11/08/2025
Following an agreement with Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science, three examination centres in Western Ukraine will start offering Cambridge English exams to their students.
Candidates in Chernivtsi, Uzhhorod and Ivano-Frankivsk are now able to take exams through three authorised exam centres: Grade Education Center, Cambridge Club, and Agency of Foreign Languages Runa. They will offer Cambridge English Qualifications Digital and Digital for Young Learners. The first exams took take place in Ivano-Frankivsk on August 10th, B2 First Digital.
Francesca Woodward, Managing Director for English at Cambridge University Press & Assessment said:
On a recent visit to our headquarters in Cambridge, Oksen Lisovyi, Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science, confirmed that examinations can now be administered in three cities in Western Ukraine. It is exciting to be able to share that on the 10th of August, the first of these exams was sat.
“We know that developing real-life English language skills can dramatically improve people’s prospects and opportunities. The move to resume exams is part of our ongoing commitment to expand English language opportunities across Ukraine.”
Cambridge English Qualifications Digital and Digital Young for Learners are a flexible online route to taking the popular Cambridge English exams, which are recognised by more 28,000 organisations around the world. The exams offered will cover levels from Pre-A1 to C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
The news is part of Cambridge’s ongoing effort to support Ukraine with English language education. In 2023, Cambridge teamed up with Amazon Web Services, the Ukrainian government, and Catalyst IT to help provide a global English language learning platform for Ukraine, based on its Empower Course, which provides a mix of engaging classroom materials and online learning. In May 2025, Cambridge signed an agreement with Ukraine to accelerate English language learning across the country. Since 2018 the English team at Cambridge has also supplied thousands of localised versions of popular English courses to Ukrainian State schools at Grades 1-11. The courses - supplied with Ministry approval - are Quick Minds, Super Minds and Prepare.
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