As a general education requirement all students must complete through level 203 of a foreign language some majors will require through 204 Please consult the undergraduate bulletin for information about which majors require have this requirement.

All first-year students are required to take a Online Language Placement test found at https://www.unc.edu/languageplacement/index.php if your high school foreign language is Spanish, French, German, or Latin, even if you plan to study a new foreign language or if you have completed the AP Language/Literature, IB or SAT subject test.

For transfer students that have not completed their foreign language requirement in previous course work or AP, IB, or SATII credit, you will need to take the placement test in the language you studied in high school or at your first college university.

If you did not study French, German, Latin, or Spanish, please visit: https://www.unc.edu/languageplacement/otherlanguages.html and read the information about language programs that do not currently offer language placement testing during CTOPS or online tests.

Yes, since these UNC language placement tests are online and do not take very long to complete, we ask that all incoming students with prior study of French/German/Latin/Spanish take them regardless of the other tests they may have taken. Often students who attend earlier orientation sessions have not yet received their scores and this allows them to go ahead and register. The higher of the scores will be used in awarding credit.

To take the placement test for French, German, Latin, or Spanish, login with your ONYEN at https://www.unc.edu/languageplacement/index.php.

We have a step by step guide available in PDF and video form here.

The French and Spanish test are adaptive tests that you may take 2 times per academic year.

The German test is also an adaptive test. It may not be taken more than once per semester, for a maximum of 2 times per academic year. For any given semester, only your FIRST score will count for placement on this test.

A closer look at how the test works and what to expect can be found in PDF and video form here.

The Latin test has a total of 50 questions and you may take the test 1 time per academic year.

A closer look at how the test works and what to expect can be found in PDF and video form here.

To accesss your test results, login into the placement test and select your language

You can view a step by step guide in PDF or video form here.

If you were not able to complete a test, simply login back in placement test and select your language. You will be taken back to where you left off.

You can view a step by step guide in PDF or video form here.

If you are having problems logging in you, take a look at these troubleshooting tips in PDF or video form here.

If the test gives you a timeout error message, please back in and select "Resume test". If you continue to have timeout issues, try resuming the test on a different date and time. The questions will resume from where you left off.

If the test gives you a "Server too busy" error message, please back in and select "Resume test" at a later time. The questions will resume from where you left off.