We work on the language block itself: reading and use of English in the format and at the pace of the exam
Every applicant to a master’s programme sits the EVI language block, whatever the speciality or mode of study
The bachelor’s degree is done and English stayed in first-year notes. We start from what your mock variant shows
Online lessons fit your schedule, and the format works just as well if you are currently outside Ukraine
You sit a demo variant against the clock. You get your current score and a map of the topics eating into it
We take the topics with the biggest loss of marks and close those first, not the ones that come first in the book
The number of runs is counted backwards from your session date, not forwards from a course plan
Nineteen of the thirty tasks are gaps in a text, so what decides the score is not your stock of words but your eye for the form the sentence demands
The unified entrance exam (EVI) is a state entrance test for applicants to master’s programmes and to the third level of higher education. The result goes into the competition alongside other indicators, and the exam itself is taken on a computer at a testing centre.
It applies to applicants regardless of speciality, mode of study or source of funding. Some fields additionally sit a unified professional entrance test, but that is a subject paper rather than a language one. Current conditions are published by the Ukrainian Centre for Educational Quality Assessment.
The EVI has two blocks, and they test different things:
Together the two blocks take about two hours, of which roughly 45 minutes fall to the language part. You divide the time yourself, so the habit of fitting inside that window counts for as much as vocabulary does.
The block holds 30 tasks in three forms:
So two things are assessed: reading comprehension and command of language structures. There is no speaking, no listening and no writing paper at all, which means preparation aimed at «getting talking» earns no marks here. The test description is updated each year on the UCEQA page.
Each correct answer is worth one test mark, so the language block is out of 30 marks. The raw result is then converted to a scale of 100–200, and that figure goes into the admission formula.
How much that score weighs in the final competition, and what minimum is acceptable at all, is decided by the university: both numbers live in the admission rules of the specific programme. That is why 160 marks can mean entirely different chances on two neighbouring specialities, and the requirements worth reading are your own faculty’s rather than average figures from a forum.
The exam syllabus targets levels B1–B2: it sets a lexical minimum of 2,500 units and grammar that fits inside a normal Intermediate course. Nothing exotic is tested, but every topic on the list is live.
If you are holding close to B1, most of the work goes into format and speed. From a lower level, the base comes first and preparation runs longer. Exactly how much longer is what the first timed mock variant shows.
Registration for the EVI is handled by university admission committees in spring, in two periods. The main testing session falls in summer, an additional one takes place at the end of summer, and results appear in your personal account within a few weeks.
Specific dates are approved by a separate order each year, so we deliberately quote no figures that would go stale. Check the schedule on testportal.gov.ua before submitting documents, and we will build the lesson plan backwards from your date.
It is not something to count on. The EVI is an internal entrance test, and an international certificate does not exempt you from it by itself. For doctoral admission the Ministry of Education and Science has separately suspended the recognition of language certificates from foreign providers, so the EVI result is required there too.
If you also need to prove your English to a university or an employer abroad, that is a different goal and a different type of exam: see our comparison of English exams. Their requirements are their own, and so is the preparation.
These are two different doors into a university. The NMT is taken after school for bachelor’s admission, and a language there is optional, chosen as a fourth subject: also a block of about 60 minutes, but 32 questions and its own set of task types. The EVI is taken after a bachelor’s degree for master’s admission, and the language block is compulsory for everyone.
The preparation programmes are not interchangeable: different texts, a different weight of grammar, a different pace. If you are applying straight after school, what you need is NMT English preparation rather than this course.
We have been teaching since 2005, and we prepare for the EVI one-to-one only: in a group it is impossible to hold a pace set by somebody else’s mock result. The teacher sees your particular mistakes in the gap-fill rather than a class average, and builds the next lesson around them.
We do not teach the general learning competence test: it is not a language subject, and it is fairer to say so upfront. The language block, however, we cover in full, grammar inventory of the syllabus included. If the rules need separate systematic work, our English grammar course is the natural place for it.
A full 60 minutes · your teacher’s full attention and a programme tailored to you
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We prepare for the EVI one-to-one only: the programme is built around your mock result and the time left before the session. In larger packages the price per lesson is 20 % lower
Start with the level test: five minutes will show where you stand