Language Placement

A student's green pen is poised over the Language Placement Test.

Here are the instructions, requirements, dates and times, and other details about language placement testing.

Taking the Language Placement Test

Our language placement tests assist Institute professors in placing students in appropriate language classes. Administered online, the language placement tests are required for new and returning students who have not taken language courses at MIIS in the previous semester to able to enroll in language courses.

New Students with a Language Requirement

Please take the test for your declared language of study (LOS). This is the language you chose on your application form to pursue as part of your degree program. You can take more than one language test if you wish to enroll in language courses in more than one language or to apply to change your LOS. Please complete the test within the testing window listed below, or your class registration will be delayed until your language test results are received. Placement test results are only honored for the particular semester in which the test is taken. Students not enrolled in language study for one or more semesters must retake the language placement test before receiving approval for a related language course.

Exemptions

Students who meet the specific criteria outlined below are not required to take language studies courses (and therefore should only take the language placement exams if planning to enroll in language courses in the coming semester):

  • DPPG, IEM, IEP students who are not required to take EAPP (English) courses. Students who wish to take courses in EAPP (English) or in any other language studies program, must take the appropriate language test.
  • MATESOL/MATFL students who are not required to take EAPP (English) courses or other language courses. If you are a MATFL student planning to teach a language that is not your native language, or a MATESOL/MATFL student wishing to take courses in EAPP or in any other language program, you must take the appropriate language placement test.
  • MAT/MATI/MACI students. Students who wish to take courses in EAPP (English) or in any other language studies program must take the appropriate language placement test.
  • TLM-T students who are not planning to take any language studies courses. Students who wish to take courses in EAPP (English) or in any other language studies program must take the appropriate language placement test.
  • Nondegree students not planning to take any language studies courses. Students who wish to take courses in the EAPP (English) program or in any other language program must take the appropriate language placement test.

About the Test

Testing Dates and Times

A secure browser is used to administer our language placement tests. Tests are available online beginning August 1, through August 15, 2022. Please take your placement test as soon as you can within this testing window (exception: students taking intensive language courses in the summer).

Requirements and Test Duration

  • Student ID numbers are required to take the test.

  • Once started, you must complete the test.

  • Allow at least two hours to take the test.

  • We recommend you take the test in a quiet location with a strong and stable Internet connection.

Click here to receive your language specific testing code.