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GRE

American  
Trademark.
  1. Graduate Record Examination.


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ETS, a nonprofit that owns the GRE and Toefl tests, has held talks to sell the exams or find one or more strategic investors, according to people familiar with the matter.

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While the GRE has been a pillar of admissions to graduate programs for nearly a century, the number of people taking the exam has fallen in recent years as universities made it optional.

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More recently, the talks have focused on whether Hillhouse, potentially with one or more partners, could invest in the commercial arm of ETS to help it expand the markets in which it offers the GRE and Toefl.

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The testing industry has faced significant pressure since the pandemic, when many universities made the GRE exam optional.

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In 2024-25, about 200,000 people took the GRE, down from more than 350,000 in 2020-21, according to ETS.

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