India’s 40 or so federally supported universities agreed to conduct a common admission exam—like the SAT in the United States–for admission to their undergraduate and graduate programs, reports The Times of India. The current method of admissions is based primarily on the scores students get in examinations they take at the end of high school. Some colleges also require entrance exams, but usually only in specific courses, like English or journalism. Kapil Sibal, the minister in charge of higher education, said that a committee would develop ideas for how the exam, which is being called a “Common Aptitude Test” for now, will be conducted, the Indian Express reports. Mr. Sibal said the test would “prepare a child for the real world and destress him from so many entrance tests.”