General UCJ Language certificate

The examination for the Bialystok University of Technology Language Certificate (pl. Uczelniany Certyfikat Językowy, UCJ) is open to everyone: students and employees of Bialystok University of Technology, as well as other people interested in verifying their foreign language skills at the B2 level.

The examination consists of a written and oral part. The written part incorporates:

listening comprehension
reading comprehension
linguistic structures.

During the exam, the examinee can score up to 100 points – 75 for the written part (25 points for each of the listed modules) and 25 points for the oral part.

Grading scale:

100 pts – 86 pts – very good /5/
85 – 71 – good /4/
70 points – 55 points – satisfactory /3/

Information about the UCJ General English exam

The nearest examination date is 23 November 2024. We also offer individual sessions on a date chosen by the examinee.

The examination fee is PLN 99.
You can sign up for the exam by email – email addresses can be found below.

Exam fees should be paid to the account of the Bialystok University of Technology:

BANK PEKAO SA 30 1240 1154 1111 0000 2148 7604
in the title of the transfer please write: POLILINGUA – UCJ COURSE AND EXAM

Coordinator of the UCJ exam – General English: Beata Smolarczyk, MA

Coordinator of the UCJ exam – Russian and Ukrainian language: Dorota Szuper-Jakubiuk, MA

Coordinator of the UCJ exam – German: Artur Kuźmicz, MA

The UCJ examination certificates can be collected in room P2/12 at the Centre for Modern Education (pl. Centrum Nowoczesnego Kształcenia, CNK) between 8 AM and 3 PM.

The UCJ exam in General English consists of the following parts:
1. Listening comprehension (Listening) Two separate tasks; instructions may include choosing the correct one from several given answers (a, b, c, d), completing sentences or matching the correct statements with the speaker.
2. Reading Comprehension (Reading) Two separate tasks; instructions may include choosing the correct answer from several given answers (a, b, c, d), completing the text with the given sentences (of your choice), matching the correct headings to the texts or matching the texts to the statements they contain.
3. Grammar and vocabulary (Use of English) Examples of the instructions for this part of the exam can be found below in the appendix.
4. Oral exam. The examination is taken one-to-one before a board of two examiners. The maximum time allowed for the oral examination is 15 minutes. You will be assessed on your grammatical correctness, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency and content of your speech. The speech begins with a short self-presentation. The candidate then describes a picture and answers questions asked by the examiner.