AP exam is not offered at AUS Testing Center.

American University of Sharjah recognizes the Advanced Placement Exams and awards advanced standing credit, on a case-by-case basis, for those students who take the exam and receive a minimum required score as determined by AUS. Students who earn advanced standing may be exempted from taking certain AUS placement exams, depending on the subjects/courses taken and the grades earned.

Applicants are required to submit GMAT Test scores for admission to the MBA or PhD in Business Administration (PhD-BA) program at AUS.

GMAT™ exam Structure

The GMAT Focus Edition is 2 hours and 15 minutes long (with one optional 10-minute break) and consists of 64 questions in total:

Quantitative Reasoning: 21 questions, 45 minutes
Verbal Reasoning: 23 questions, 45 minutes
Data Insights: 20 questions, 45 minutes

Exam Content

To help ensure that newly admitted applicants complete the admissions process for the upcoming semester, the AUS Testing Center is offering the MBA Admissions Test online. You can take these exams from your own computer at home using the iLearn system, and the exams will be proctored by Respondus Monitor. This special browser provides electronic test proctoring by recording your webcam and microphone during the entire duration of the test.

The TWE test gives students the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to write about an assigned topic. They will be given 30 minutes to write their essay, and the essay will be scored in a holistic way.

The score will be based on the candidate's ability to organize his response clearly, to sight examples to defend or clarify his position, and to write an effective conclusion.

TWE is a paper and pencil exam.

Test Fees 

AED 105.

AUS is an ETS-authorized TOEFL iBT® Test Center.

TOEFL iBT® Test

The  TOEFL iBT® tests all four skills: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing. It is internationally accepted for university admission. The test may take up to two hours to complete (up to three hours at the test center). The AUS score reporting code is 0526.

Test Structure

The test has four sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing.

All admitted applicants may sit for the International TOEFL (iBT Internet-based) at an ETS authorized Test Center or may take the Institutional TOEFL - ITP (paper-based) at the AUS Testing Center (only) before the start of the semester.

Instructions for TOEFL - ITP (Paper-based) test 

Please refer below to the conditions relevant to your test;

1. Any student showing symptoms of COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter the center and take the test