A test system for testing a plurality of semiconductor chips formed on a semiconductor wafer includes: a test wafer on which a plurality of test circuits corresponding to the plurality of semiconductor chips are formed, each test circuit testing a corresponding one of the plurality of semiconductor chips based on test data provided to the test circuit; where each of the plurality of test circuits includes a nonvolatile and rewritable pattern memory for storing the test data such as pattern data and sequence data, and the test system writes the same test data to all the plurality of test circuits in parallel.