THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM® (AP®)
The AP Program offers college-level courses and exams you can take in high school. With qualifying AP Exam scores, students can earn credit and/or advanced placement or both.
- College Board’s Advanced Placement Program is recognized by universities around the world as a standard of academic excellence.
- Launched in 1955, originally designed as a means for students in the U.S. to earn college credit and/or advanced placement for learning university-level material while in secondary school. Today, secondary students worldwide can complete university-level coursework in 40 subjects and demonstrate proficiency by taking standardized end-of-course AP Exams.
Nearly all colleges and universities in the United States and more than 4000 universities in 100 countries, (such as the U.K., Canada, Singapore, the Middle East, etc.), consider AP participation favourably for admission and have policies around AP credit and placement.
AP Exams are administered once every year during the first two weeks of May.
Students are strongly encouraged to register during the first window, between September and November (prior to the testing year), to ensure they have ample time to prepare.
For more information, visit the College Board’s website: Click here
Find International Universities Recognizing AP and SAT: Click here
AP benefits enable motivated students like you to:
- Stand out to Colleges
- An Edge in College
- Earn College Credit and Placement
- Keep Your Options Open
- Skip introductory university classes.
- Save money on tuition.
A Head Start in High School:
Research consistently shows that AP students are better prepared for college than students who don’t take AP, regardless of their exam score. They’re more likely to enrol and stay in college, do well in their classes, and graduate in four years.
- Get a Taste of College
- Develop College Skills
- Discover your Passion
- Boost your GPA
Read how AP helped students.
Review the AP course descriptions for the subject(s) you want to test in. Each description explains which topics are covered in the AP course and what might be on the exam.
Authorized AP Test Center
The Galaxy School s authorised by the AP Program to administer the 2026 AP Exams in India. The exams are administered only in May each year and require advance registration.
Authorised AP test centres manage AP Exam registration in India. Students will follow registration and payment instructions provided by their preferred testing location.
Because test centres operate independently, their exam offerings, deadlines, fees, exam cancellation and refund policies and procedures may vary.
Important Update : Digital Exams
Students will take the digital exams on collegeboard’s Bluebook app. Learn more about Bluebook on Click here
For more information and a detailed list of these exams, please refer to the AP website on Click here
Note
Students must bring their own approved testing devices for the digital exams. The test center will not be providing testing devices.
2026 AP Exam Schedule
The 2026 AP Exams will be administered in schools over two weeks in May: May 4–8 and May 11–15. Early testing or testing at times other than those published by College Board is not permitted under any circumstances.
Please find detailed information related to our Test Centre’s AP Exam policy and Registration process, Exam Fee in the PDF document listed below:
| Week 1 | Morning — 8:00 a.m | Afternoon — 12:00 p.m |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 4, 2026 | Biology (Hybrid) | European History (Fully Digital) Microeconomics (Hybrid) |
| Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Chemistry (Hybrid) Human Geography (Fully Digital) |
United States Government and Politics (Fully Digital) |
| Wednesday, May 6, 2026 | English Literature and Composition (Fully Digital) | Comparative Government and Politics (Fully Digital) |
| Thursday, May 7, 2026 | Physics 2: Algebra-Based (Hybrid) World History: Modern (Fully Digital) |
Statistics (Hybrid) |
| Friday, May 8, 2026 | United States History (Fully Digital) | Macroeconomics (Hybrid) |
| Week 2 | Morning — 8:00 a.m. (Local Time) | Afternoon — 12:00 p.m. (Local Time) |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 11, 2026 | Calculus AB (Hybrid) Calculus BC (Hybrid) |
Seminar (Fully Digital) |
| Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | Precalculus (Hybrid) | Psychology (Fully Digital) |
| Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | English Language and Composition (Fully Digital) | Physics C: Mechanics (Hybrid) |
| Thursday, May 14, 2026 | Art History (Fully Digital) | Computer Science Principles (Fully Digital) |
| Friday, May 15, 2026 | Environmental Science (Fully Digital) | Computer Science A (Fully Digital) |
2026 AP Exam Eligibility
Students in any of the categories below are eligible to take AP Exams at the secondary school they’re enrolled at or at other AP-authorized schools/test centers:
- Students actively enrolled in a secondary school.
- Secondary school-level students who are home-schooled, participate in independent study, or attend a virtual school.
- Actively enrolled students who may be prepared to take an AP Exam prior to the ninth grade.
- Recent secondary school graduates who need a specific AP Exam for university admission.
- Students will need a student account with College Board to register. Link to My AP account: https://myap.collegeboard.org/login (Create an account only if you do not already have one you use for SAT, PSAT, AP.)
Authorized Test Centers in India Have Additional ID Policies:
- Students must bring an original, valid passport for entry to the AP Exam administration.
- If an original, valid passport is not available, then students must have the Aadhaar in either original Letter format or the PVC version with hologram only (both received from UIDAI). No other Aadhaar versions will be accepted.
- ACCEPTED AADHAAR VERSIONS: A sample of the letter version is shown on the left; it’s the entire piece of paper and not just the card portion at the bottom. The PVC card sample is on the right.
- Please plan any ID processing and applications in advance. Only students who bring required ID on exam day may test. Students who do not bring required ID to the test site on exam day will not be permitted to test.
- Please note soft copies of Passport and/or Aadhaar are not permitted.
Additional AP Testing Policies:
- You can take any or all of the 4 physics exams in the same year.
- You cannot retake an exam in the same year, although you may retake it in a subsequent year.
- You cannot take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in the same year.
- You can take Precalculus and (Calculus AB or Calculus BC) in the same year.
- You cannot take 2 exams scheduled at the same date and time. Decide which exam you wish to take first and then take the other exam during the next testing window.
SAT Program
The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT®)
The SAT is a standardized test widely used for college admissions across the world. The SAT is wholly owned, developed, and published by the College Board, a private, not-for-profit organization in the United States. The test is intended to assess students’ readiness for college.
Global Passport
The SAT is globally recognized and widely accepted by universities in the United States and almost 70 countries worldwide, including India.
Put Achievements in Context
Wide variations in curricular standards, grading systems, and course offerings make the SAT critical in contextualizing the achievement of international students.
Strengthen University Applications
Universities review academic accomplishments to ensure that a student is academically ready for study and graduation from their university. The SAT can help students stand out in the application process, including to universities that are test optional.
If a student is studying at a school/country where English is not the primary language of instruction, university admission officers may use the SAT to confirm that a student can complete their degree in English.
Authorized Sat Test Center
The Galaxy School, Rajkot is an authorized center to administer the SAT Exams.
Center Address :
The Galaxy School
c/o SN Kansagra School (PV Patel Smarak Trust)
University Road
Rajkot 360005
SAT Coordinator : Shrenik Sheth (shrenik.sheth@tges.org)
Contact Phone : +91-990-999-8059