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Japanese Proficiency

  • Demonstrate Your Proficiency in Japanese
  • Advance Your Career in Related Fields
  • Help Fulfill College Language Requirements (Where Equivalency Is Accepted)

Measure your proficiency in Japanese through the online language testing services offered by the NYU School of Professional Studies. Choose from 4-point, 12-point, or 16-point options, depending upon your professional or academic needs. Point scoring is equivalent to undergraduate credits at US colleges; credit granted is at the discretion of the institution receiving the results.

For a full list of other language proficiency exams offered onsite and for detailed information about the testing process, click here.

Online Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (12-Point)

This exam assesses your reading, writing, and listening proficiency in Japanese.

2024 Spring
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Online Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (16-Point)

This exam assesses your reading, writing, and listening proficiency in Japanese and includes a 350-word essay on a more complex subject.

2024 Spring
+ 1 more semester
2 sections

Online Japanese Language Proficiency Exam (4-Point)

This exam is available to those who have achieved a score of at least 8 on the 12-point Japanese exam and who wish to earn four additional points.

2024 Spring
+ 1 more semester
2 sections