Testing for Admission, Readmission, Placement and Replacement

All new scheduled program applicants must sit for one or more tests to determine their language proficiency level or competency in a specific subject before being accepted as School of Continuing Education (SCE) learners. Tests are offered face-to-face or online depending on the class mode of delivery.

Prospective learners, who would like to apply for English language courses, must sit for the Standardized English Proficiency Test (SEPT) or Online English Placement Test (OEPT).   

Prospective learners, who would like to apply for oral communication English language courses, must sit for the Oral SEPT (OSEPT) or Online Oral English Placement Test (OOET).

Prospective learners, who would like to apply for studies other than English language courses, must sit for SEPT or OEPT and they may be required to sit for further entrance tests as demonstrated in the next table. In case Department Directors (DDs) would like to make any changes in the below admission/placement language proficiency cut-off scores/courses, they must consult the Evaluation, Testing and Assessment Department (ETAD) Director to determine an alternate cut-off score.

Required Admission and Placement Tests

*Note: any continuing learner who would like to apply for oral communication courses must take OSEPT or OOET except English language continuing learners.

The School of Continuing Education reserves the right to modify admission test cut-off scores in response to developments in the market or in the discipline concerned.

For language customized/tailor-made programs, applicants sit for one or more tests to determine their language proficiency or competency in a specific subject as specified in the proposal.

In some cases, applicants are exempted from SEPT or OEPT as follows:

• Graduate or undergraduate learners of AUC or any other English medium university abroad
• AUC full-time or part-time faculty
• SCE English language faculty members. The language department should provide ETAD with the documentation demonstrating the faculty members’ proficiency in English
• Holders of a valid international English language test score; such as IELTS and/or TOEFL  
• Prospective learners, who would like to apply for the first level in stage A1, A1A

In the cases above, the exemption from the Standardized English Proficiency Test (SEPT) form (FormG1-1March16), showing ETAD’s approval on the exemption case, should be used, or send an email to etad@aucegypt.edu with supporting documents for OEPT.

Learners who wish to re-take any of SCE admission or placement tests may re-take the test after a minimum period of one month.

Learners who studied English language courses at SCE and wish to be promoted to a higher English language course or demoted to a lower one must retake the SEPT or OEPT. Also, learners who studied oral communication courses at SCE and wish to be promoted to a higher course or demoted to a lower one must retake the Oral SEPT or OOET.

Learners who were studying in scheduled English courses, translation, teacher training certificates or professional diplomas and dropped for a period of more than one year, calculated from the end date of the last term they attended, and wish to resume their studies must apply for re-admission (cf C7) and take relevant admission/placement tests, according to tests validity periods.

In cases, where AUC schools that have a valid Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) with SCE wants to enroll learners without abiding to testing policies in their own programs, an email must be sent from the approved representative to SEM executive director.

Policies and Procedures Manual (PPM) = G1 September 2021