STARFLEET TESTING CENTERS
Starfleet Testing Centers are certified locations authorized to administer entrance examinations to Starfleet applicants. There are two classifications of testing center: an Examination Center and Induction Center.
STARFLEET INDUCTION CENTER
STARFLEET EXAMINATIONS
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Starfleet Crewman Entrance Test
(SCET)
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Starfleet Officer Aptitude Test
(SOAT)
EXAMINATION CENTER LOCATIONS
Starfleet Induction Center
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​​Cambridge University
Meiji University
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American Continent Institute ​
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Amazon University
EXAMINATION CENTER PERSONNEL
The Starfleet Induction Center was formally opened in February 2141 and serves as a "cradle to grave" facility for the entrance procedures of Starfleet. Starfleet applicants may be tested, medically examined, and entered into Starfleet without the typical delays associated with joining Starfleet through a traditional recruiting office. The Starfleet Induction Center is divided into three different sections for entrance examinations, medical certification, and entrance processing. These procedures usually take between 48-72 hours to complete during which time a prospective Starfleet member is referred to as "Applicant". A berthing facility is located on site both for Starfleet applicants and enlisted recruits awaiting the start of Basic Training.
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As of its original activation, the Starfleet Induction Center typically only serviced Crewman enlistments for the Western Recruiting Division; this was changed in 2142 when all recruiting offices began transferring applications for Crewman enlistments to the Starfleet Induction Center for "pre-induction processing". Officer applications and some delayed enlistments continued to undergo the traditional recruiting route to enter Starfleet. Recruits unable to join Starfleet immediately on active duty are normally enlisted on inactive duty and then report to the next available training course at the Starfleet Training Center.
STARFLEET EXAMINATION CENTERS
Starfleet Examination Centers (originally known as "Testing Centers") are leased facilities normally located on a major academic campus. The Examination Center is certified to administer Starfleet entrance examinations for both officer and crewman applicants and then transmit the results to a local Starfleet Recruiting Office. Examinatuion Centers are normally operated by a staff of between twelve to twenty Starfleet personnel.
RECRUITING, INDUCTION, AND EXAMINATION FACILIITES
TESTING CENTER HISTORY
Starfleet Testing Centers were first created in the winter of 2138, following creation of standardized entrance examinations for Starfleet applicants. Starfleet Testing Centers are managed by Starfleet Training, with the first testing center established in a leased academic building on the University of California San Francisco Parnassus Campus in December 2138.
By the summer of 2139, two additional testing centers had been established at Cambridge University and at the Meiji University in Tokyo. In October 2139, the American Continent Institute in Seattle signed a lease to allow Starfleet to operate a facility on its campus for the next twenty-five years. A fifth testing center was then opened in central Brazil a year later.
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In May 2140, an announcement was made that the original Starfleet Testing Office at the University of California would be closing by the end of the year, with a new facility, known as the Starfleet Induction Center, constructed on the campus of the Starfleet Training Center. Groundbreaking for the new Starfleet Induction Center took place in September 2140 and the facility was opened in February 2141.​
The original Starfleet Testing Center established in 2138 and closed in 2141