International students

Online exam for international candidates 2025 (for our B.A. programmes)

Dear Candidates for Studies at the BA level,

Thank you for your keen interest in studying at the BA level at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, the largest center for English studies in Europe and certainly, the best in Poland.

Foreigners applying for admission to this field of study who hold educational credentials obtained outside the EU, EFTA, or OECD countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Canada, Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Hungary, United Kingdom, Italy) and who do not hold an International Baccalaureate (IB), a European Baccalaureate (EB), or a document recognized under an international agreement on the recognition of education (China: only gaozhong biye zhengshu 高中毕业证书, Libya, or Ukraine), are additionally required to take the entrance examination.

The purpose of the examination is to assess whether the applicant has the knowledge necessary to undertake studies in the given field, at the specified level and academic profile. The examination results in a grade of either “pass” or “fail.” Passing the examination allows the candidate to proceed to the next stages of the admission process, but is not tantamount to admission to studies. Failure to pass the entrance examination means the candidate is not admitted to the programme.

The exam is written and takes place online in the following manner:

On July 15^th 2025 at 12.00. UTC+2 all who have submitted necessary documents and paid the fee will receive an e-mail message containing a link at our website to access the exam form. Please, have the candidate ID number at the ready at this point.

The exam has three major parts:

1. an English test comprising varied grammatical and lexical tasks at the level of B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR);
2. a selection of questions from the area of general literary studies (you will be asked to address in writing three of these questions);
3. a limited set of questions addressing general problems in cultural studies (you will be asked to provide brief replies);

The exam website is set to close at 14.30. UTC+2, so you must finish all the tasks by then (2,5 hrs). After the exam you will hear from us by July 18^th.

Prof. Jacek Witkoś
Vice-Dean for Teaching