Placement Testing
Academic Year 2024-2025
English Language, Basic Sciences and Humanities Department
Airport Heights – Matar Street
Scientific College of DesignTest Administration Procedures and Instructions
- Students should be available in the college 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the test to collect their Placement Test entry requirements from the Admission and Registration department.
- Students should bring their national Identity Cards to be allowed to take the placement test.
- Placement Tests are delivered on campus as computer-based test with the exception of the writing component which is paper-based.
Composition of the Placement Tests
| Skill | Total Questions | Mark | Duration |
| English | |||
| Use of English | 36 | 36 marks | 30 minutes |
| Listening | 12 | 12 marks | |
| Reading | 12 | 12 marks | |
| Writing | 1 | 40 marks | 30 minutes |
| English Language | 61 | 100 marks | 60 minutes |
| Math | 25 | 100 marks | 30 minutes |
| Computing | 50 | 100 marks | 30 minutes |
Scoring
| English | Math and Computing | |||
| Level | Score | CEFR* Level | Level | Score |
| GFP01 | 0-20 | A1 | GFP02 | 0-60 |
| GFP02 | 21-40 | A2 | GFP03 | 61 - 79 |
| GFP03 | 41-66 | B1 | Exempted | 80 and above |
| Exempted | Total score must be 67% or higher with a minimum score of 60% in each component. | |||
*Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Results
The results of the placement test will be announced by the Admission and Registration department within a week after taking the test.