Foreign language competence tests

Foreign Language Centre ( CNJO) gives students who plan to apply for international exchange programs offered by the SGH Warsaw School of Economics the opportunity to take a foreign language competence test.

The CNJO competence test is an alternative for those who do not have other proof of knowledge of the host university’s language of instruction such as:

  • a certificate of completion of a lecture course in that foreign language at SGH,
  • a commercial certificate confirming knowledge of that foreign language,
  • a diploma from a secondary school in which this foreign language was the language of instruction (e.g. IB, secondary school abroad, etc.),
  • a diploma from a university in which this foreign language was the language of instruction.

The competence test in the 2023/2024 academic year will be held in December 2023, outside the language classes.

All students may proceed with the language competence test in a foreign language. Participation in the competence test does not exempt from the language course or its part.

Registration for the competence test took place via the registration form between November 3, 2023 and November 14, 2023.

The language competence test will take place on days and times specified by CNJO (4 or 5 December 2023). Each student will have a specific date and time for the test.

The student is obliged to present the identity document. This document may be in a mobile form.

The competence test will contain the following parts:

  • Listening comprehension – answering 3 questions after listening to 2-3 pieces of news in the foreign language
  • Summary of a Polish text in the foreign language (a press article – about 500 words) or a comparative summary of 2 English texts - about 300 words each (for students studying in English).

Two lecturers will assess the work of each student.

The maximum level that a student can obtain in the competence test is level C1.

Students will receive information about the test results between 8.01–12.01.2024. The information will be sent by the examiner individually to each student in the SGH e-mail inbox.

Students who wish to see their work are asked to write an application and send it to cnjo@sgh.waw.pl by 16.01.2024 to arrange a viewing of the work in the presence of the examiner.


Any questions regarding registration for the test should be sent by email from the SGH email address to the following address : ocenakompetencji@sgh.waw.pl

Foreign Language Centre