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University aptitude testTestAS is a standardised aptitude test for international applicants to German universities. It is not a language exam. It shows an admissions office how you think, and a strong score can lift a borderline application into an offer.
TestAS measures the cognitive skills a German degree demands: reasoning, pattern recognition, quantitative thinking and subject-specific problem solving. Many universities and Studienkollegs ask for it, and a number of them weight it heavily for competitive courses. A confident score is one of the few levers you fully control in your application.
Everyone sits the Core Test of general reasoning. You then choose one subject module aligned to your intended degree, in German or English, and the whole test runs in that one language.
Choose where your degree points. We reveal the matching subject module and the kind of thinking it asks for. The Core Test sits underneath them all.
I am heading toward
General problem solving that underlies every module. Strong here lifts your whole result, so it is where we always start.
Technical reasoning for engineering degrees: reading how parts and forces relate, then thinking through the problem.
For STEM applicants: working cleanly with quantitative and scientific problems, abstraction and logical structure.
For business and economics degrees: reading data, reasoning about it and turning it into a clear conclusion.
For humanities and social-science degrees: reading closely, seeing relationships and reasoning with language-based material.
Your result is a standard score with a percentile rank, set against everyone who took the same module. The scale is built around a centre of 100. Pick a band to see how a university reads it.
A score near the centre of the scale reads as a solid, middle-of-the-field result. It does no harm and shows you sat a recognised aptitude test.
An above-average percentile sits in the upper percentiles: high enough to strengthen a borderline file, realistic to reach with focused practice.
A top-band percentile sits in the highest percentiles and can tip competitive courses your way, which matters most when the universities on your list weight TestAS heavily.
We check your target universities and programmes against their TestAS requirements, then tell you plainly whether it helps your case or is a distraction.
We match the subject module to your intended degree and choose the test language that gives you the cleaner run.
We handle the booking and slot you into a test date that fits your admission timeline, not the other way round.
A focused prep plan with practice on the actual task types, so test day holds no surprises.
Not universally. Some universities and Studienkollegs require it, many recommend it, and for competitive courses a strong score can be decisive. We confirm exactly where your shortlist stands before you spend a cent on it.
No. TestAS measures aptitude and reasoning, and you can sit it in English. German proficiency is proven separately, usually with TestDaF.
It runs on several dates through the year and you may sit it more than once. Because there is no expiry and no penalty for a modest score, the strongest result is the one that counts.
The task types are learnable. With a focused plan and real practice material, a few weeks of consistent work makes a visible difference. We build that plan around your dates.
One consultation tells you whether to sit it, which module to take and how to prepare, mapped to your universities and deadlines.
Pulled straight from the official GaST exam calendar, so this table updates itself when a new sitting is published. Register through the official portal; we help you pick the date that fits your admission deadline.
| Exam date | Format | Registration closes | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2026 | Paper | 18 Sep 2026 Open | 20 Nov 2026 |
| 25 Nov 2026 | Digital | 16 Nov 2026 Open | 16 Dec 2026 |
| 24 Feb 2027 | Paper | 21 Jan 2027 Open | 29 Mar 2027 |
| 17 Mar 2027 | Digital | 8 Mar 2027 Open | 7 Apr 2027 |
| 23 Apr 2027 | Paper | 22 Mar 2027 Open | 23 May 2027 |
| 14 Jun 2027 | Digital | 3 Jun 2027 Open | 5 Jul 2027 |
| 22 Oct 2027 | Paper | 23 Sep 2027 Open | 21 Nov 2027 |
| 24 Nov 2027 | Digital | 15 Nov 2027 Open | 15 Dec 2027 |
Updated automatically from gast.de Checked 15 Aug 2026
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