At a test centre
Digital and paper TestAS are delivered at licensed centres. Follow the official booking instructions and bring the identity document required by your confirmation.
THE EXAM, EXPLAINED
Know the format.
Find your footing.
TestAS is an academic aptitude test for international applicants. Your university decides how it uses the result and which module you need.
Digital TestAS.
Core + your subject.
The Core Module tests general reasoning with three subtests. The subject module connects academic reasoning to your intended study field. Both modules are required in the official test.
| Section | Items | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Figure Sequences | 20 | 25 min |
| Mathematical Equations | 20 | 25 min |
| Latin Squares | 20 | 25 min |
| Chosen subject module | 10–15 testlets | 90 min |
Core: approximately 90 minutes including instructions and optional short desk breaks. A 30-minute break separates the Core and subject modules. Subject testlets contain 4–8 related questions. Our Core simulation includes the three 25-minute task blocks, with an untimed transition before each new block.
Official test versions are available in German and English. This Lab currently teaches and delivers practice in English.
Choose your direction.
Digital TestAS offers six subject modules. Select according to your degree plans and university instructions; a broad field match here is a guide, not an admission decision.
Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social SciencesEngineeringMathematics, Computer Science and Natural SciencesEconomicsMedicineLife Sciences
The digital subject questions use texts, tables, graphs and formulas, with four choices and one correct response. Subject practice in the Lab is coming very soon. You can build your foundation with the Core module in the meantime.
A DIFFERENT FORMAT
Taking the paper test?
Paper TestAS has different Core task groups. The digital drills in this Lab are not a paper-test simulation.
| Subtest | Items | Task time |
|---|---|---|
| Solving Quantitative Problems | 22 | 45 min |
| Inferring Relationships | 22 | 10 min |
| Completing Patterns | 22 | 20 min + instructions |
| Continuing Numerical Series | 22 | 25 min + instructions |
Paper Core totals 110 minutes including instructions. The subject section has two or three task groups and takes approximately 150 minutes. Its four subject choices are Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences; Engineering; Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences; and Economics.
See official paper preparationA calmer test day.
Use the real pace
Learn untimed first, then practise the published block timings. Written notes are prohibited in digital TestAS; paper TestAS can use supplied notepaper.
TestAS has no universal pass/fail threshold. Universities set their own requirements. Lab results describe your practice accuracy; they are not an official TestAS score or percentile.
CHECKED 7 OCTOBER 2026
Keep the official
sources close.
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Digital TestAS: structureCore tasks, subject modules and current timings
02Paper TestAS: structureThe separate paper format and its task groups
03TestAS: general questionsLanguages, module selection and test-centre delivery
04Results and requirementsResult interpretation and university requirements
Test formats, dates, centres and requirements can change. Use the current official provider and university instructions for registration decisions.