FAU Opens New Testing Center

With all the new additions up and coming for FAU’s Boca campus, you might have missed the latest grand opening. No, sadly the Breezeway Cafeteria is not open yet, but the new Prometric Test Center is. In fact, FAU is the only university in Florida to have one. So, how does it benefit you?

If you’re interested in grad school, continuing on to medical or law school or just CLEPing out of a class, you can now take all required higher education exams on your own campus. Before this center opened, students had to drive to Coral Springs, Davie or even Orlando to test at a Prometric center.

As students, you now have access to computer-based exams such as the CLEP, GRE, LSAT, MCAT and Praxis. The center also offers testing for specialized fields such as the FTCE (Florida Teacher Certification Exam), the MAT (Miller Analogies Test) and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). The center also administers a test called Accuplacer, which is a computer-based placement test for freshmen.

As well as a wide range of higher education exams, the center also offers test prep, non-computerized testing and the ACT and SAT to local high school students. To view a full list all of available tests, visit the center’s web site at www.fau.edu/testing. You can then click on a test for more information about that individual test and its fees, test dates and registration procedures.

According to its Web site, Thomson Prometric is the leading global provider of comprehensive testing and assessment services. And the 19-seat testing site on the Boca campus is the largest in the state of Florida.

The Prometric Test Center is located on the Boca campus in the Student Services building, room 210. The center is open for walk-in testing Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with some Saturday appointments available. For more information or to register for a test, visit www.fau.edu/testing.

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