Youth Chinese Test(YCT)

Youth Chinese Test is a test for non-native Chinese learners under the age of 15.

During the application, please note the following:

* With the exception of billing data, the ELTE Confucius Institute is obliged to send all data to the Chinese Testing International Technology Service (Beijing) Center Ltd. The ELTE Confucius Institute cannot guarantee the data subject rights of the applicants as stipulated in the GDPR.

A Guide to Privacy Protection for Chinese Test Takers

Notes on Chinese Test Registration

* You have to register separately to each written and/or oral exam on the www.chinesetest.cn website.

* It is obligatory for the YCT written and oral exams to upload a picture during the registration process as per the requirements outlined in rules and regulations.

* You have to read carefully and obey the rules and regulations of the exams.

Please read the following pdf file:
YCT rules and regulations

* Your application will only be valid if you have registered on www.chinesetest.cn/ and paid the exam fee on the ELTE ePAy website before the application deadline: epay.elte.hu

* If the transaction is not completed before the application deadline, we cannot accept your application.

* You can find payment instructions here.

* We are unable to refund the language exam fee.

The room and time schedule on the admission ticket may not be correct, so please read the information email carefully, which we will send to our examinees approximately 10 days before the exam.

* The result of the exam is available one month after the exam on the www.chinesetest.cn website, the certificates will arrive to our institute 2 months after the exam.

For the exam you have to bring the following:

- ID card or passport, (the one you used to register for the exam),

- 2B pencil, eraser and sharpener

The admission ticket is available at the www.chinesetest.cn website 10 days prior to exam, you can print it from the account you made.

The exact date and place of the exam will be on the website of ELTE Confucius Institute after the registration deadline.

Chinese Proficiency Test (primary and secondary school students) YCT – Test service fee standard from 2025.09.01

Test Levels (Updated: 2025.07.28.)

YCT 1.

YCT 2.

YCT 3.

YCT 4.

YCT Speaking Test Primary Level

YCT Speaking Test Intermediate Level

The team at ELTE Confucius Institute wishes everyone a successful exam!