{"id":30,"date":"2022-05-20T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T14:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/mandatory-proficiency-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:56:59","slug":"mandatory-proficiency-tests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/first-steps\/mandatory-proficiency-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Proficiency Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"pagecontent bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Mandatory Proficiency Tests<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<p>ALL new undergraduate students are required to take an <strong>English Language Proficiency Test<\/strong>, unless exempted.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tNew undergraduate students in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Sport are required to take a <strong>Mathematics Proficiency Test<\/strong>, unless exempted.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe results of these diagnostic tests determine whether students must take a fundamentals course in English or Mathematics before they can register for certain required Level 1 courses.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tRegistration for the tests is required.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tClick the links below for details of these tests, including information on exemptions,&nbsp;test dates, registration, and how to access your results.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/admissions\/english-language-proficiency-test.aspx\" target=\"_self\">Proficiency Test in English<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fhe-LLL\/programmes\/academic-literacies-programme\/english-language-proficiency-test\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-econ\/students\/mathematics-proficiency-test\/mpt-details\" target=\"_blank\">Proficiency Test in Mathematics <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandatory Proficiency Tests ALL new undergraduate students are required to take an English Language Proficiency Test, unless exempted. New undergraduate students in the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Sport are required to take a Mathematics Proficiency Test, unless exempted. The results of these diagnostic tests determine whether students must take a fundamentals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":383,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/new-students-side-menu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Mandatory Proficiency Tests - New Students - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"Mandatory Proficiency Tests ALL new undergraduate students are required to take an English Language Proficiency Test , unless exempted. New undergraduate studen"},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/383"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/420"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}