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TestAS is conducted in German and English. Upon registration, test takers select the language which they are most familiar with.

TestAS consists of the following components:

• onScreen
  This language test measures general language skills in German or English. It takes about 30 minutes and consists of six texts. You are required to fill in the gaps online.


• Core Test
  The Core Test measures cognitive abilities required for successful studies in all academic courses. It takes 110 minutes and consists of four subtests:
  
  • Solving Quantitative Problems
  • Inferring Relations
  • Completing Patterns
  • Continuing Numerical Series


• Subject-Specific Test Modules
  These tests measure cognitive abilities required for successful studies in selected areas of study.
  Candidates choose one of the following modules:
  
  Economics Module
  This test module takes 145 minutes to complete and consists of two subtests:
  
  • Analysing Economic Interrelationships
  • Analysing Processes
  
  Engineering Module
  This test module takes 150 minutes to complete and consists of three subtests:
  
  • Formalising Technical Interrelationships
  • Visualising Solids
  • Analysing Technical Interrelationships
  
  Humanities, Cultural Studies and Social Sciences Module
  This test module takes 150 minutes to complete and consists of three subtests:
  
  • Understanding and Interpreting Texts
  • Using Representation Systems Flexibly
  • Recognising Linguistic Structures
  
  Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences Module
  This test module takes 145 minutes to complete and consists of two subtests:
  
  • Analysing Scientific Interrelationships
  • Understanding Formal Depictions
  
  The Core Test and the Subject-Specific Test Modules are paper-based tests in multiple choice format. The test takers are to mark the correct answer on answer sheets which are evaluated automatically in the TestDaF Institute.