About us

NMT-2026: summary of results

Entrance Examinations - 2026: we are grateful to our foreign partners

Traditional Entrance Examinations for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes / School Leaving Examinations in Ukraine

Traditional Entrance Examinations for Master’s Degree Programmes / School Leaving Examinations in Ukraine

State Final Assessment

Monitoring Studies

Assessment for Teachers

About Us

The Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment (UCEQA) is a state institution that delivers external independent evaluation of students’ learning outcomes at a certain educational level, and conducts monitoring studies of the quality of education in Ukraine.

University Entrance Exams in 2026

This section outlines the testing requirements for admission to bachelor's and master's degree programs, as well as postgraduate studies in higher education institutions for the year 2026.

Master’s Degree Exams in 2022 (Master's Comprehensive Test, Master's Test of Educational Competence)

What we do

The External Evaluation

Traditional Entrance Examinations for Bachelor’s Degree Programmes / School Leaving Examinations in Ukraine

Traditional Entrance Examinations for Master’s Degree Programmes / School Leaving Examinations in Ukraine

Monitoring Studies

Monitoring Study of the Quality of Primary Education

PISA in Ukraine

Teachers’ Certification

Assessment for Teachers

State Final Assessment

Assessment for Teachers

Achievements

01

For 15 years, more than 5 million students have taken the tests conducted by Ukrainian and Regional Centers for Educational Quality Assesment. The External Independent Evaluation (EIE) has become one of the most successful reforms in the field of education in the country. The Ukrainians perceive the reform positively because every year the EIE enables almost 400,000 graduates to enter higher education institutions on the basis of fair competition. The EIE guarantees transparency of the procedures and the fairness of the results of competitive admission selection. Over the years the EIE has changed significantly, some test subjects appeared and disappeared, new models of the EIE scoring have been developed and implemented as well as the number of adaptations for students with special educational needs has been expanded. The things that have remained unchanged throughout all these years are the quality of the EIE assessment tools, the transparency of its procedures, and, therefore, it has always ensured equity in access to higher education institutions.

02

More than 13,000 primary school teachers, who are currently at the forefront of educational reforms in Ukraine, took part in the Teacher Certification. The external assessment of professional competences enables teachers to demonstrate pedagogical skills in mastering competency-based teaching methods and new educational technologies. Independent testing of professional knowledge and skills of teachers is carried out by the Ukrainian and Regional Centers for Educational Quality Assessment. Test items given to teachers included tasks on the theoretical knowledge of various educational fields defined by the State Standard of Primary Education, partnership pedagogy, pedagogical diagnostics, work with parents as well as planning and organization of the educational process.

03

In 2022, due to russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the National Multi-subject Test (NMT) was introduced instead of the traditional External Independent Evaluation (EIE). For the first time in the history of our country, the mass admission test was conducted online. The idea of such testing started up in April, and in June it was successfully implemented. It was not easy as dozens of the circumstances were to be taken into account in order of achieve the main goal of the testing – to ensure transparent, impartial selection of applicants for Ukrainian universities. Despite aerial alarms, Internet outages, and emergency power outages, more than 214,000 test participants could receive their results. NMT was held not only in Ukraine, but also in 53 cities of 32 countries of the world. Every country where testing was conducted made enormous efforts so that more than 23,000 people, i.e. approximately a tenth of all NMT-takers, were able to enter Ukrainian institutions of higher education.

04

Since 2016, over 650,000 graduates of bachelor's programs have received objective results from entrance exams for master's programs, conducted using the External Independent Evaluation (EIE) technology. This system allows graduates to compete fairly for places in their chosen master's programs, ensuring transparency in the procedures and fairness in the results of the selection process. Currently, all candidates wishing to enter a master's program take the Unified Entrance Exam, which includes tests on general academic competence and a foreign language. Additionally, for specific specialisations, the Unified Professional Entrance Exam is required to assess the applicant's preparedness in that field.

05

Applicants for doctoral studies are required to take the Unified Entrance Examination (UEE) and the Unified Entrance Test in Research Methodology (UET), introduced in 2025. The UET is designed to assess applicants’ readiness to pursue the third cycle of higher education. The Scientific and Methodological Centre, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, developed the UET’s content and specifications for Higher and Professional Pre-Higher Education. The results of the first year of UET administration showed that the overwhelming majority of participants in the main session passed the set threshold and obtained scores on the 100–200 scale. At the same time, the proportion who failed to meet the minimum preparedness requirement for admission was negligible. An analysis of the UEE results for doctoral applicants also indicates a high overall rate of meeting the threshold scores.

06

The Educational Assessment Strategy, developed in 2018, provides for the administration of the State Final Assessment (SFA) at key stages of education: for 4th Grade students, 9th Grade students, and 12th Grade graduates. The primary purpose of the SFA is to help students in schools confidently continue their educational pathway, rather than merely to assess their learning outcomes or to compare their results with those specified by the State Standard of Primary Education or the State Standard of Basic Secondary Education. The assessment instruments for the SFA are developed by specialists at the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment who specialise in primary education. Task development follows clearly defined procedures that have proven effective. In 2024 and 2025, the State Final Assessment for 4th Grade students was piloted. Each stage involved up to 2,000 students from interested schools across the country. The piloting aimed to test the assessment instruments and accompanying procedures.

07

The development of different levels of the education system and the system as a whole is impossible without the participation of various stakeholders, who in turn help to collect, analyze and process reliable data on its condition and quality at specific time intervals and in dynamics. As of today, the Ukrainian Center for Educational Quality Assessment is responsible for organizing and conducting two monitoring studies: Nationwide external monitoring of the quality of primary education and PISA, an international study of the quality of education. Three cycles of the Nationwide External Monitoring of the Quality of Primary Education have been successfully conducted. The results from tests and questionnaires administered to approximately 29,000 fourth-graders nationwide have enabled us to assess the reading and mathematics competencies of primary school graduates. Despite the challenges posed by russia's military aggression, the Ukrainian Center, which is the responsible institution for PISA in Ukraine, successfully collected data from educational institutions in 2022 and 2025. This data will be included in the international database for processing and analysis.