JAPANESE Language Enrollment Policies

UCLA students must take the Japanese placement test if they meet either of the following two categories:
(1) have any experience in Japanese (such as an ancestral background, a stay in Japan, classes in high school, community college, university, etc.) and wish to enroll in a Japanese language course.
(2) need to fulfill the foreign language requirement (for one or two years) at UCLA using Japanese.

If you have NO background in Japanese, you may enroll in Japanese 1 without taking the placement exam.

Auditing language courses is not permitted by the department.

Japanese Placement Exam Sign-up
Students must sign up for the placement exam in advance.  Official online signups for the examination will be available a month before the exam date. The Placement Exam is usually held on the first week of instruction (week 0 for fall quarter; week 1 for winter and spring).  Time and place will be announced on our website. Please check back a month prior to the start of the quarter.

There are no make-up exams. Students who miss the exam will have to wait until the next quarter offered. 

For upcoming exam schedule, see main ALC homepage.

Note: The department does not provide sample exams or test preparation materials for placement exams.

Enrollment in a Japanese language course
Once you are placed into a course, please wait until the quarter when the course is offered to contact the instructor of the course. To enroll in a Japanese language course, please send an e-mail to the instructor with your name, SID, exam date, and results for a PTE number. Placement test scores are valid for two years. 

Please see the Language Waivers & Placement Exam FAQ for more information: http://www.alc.ucla.edu/data/waiver.html.