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Testing Center

The Testing Center is a program of the Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and provides a secure environment for:

  • Metropolitan State students taking makeup exams for classroom courses,
  • Metropolitan State students taking exams for independent study courses,
  • Metropolitan State students taking waiver exams for the College of Management
  • Metropolitan State graduate school applicants taking assessments for the College of Management
  • MnSCU students taking exams for online courses, and
  • MnSCU students taking diagnostic placement tests in mathematics, reading, and/or writing.


Instructors: please see Instructor Procedures for directions on submitting exams to the Testing Center. 

Students: please see Student Procedures for directions on scheduling exams in the Testing Center. We also help make arrangements for an Off-site Proctor for students who cannot travel to our campuses to take exams for Metropolitan State courses.

Computers: please schedule Diagnostic Placement and other computerized exams only at the Midway location.

Testing Center Schedule

August 31 - December 15

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Some Saturdays
Midway
Room O
Minneapolis
MEC 2nd Floor
Midway
Room O
Minneapolis
MEC 2nd Floor
Midway
Room O

12 - 3 pm
4 - 8 pm

10 am - 1 pm
2 - 6 pm

12 - 3 pm
4 - 8 pm

10 am - 1 pm
2 - 6 pm

10 am - 4 pm

The CAE Testing Center is closed as follows:

  • September 5 - 7 for Labor Day Weekend,
  • November 25 - 29 for Thanksgiving Day Weekend, and
  • December 16 - January 18 for the semester break.
The last day for Diagnostic Placement testing is Saturday, December 5.
The CAE Testing Center opens Tuesday, January 19 for Spring 2010.
September 12
September 26
October 10
October 24
November 7
November 21
Saint Paul
LIB 130
December 5
December 12

Additional information regarding Diagnostic Placement tests may be obtained through the Diagnostic Services office.

Disability related testing accommodations may be obtained through the Disability Services office.

Contact Information for all locations
Phone: 651-793-1460
Fax: 651-793-1463
Email: testing.center@metrostate.edu
Center for Academic Excellence, 700 East Seventh Street,
Saint Paul, MN 55106-5000