Major Placement Tests

As part of our registration requirements, all freshman students who have achieved the required IELTS/TOEFL/EmSAT Achieve-English score for the semester of entry are required to take placement tests appropriate for their intended majors.

To ensure that newly admitted Undergraduate applicants complete the admissions process, AUS Testing Center is offering the online AUS placement tests. You can take these exams from your own computer at home using the iLearn system and are proctored by Respondus Monitor.

Please follow the link to find Instructions for Online Placement tests;

www.aus.edu/testing-center/aus-placement-tests

To book for the placement tests, please go to banner.aus.edu, and log in to Web Enabled Interface for Students using your AUS email username and password. Once logged in, go to Current Applicants, then go to Testing Center Registration and view the test schedule, and submit the booking request for approval at least one week prior to the test date. All major placement tests are free of charge.

Before booking for the placement tests, check to see you meet any of the Placement Tests exemption criteria. Applicants meeting any of the Placement Tests exemption criteria and transfer students may be exempted from taking certain placements tests depending on subjects/courses completed and grades earned.

Applicants who opt for EmSAT tests in English & Math will be exempted from AUS Placement Tests if they achieve the following:
a. English placement test - EmSAT English score of 1800 or more.
b. Math placement test;
      i. Science and Engineering - EmSAT Math of 1500 or more
     ii. Business and Architecture - EmSAT Math of 1300 or more

c. Physics placement test - EmSAT Physics score of 1100 or more.

For more information on exemption criteria please visit the link,

www.aus.edu/testing-center/aus-placement-tests

Applicants who meet any of the exemption criterion should send a request on testingcenter@aus.edu attaching a copy of the reports to get a written confirmation regarding any exemption.