De här instruktionerna finns bara på engelska.
If you need a language certificate as part of your application to an exchange programme or exchange university, you may ask a Language Centre English teacher to test you. In some cases, you need to contact the responsible teacher for your faculty. You can find the name of the responsible teacher in Sisu using the code for English courses in your faculty (e.g., KK-ENKASV). Responsible teachers for faculties are Language Centre's English teachers who coordinate the teaching and testing of English in the different faculties and know of the courses offered at the faculties they are in charge of. See more specific instructions below.
NB! Due to the limited and specific nature of the test given, the language certificate provided for the purpose of academic exchange programmes cannot be used to claim exemption from the compulsory language requirements of the university degree.
Students who need a B2 certificate
- If you have fulfilled the language requirements in English as your foreign language by taking an English course or the Exemption test and if it is enough to have a certificate that states your skills are at level B2, contact your former teacher.
- Tell your former teacher when the course or Exemption test you took with them was completed, which university you are going to and when.
- If the teacher is no longer at the Language Centre, contact the responsible teacher for your faculty. Tell them the same information as above.
Students who need a certificate higher than B2
- If you have fulfilled the language requirements in English as your foreign language by taking an English course or the Exemption test and if it is NOT enough to have a certificate that states your skills are at level B2, contact your former teacher.
- Tell your former teacher when the course or Exemption test you took with them was completed, which university you are going to and when.
- If the teacher is no longer at the Language Centre, contact the responsible teacher for your faculty. Tell them the same information as above.
- Teacher will need to reassess you to be able to fill in a certificate above level B2. Assessment consists of, at least, submission of a piece of writing and an interview. The teacher will inform you of their requirements.
Students who have not fulfilled their language requirements in English
- if you have NOT fulfilled the language requirements in English as your foreign language by taking an English course or the Exemption test, contact the responsible teacher for your faculty.
- Tell the responsible teacher for your faculty which university you are going to and when. Also inform them if you need a certificate higher than a B2. Assessment consists of, at least, submission of a piece of writing and an interview. The teacher will inform you of their requirements.
In order to guarantee that you get your certificate in time,
- make sure that you contact the teacher writing the certificate no later than two weeks before the application deadline
- write your email in English
When contacting a teacher students should indicate:
- their student number
- their faculty
- if they have taken a course or Exemption test, when they took it, and the code for that course/test
- any deadlines they have
NB! The Language Centre is not responsible for TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge Certificate testing.