The University of New Mexico

Placement Exams

Placement Exams help determine your level of language proficiency in order to place you in the class that is best for you. Please print out a copy of your placement exam. If you feel your placement exam results do not appropriately reflect your language proficiency level, talk to someone in the appropriate language department.

Placement Exams
Spanish and French exams are now online.
For Spanish
 The exam is used for students in both the Spanish as a Second Language (SSL) and the Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) programs. Go to: 
https://esurvey6.unm.edu/opinio/s?s=31824 to take the exam.
For French
To take the exam, go to: 
https://esurvey6.unm.edu/opinio/s?s=39357.
For German or Russian
Call the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 505-277-4771 or 505-277-6165.

Testing Out
If you are looking to test out of a class, you need to contact the UNM Testing Center. The Testing Center is located in the basement of Woodward Hall in room 140-C. For information call 505-277-5346.