Registering for the YKI test

1. Click on the link below and go to the YKI registration site.
2. Find the test for which you wish to register.
3. Click on the REGISTER button.
4. Log into the service using Suomi.fi e-identification. If you cannot use Suomi.fi e-identification, identify yourself with your email.
5. Fill in your information on the registration page. Check that all the information you put in is correct.
6. You will receive an email with a payment link. This message comes from address noreply [at] opintopolku.fi.
7. Pay the test fee at the latest on the due date. The message tells you the due date (the last possible date on which you must pay) of the fee. To participate in the YKI test, you must pay the fee on time.

You can only register for one YKI test on the same test day.

The registration for YKI test will be confirmed after you have paid the test fee. Paid registration for YKI test is binding.

To register, you must agree to the terms and conditions of the registration:

• You cannot change the level of the YKI test.
• You cannot change the language of the YKI test.
• You cannot change the test centre.
• Registration is personal. You cannot change the participant’s personal information.
• If you cannot participate in the test that you registered for, you may reschedule your registration once for another YKI test of the same language and level at the same test centre.
  • The new test day cannot be more than one year after the original test day.
  • If the next YKI test of the same language and level is held more than a year from the original test day, you may reschedule your registration to the next YKI test of the same language and level.  
• If you cannot participate in the test that you registered for, you may apply for a test fee refund from the Finnish National Agency for Education. The Finnish National Agency for Education will refund your test fee if your application meets all the conditions laid down by law.

Conditions for the test fee refund

The Act on National Certificates of Language Proficiency (YKI) imposes strict conditions for the test fee refund. The Finnish National Agency for Education can refund the test fee only if all four conditions are met:

1. You cannot participate in the next available YKI test at the same test centre.
2. You sent the application to the Finnish National Agency for Education within two weeks after your test day.
3. You cancelled your registration for the YKI test no later than 8:00 on the morning of the test day.
4. You cannot participate in the YKI test because of an illness, or some other particularly weighty reason and you have been able to prove it in a credible manner, for example, with a medical certificate.

You can ask for special arrangements in the YKI test if you have

• difficulties with reading
• difficulties with writing
• problems with your eyesight
• hearing problems
• some other illness or disability that makes it more difficult for you to take the test.

Special arrangements may include

• giving you more time to do the test
• not asking you to fill in an answer form
• taking the test in a smaller room
• using aids as agreed
• using larger text.

The special arrangements concern taking the test, not the grading of the test. They ensure that you have the same possibilities of taking the YKI test as everyone else. Your test will be graded in the same way as other participants’ tests.

If you use sign language, you may be exempted from the speaking and listening comprehension subtests.

Statistics on special arrangements

• In 2019, special arrangements were made for 85 participants.
• In 2020, special arrangements were made for 46 participants.
• In 2021, special arrangements were made for 33 participants.
• In 2022, special arrangements were made for 33 participants.
• In 2023, special arrangements were made for 53 participants.
• In 2024, special arrangements were made for 82 participants.

How to apply for special arrangements

1. First, register for the YKI test on the registration page.
2. Fill in an application form (a document in which you ask for special arrangements) and send it to the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) of the University of Jyväskylä at yki-info [at] jyu.fi.
3. Ask for an expert statement (official assessment) of the kind of special arrangements you need. The expert statement is a confidential document because it contains personal health information. You must send it to CALS as a secure message or in a letter. See further instructions below.
   • How to send the expert statement by secure message:
     1. Mark "yes" on the application form if you need a secure message to send the expert statement.  
     2. CALS will send you a secure message to the email address that you wrote on the application form.
     3. Reply to the secure message and attach the expert statement to the reply.
   • How to send the expert statement by post:

     1. Mail the expert statement to CALS using the following address: 

        University of Jyväskylä
        Centre of Applied Language Studies (CALS)
        National Certificates of Language Proficiency (YKI)
        Elina Jokela (Sari Ahola)
        P.O. Box 35
        40014 JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO

A doctor, special needs teacher or psychologist can give a statement on the special arrangements you need. You can get a statement on an illness or disability from a doctor. If you have difficulty reading or writing, the statement must come from a special needs teacher or a psychologist who is an expert in this field. The statement must contain the following information:

• what your reason for asking for special arrangements is
• how your illness, disability or difficulty with reading or writing makes it more difficult for you to take the test
• what special arrangements you need.

A patient document or your medical history is not the same as a statement.