Who should take the exam? Students who place into the second year or beyond and do not intend to take that course or any other first-year sequence and who do not fulfill the Language Competency Requirement by any of the means listed above may take the Competency Exam in order to satisfy the requirement. Students MUST have officially placed into the 2nd year or higher on a UChicago placement exam in order to be eligible to sit for the Competency Exam.

The written portion of the College Language Competency Assessment is administered on Tuesday & Wednesday of the 3rd week of Winter quarter. The location of the exam will be communicated to the examinees via email a week prior to the test. After passing the written portion, students will be contacted to schedule oral exams.

Winter 2025 College Language Competency Assessment – Written Component

Registration for 2025 is now closed.

Question about eligibility or appropriateness should be discussed with student advisers or with the Office of Language Assessment in the Chicago Language Center (languageassessment@uchicago.edu). Additional questions, please reach out to Eduardo Suh-Chavez in the Office of Language Assessment (eduardochavez@uchicago.edu).