Advanced Series Trust – ‘N-CSR’ for 12/31/05 – EX-1

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Certified Annual Shareholder Report of a Management Investment Company   —   Form N-CSR
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: N-CSR       Certified Annual Shareholder Report of a             679±  2.99M 
                          Management Investment Company                          
 3: EX-1        Underwriting Agreement                                 4     16K 
 4: EX-99.906 CERT  Miscellaneous Exhibit                              1      6K 
 2: EX-99.CODE ETH  Miscellaneous Exhibit                             10     33K 

EX-1   —   Underwriting Agreement

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Item 12                                                                         
AMERICAN SKANDIA TRUST                                                          
Annual period ending 12/31/05                                                   
File No. 811-05186                                                              

CERTIFICATIONS
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I, David R. Odenath, certify that:                                              

1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of American Skandia Trust;

    2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
     of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
   the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
       statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
by this report;                                                 

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this report, fairly present in all material
       respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
   assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to
    include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report.                           

  4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and
      internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d)
      under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

       a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
        to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;        

         b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
             such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
    the under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
  regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
      preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
   accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

          c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
           and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
            the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
             a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based
on such evaluation; and;                              

       d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
   control over financial reporting that occurred during the
     registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's
       second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that
        has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
             affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and                                                   

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  5.  The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the
       registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):  

         a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to
       adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial information; and      

      b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
         other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.            

Date:  February 27, 2006                                                        

                     /s/David R. Odenath
                     -------------------
                  David R. Odenath
                                   President and Principal Executive
         Officer

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Item 12                                                                         
AMERICAN SKANDIA TRUST                                                          
Annual period ending 12/31/05                                                   
File No. 811-05186                                                              

CERTIFICATIONS
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I, Grace C. Torres, certify that:                                               

1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of American Skandia Trust;

    2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
     of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
   the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
       statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
by this report;                                                 

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
   information included in this report, fairly present in all material
       respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
   assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to
    include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report.                           

  4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
   establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
      defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and
      internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d)
      under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

       a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
          supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
            registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
        to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;        

         b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
       such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
          under the under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
  regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
      preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
   accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

          c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
           and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
            the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
       a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report
based on such evaluation; and;                        

       d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
   control over financial reporting that occurred during the
            registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's second
fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that

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        has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
             affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;
and                                                   

 5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the
registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's 
  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to
       adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial information; and      

      b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
         other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting.            

Date:  February 27, 2006                                                        

              /s/Grace C. Torres
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           Grace C. Torres
                                 Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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Filed on / Effective on:		3/9/06
		2/27/06		2		4			485BPOS
For Period End:		12/31/05							24F-2NT,  NSAR-B,  NSAR-B/A
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