English Placement Test

Students may meet the university’s English placement testing requirement by completing either the EPT or the Accuplacer test.

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Before booking any admissions test: You must have a KPU Student ID Number and Online Self-Service (OSS) portal access. To apply to KPU contact the Future Students' Office.

The English Placement Test (EPT) is ONLY for students who achieved a C in English 12.
This writing test evaluates your English competency, and your results determine which university-level English course you should be placed in.
A forty dollar ($40.00) fee is payable at the time of test registration. Testing fees are non-refundable.
If you choose to book an EPT before your transcript is evaluated by Admissions, but later discover that you do not need it, there is no refund.
Registration and payment can be completed online at www.kpu.ca/testing.
You should take the EPT at least 4–6 weeks before registration starts for a new semester. Please note that you may need additional assessment, which could delay registration until the following semester.
This test can only be taken once per semester. The test will give you a course placement or recommend upgrading if needed.
For more information on the test format check out our EPT information sheet.

Check your ‘STUDENT PROFILE’ to view your test results:

Due to copyright issues, we are no longer able to post a sample of the EPT test.

Students are asked to read a short prose passage and to summarize its main points in a paragraph of (125-150) words.

Students are asked to write a well-developed essay of approximately three hundred (300) words on one of two (2) possible topics.

These topics are related to the subject of the prose passage.

The types of errors you made in the placement test are indicated in the list below.