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

The Unified Professional Entrance Exam consisted of two separate tests: the General Learning Competencies Test and the Law Subject Test taken by Law students.

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

Due to hostilities in Ukraine, the traditional Unified Professional Entrance Exam and Unified Entrance Exam were cancelled. here.

In 2017–2021, to enter Master’s Degree programmes, students had to take special examinations: the Unified Professional Entrance Exam and the Unified Entrance Exam.

The Unified Professional Entrance Exam consisted of two separate tests: the General Learning Competencies Test and the Law Subject Test taken by Law students.

The Unified Entrance Exam was taken by most of the students entering Master’s Degree programmes, it was a test in one of the foreign languages – English, German, French or Spanish (under the student’s choice).

The exams were developed gradually:

  • 2016
    In 2016, the Unified Professional Entrance Exam was introduced and piloted in five cities of Ukraine: as Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, and Chernivtsi. Nine Ukrainian universities supported piloting this exam and used its results for students’ enrollment.
  • 2017
    In 2017, every applicant willing to obtain a Master’s Degree in Law (081) had to take the Unified Professional Entrance Exam. The exam consisted of three sub-tests: the General Competency Test (Ukrainian version of LSAT), the Law Subject Test, and the Foreign Language Test (English, Spanish, German or French).
  • 2018-2021
    In 2018, the list of Master’s Degree programmes requiring standardized tests was expanded. Since then, the results of the Unified Professional Entrance Exam (tests in general competency and Law) were used for Law and International Law programmes. Students entering these programmes also had to take the Unified Entrance Exam. Such exams for Law students were used in 2018–2021. The Unified Entrance Exam (the Foreign Language Test) was used to enter the whole range of Master’s Degree programmes such as Humanities (except Philology), Social and Behavioural Studies, Journalism, Service Sector, International Relations etc. Students could choose one of the foreign languages among English, Spanish, German and French.
  • 2019-2021
    From 2019 to 2021, students entering the whole range of Master’s Degree programmes had to take the Foreign Language Exam (the Unified Entrance Exam in English, German, Spanish or French).
  • 2022
    Due to hostilities in Ukraine, the traditional Unified Entrance Exam and Unified Professional Entrance Exam were cancelled. The online computer-based assessments were conducted instead.

Due to hostilities in Ukraine, the traditional Unified Professional Entrance Exam and Unified Entrance Exam were cancelled. here.

In 2017–2021, to enter Master’s Degree programmes, students had to take special examinations: the Unified Professional Entrance Exam and the Unified Entrance Exam.

The Unified Professional Entrance Exam consisted of two separate tests: the General Learning Competencies Test and the Law Subject Test taken by Law students.

The Unified Entrance Exam was taken by most of the students entering Master’s Degree programmes, it was a test in one of the foreign languages – English, German, French or Spanish (under the student’s choice).

The exams were developed gradually:

  • 2016
    In 2016, the Unified Professional Entrance Exam was introduced and piloted in five cities of Ukraine: as Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Poltava, and Chernivtsi. Nine Ukrainian universities supported piloting this exam and used its results for students’ enrollment.
  • 2017
    In 2017, every applicant willing to obtain a Master’s Degree in Law (081) had to take the Unified Professional Entrance Exam. The exam consisted of three sub-tests: the General Competency Test (Ukrainian version of LSAT), the Law Subject Test, and the Foreign Language Test (English, Spanish, German or French).
  • 2018-2021
    In 2018, the list of Master’s Degree programmes requiring standardized tests was expanded. Since then, the results of the Unified Professional Entrance Exam (tests in general competency and Law) were used for Law and International Law programmes. Students entering these programmes also had to take the Unified Entrance Exam. Such exams for Law students were used in 2018–2021. The Unified Entrance Exam (the Foreign Language Test) was used to enter the whole range of Master’s Degree programmes such as Humanities (except Philology), Social and Behavioural Studies, Journalism, Service Sector, International Relations etc. Students could choose one of the foreign languages among English, Spanish, German and French.
  • 2019-2021
    From 2019 to 2021, students entering the whole range of Master’s Degree programmes had to take the Foreign Language Exam (the Unified Entrance Exam in English, German, Spanish or French).
  • 2022
    Due to hostilities in Ukraine, the traditional Unified Entrance Exam and Unified Professional Entrance Exam were cancelled. The online computer-based assessments were conducted instead.

The Unified Professional Entrance Exam consisted of two separate tests: the General Learning Competencies Test and the Law Subject Test taken by Law students.

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

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