The MAT is a graduate school admissions designed to measure the examinee’s ability
to recognize relationships between ideas, your fluency in the English language, and
your general knowledge of the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics, and social
sciences. There is no foreign-language edition of the MAT. No one is permitted to
use a dictionary or any other reference aid when taking the MAT.
The test consists of 120 partial analogies that must be completed within 60 minutes.
The $80 exam fee is paid directly to Arkansas Tech University (ATU). Exam fees paid
with debit/credit cards are paid through University Testing in Doc Bryan, Suite 211.
Cash payments will be accepted through the Office of Student Accounts in Brown Hall,
Suite 241. Personal checks are not accepted.
The test fee covers one official score report that will be provided to you upon completion
of the test and up to three official transcripts that will be sent to schools you
specify when you take the MAT.
MAT is available by appointment only. Please contact the Office of University Testing at utds@atu.edu, to schedule a testing appointment.
WAIT TIME BETWEEN TESTS:
A student must wait sixty (60) days before retaking the MAT exam.
Exam preparation materials are available at the Pearson website,
www.pearsonassessments.com/postsecondaryeducation/graduate_admissions/mat/prepare_mat.html.
