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We recognize that many students at the university speak languages other than those we teach. We cannot offer credit in those languages, but many academic programs will allow students to demonstrate proficiency in order to fulfill their language requirement. We cannot verify the requirements of other programs, so students will need to check with their major advisor to determine if this is an option for the student. With your advisor's consent, we can try to connect you with resources to be tested in the language you speak, so you may have your requirement waived. 

If you wish to demonstrate your knowledge of a language with the proficiency testing option, you can request to take a test to determine your level of proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. 

Please note the following:

  • Our contact list of volunteer language testers changes depending on the testers' availability. Because all testers are volunteers, we can make no guarantees of whether we have a volunteer for a particular language and we cannot make a guarantee about their availability to administer test. 
  • To inquire whether a particular language has a volunteer tester, please email worldlanguages@unt.edu
  • The proficiency test may only be taken one time in each language. 
  • Students should plan to be tested early in their academic careers so that they are certain to fulfill any language requirements prior to applying for graduation. 
  • Processing of the results typically takes ~8 weeks.
  • Our volunteer test administrators may charge a fee at their discretion for administering the test.

In the past, we have had volunteer testers that included languages such as:

  • Bengali
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Fante
  • Greek
  • Hindi
  • Igbo
  • Lebanese
  • Malayalam
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Swahili
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Urdu
  • Vietnamese
  • Yoruba