About the University Testing Center
The University Testing Center (UTC) is located on the first floor of Howard Phillips Hall in room 106. The center offers a secure and comfortable environment that includes a technologically advanced computer testing lab with 41 testing stations as well as a traditional paper-and-pencil testing facility. Annually, UTC administers over 20,000 standardized examinations.
Annually, UTC administers over 20,000 standardized exams.
UTC strives to meet the needs of UCF students, prospective students, alumni, and the greater Orlando metropolitan area by providing a wide-variety of testing services such as the Residual ACT, CLAS Requirement (College Level Academic Skills) , CLEP (College Level Examination Program), Foreign Language Proficiency Exam (FLPE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), and many others in order to foster excellence in higher education and create opportunities for success. UTC is also responsible for providing UCF students with information related to components of the CLAST requirement, including: holds, Alternatives, Lower Division Registration Waivers, and Hold Petitions.
UTC has also experienced outstanding success including: being recognized for six consecutive years as being one of the top 100 CLEP test center in the nation administering the most CLEP tests (2003-2004 to 2008-2009), recognized as being one of the top 100 institutions receiving the most CLEP Spanish language examination scores (2004-2005), presenting “From Recruiting to Testing: Dev National College Testing Association (NCTA) 2006 conference, presenting "Marketing Plan to Keep Your Test Center on the Track to Success" at the NCTA 2007 conference, and subscribing to the required guidelines in order to be recognized as a participant in the Consortium of College Testing Centers (CCTC).
Mission and Vision Statement
Mission Statement
The mission of the University Testing Center is to assist UCF students and the surrounding community in assessing their knowledge, skills, and abilities as they relate to higher and continuing education by providing a variety of local and national testing opportunities. This is accomplished through the use of written and computer-adapted assessment and testing instruments.
Vision Statement
The University Testing Center is committed to being recognized as a leader for providing quality testing services that are essential to admission, retention, graduation, and post graduation testing needs of UCF students and the surrounding community. The department will be distinctive in providing access and opportunity of quality testing services to a diverse population, as well as flexible and extended testing alternatives that enhance the opportunity to meet institutional and personal deadlines.
