The Pan Africa Christian University has launched a Psychometrics Testing Centre at the Thika Road Campus in Roysambu.
Psychometrics is the field that deals with the measuring of intelligence, attitudes, and personality traits.
This comes after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with SCHUHFRIED, an Austrian-based company known for its digital products and services in the fields of psychological assessments.
The company will provide the university with technological infrastructure for various psychometrics tests of the Vienna Test System (VTS).
The Vienna Test System (VTS) is a test system for computerized psychological assessments and it allows digital psychological tests to be administered while also providing automatic and comprehensive scoring.
According to PAC VC Margaret Muthwii, the university plans to incorporate Vienna Test System into its curriculum to provide psychology students and faculty with psychometrics testing and related research skills.
“In the current dispensation, universities must think beyond tuition fees and become more innovative in order to raise funds, and we are all about that,” Muthwii said.
This makes the university the first institution in Africa to open a psychometrics testing center that uses VTS from SCHUHFRIED, which has a presence in over 68 countries around the world.
The centre is expected to open its doors in the next one month for commercial-based professional services in a variety of fields.
These will include driving fitness tests, clinical neuropsychological assessment, human resources hiring, sports talent spotting and development of young players, and research in sports psychology among others.