About
The University Testing Center (UTC) is part of Undergraduate Education and Success (UEAS) within the Office of the Provost’s Student Academic Engagement and Success (SAES) area at SMU.
We're mission driven.
The mission of the SMU University Testing Center (UTC) is to provide superior service to our student clients, faculty members and community partners within a convenient, confidential and comfortable environment. Our dedication to provide exemplary, individualized service to every visitor of our center is paramount, in keeping with our University’s dedication to foster individual learning, dignity and worth. The Center adheres to the National College Testing Association’s (NCTA) Professional Standards and Guidelines, ensuring that every assessment experience results in a fair and equitable outcome.
Our testing environment embodies test administration practices that:
- adhere to nationally-recognized professional testing standards and government regulations,
- maintain the integrity of the testing performance by incorporating ethical standards and security measures, and
- treat all examinees in a professional, yet personable manner.
We're certified.
The University Testing Center is a certified NCTA testing center. The National College Testing Association is a non-profit organization of testing professionals working in post-secondary institutions, in companies with test-related products and services, and in other professional testing venues. NCTA was organized in 2000 and currently has more than 3,000 members and has certified more than 300 testing centers throughout the country.
