Contact Us

BYU Students

Hotline (801) 422-2861

E-mail testing@byu.edu

For test-related information, please contact your instructor. For online course proctoring or Independent Study information please email indstudy@byu.edu.

Faculty and Staff

E-mail testing@byu.edu

Phone (801) 422-6147

Visitors

Phone (801) 422-6147

Location and Directions The BYU Testing Center is located on the South-West corner of campus. We are in the Heber Grant Building (HGB) highlighted in blue on the map. It is located between the Joseph Smith Building (JSB) and the Maeser Memorial Building (MSRB). Our main office is located in Room 265, the second floor of the Heber Grant Building. Driving Directions BYU is located in Provo, Utah, about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City on I-15. You may take the following I-15 exits to get to BYU, listed from North to South as marked on the map (exits in bold offer the most direct route). 800 North, Orem

Center Street, Orem

1200 South - University Parkway, Orem

Center Street, Provo

University Avenue, Provo Visitor's Parking All parking lots at BYU require a permit. Visitor's Parking is located east of the Wilkinson Student Center (WSC) and north of the Museum of Art (MOA).

About Us

The Testing Center, a part of the Center for Teaching and Learning, houses the largest college testing facility in the United States. The main purpose of the Testing Center is to provide classroom testing for the University. It also administers national tests, and has the facilities to provide test proctoring service for both paper-based and computer-based tests.

Classroom Testing

The majority of tests given in the Testing Center are classroom tests. These are tests that would usually be administered in the classroom during the normal course of a semester or term.

The Testing Center allows BYU Faculty and Staff to administer their tests in the Testing Center instead of the classroom. This provides the following advantages:

Tests don't take up valuable lecture time.

Students can take longer than a class period though tests should be written so most students could finish within one hour.

Tests can be available to the students for a longer period of time (usually 3 days). This provides greater flexibility to the students allowing them to take the test at more convenient times.

Facilities

The main testing facility has a capacity for 420 students. This facility is also augmented by the Music Room; an adjacent room with a capacity for 70 students. The Music Room provides constant instrumental music from several styles to ease test anxiety. There is also an overflow room on the first floor with a capacity of 100 students. Additionally, the Testing Center has 90 Chromebooks that can be used for online testing.

The Testing Center has a small testing area for specialized, national, and other non-BYU tests.