing number sequences" (25 minutes): Previous participants find this subtest uncomplicated. The task here is to continue number sequences in a meaningful way. This tests the ability to continue number sequences. Students report that this part is straightforward. In the part of our book that explains number sequences, you will find information to help you with some common difficult connections.

After a break of 30 minutes, the subject-specific modules follow. You will have 145-150 minutes for this. You will be given the tasks that correspond to your chosen field of study.

To choose from:

• Humanities, cultural and social sciences
• Engineering
• Mathematics, computer science and natural sciences
• Economics

a) Humanities, Cultural and Social Sciences (150 minutes - 3 parts)

• Part 1 "Understanding and Interpreting Texts " : In this subtest, good language skills are the key, as it is about text comprehension and meaningful reasoning.
• Part 2 "Using representational systems flexibly" measures inductive reasoning skills. This task requires a quick grasp of text and diagram, because a general conclusion must be drawn from it in relation to the question.
• Part 3 "Recognizing Language Structures" measures the ability to recognize language patterns and semantic relationships.

b) Engineering (150 minutes - 3-part)
This exam measures the ability to reason from abstract concepts and abstract from scientific and technical facts. It is divided into three parts:

• Part 1 "Formalizing Technical Facts": you are asked to transfer technical or scientific facts described here into a formulaic representation.
• Part 2 "Developing views": In this subtest, your spatial imagination is required.
• Part 3 "Analyzing technical relationships": The questions are drawn from physics, astronomy, chemistry, and earth sciences and are generally worded so that the participant can answer the questions with a general understanding of the major concepts of nature.

c) Mathematics, Computer and Natural Sciences (145 minutes - 2-part)

• Part 1 "Analyzing Science Facts": Questions cover astronomy, geography, botany. It doesn't hurt to revisit textbooks from the STEM subjects to prepare.
• Part 2 "Understanding Formal Representations": This subtest again depends on your language level. This is because it is important that you understand the problem statement in the question correctly. This part is the most demanding in this subject module and accounts for half of your grade in this module.

d) Economics (150 minutes - 2-part)

• Part 1 "Analyze economic relationships": maps, diagrams and tables come from the subject area of economics and must be analyzed and logically inferred.
• Part 2 "Analyzing Processes": In this substest, your critical and analytical thinking skills are put to the test. Here, a high level of fluency is helpful in grasping and solving the problem in the question. This section accounts for half of your grade on this subtest.

The results of the TestAS exam are available online via the individual participant portal approximately four weeks after the exam. To view and download your result, you will need your self-selected username and password.

The test results are only accessible to you. They only become visible to a university when you attach your results to your application documents.

The TestAS certificate contains a list of scores for each test section and is valid indefinitely.