Acceptance of applications for participation in the January UNT has started

On December 29, 2023, the acceptance of applications for participation in the next UNT, which will last until January 6, 2024, has started.

You can register on the website of the National Testing Centre app.testcenter.kz or through the UTO application. The test itself will be held from 18 January to 10 February 2024.

Recall that the January UNT is attended by persons who have not reached the threshold score according to the results of summer testing and enrolled in the university on a full-time basis on a paid basis conditionally, those studying in the university, wishing to transfer from creative GOP to other areas of training, wishing to transfer to pedagogical areas of training on a paid basis, as well as students of final grades of schools for enrolment in the university on a paid basis at will.

When registering, test takers themselves choose the place, date and time of the test. The number of subjects on the UNT remains the same - three compulsory and two optional. However, the number of questions on compulsory subjects "Reading Literacy" and "Mathematical Literacy" will be reduced by 5 questions. The number of questions in specialised subjects will increase to 40. It is important to note that in specialised subjects 5 tasks will be added to match the choice from the list. Thus, the number of tasks for UNT-2024 remains unchanged - 120. Including 20 tasks on "History of Kazakhstan", 10 - on "Reading Literacy", 10 - on "Mathematical Literacy" and 40 tasks on two profile subjects. The maximum number of points also remains unchanged - 140 points.

"In view of these changes, we have launched practice tests. Together with the country`s educational centres we have launched free online lessons to prepare for the UNT. In addition, at the beginning of the academic year on the website of NCT published a list of literature and test plan, on which the tasks were made; a list of 100 historical dates in the subjects "History of Kazakhstan" and "World History", a list of terms in "Informatics", a list of literary works on Kazakh and Russian literature. Also for all applicants on computer screens will be available calculator, Mendeleev`s table and solubility of salts," - said the director of the National Testing Centre of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Emelbaev.

The testing time is 4 hours (240 minutes). It is worth noting here that an additional time of 40 minutes will be kept for children with special educational needs.

Source: Centre of the National Testing Centre of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan