Prueba de Selección Universitaria
The University Selection Test was a standardized test used for college admissions in Chile, made by the Department of Evaluation, Measurement and Educational Register by mandate of the Board of Chilean Universities' Headmasters. Since 2003, it had replaced the Prueba de Aptitud Académica which had been in use since 1966, until its eventual termination in 2020. A temporary test was used while the Prueba de Admisión a la Educación Superior was in development.
The PSU was given once a year, usually between November and December.
It was necessary to take the test to apply to universities ascribed to the CRUCH, known as Traditional Universities. The only requirement to take this test was to have completed high school.
Format
The PSU itself was a set of four separate tests, which were taken in two days. Out of these four:- Two were required
- Two were optional, yet it was required to choose one
- * History and Social Studies
- * Science: This test had a common module of Biology, Physics and Chemistry and three elective modules from which one is chosen