CEFR National Certificate in Uzbekistan: The Multilevel Test

The "CEFR national certificate" is Uzbekistan's state certificate of foreign-language level, issued by the Knowledge and Skills Assessment Agency (Bilim va malakalarni baholash agentligi, uzbmb.uz). For English, most people take the Multilevel test, which measures B1, B2 and C1 in a single sitting: four sections, each scored out of 75, with the average deciding your level (C1 = 65–75, B2 = 51–64, B1 = 38–50). You apply through the government portal my.gov.uz, where the service fee on 1 October 2026 was shown as 594,000 so‘m.

This page explains the system in English for two groups: Uzbek learners who search in English, and foreign teachers, employers or researchers who see "B2 national certificate" on a CV and want to know what it means.

Four terms that people mix up

Term	What it actually is
CEFR	The Council of Europe's framework of language levels, A1 to C2. It is a scale, not a test.
National certificate (milliy sertifikat)	Uzbekistan's official document stating your level, issued by the agency after its exam.
Multilevel (ko‘p darajali test)	The agency's exam format that places you at B1, B2 or C1 (or below B1) in one test.
IELTS	An international exam run by the British Council and IDP, scored in bands 0–9. A different test entirely.

So when someone in Tashkent says "I passed CEFR", they almost always mean "I took the agency's Multilevel exam and my national certificate says B2" (or B1, or C1). There is no C2 on this certificate: the agency states that the test does not include C2-level tasks, which is why the top score is 75.

Who needs it?

The certificate is mainly used inside Uzbekistan. Typical situations:

School leavers and students applying to local universities or master's programmes, where admission rules may give an advantage to certificate holders.
Teachers and public-sector staff, where a language level can be linked to job requirements or pay rules.
Job seekers at local companies that want an independent proof of level cheaper than IELTS.

The exact benefits (extra points, exemptions, salary supplements) are set by government decisions and change from year to year, so we don't list them here as fact. Check the current rule on lex.uz or with the organisation you are applying to; our Uzbek-language overview of national certificate benefits collects the main ones with links. For study abroad, universities normally ask for IELTS or a similar international test, not this certificate. Our guide to IELTS in Uzbekistan covers that route.

For foreign employers and teachers: a Multilevel B2 certificate tells you the candidate reached an average of 51–64 across Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. It does not convert officially into an IELTS band; no official conversion table has been published. If the level matters, ask for the section scores and hold a short interview in English.

The format at a glance

According to the agency's page on test formats, the written part of Multilevel (Listening, Reading and Writing) takes 2 hours 45 minutes in total, and Speaking is taken separately on a computer and lasts about 15 minutes.

Section	Structure	Time
Listening	6 parts, 35 questions	about 45 minutes
Reading	5 parts, 35 questions	60 minutes
Writing	2 parts, 3 tasks; Task 1 is worth one third of the Writing score, Task 2 two thirds	60 minutes
Speaking	4 stages (1.1, 1.2, 2, 3), recorded on computer	about 15 minutes

Question numbers can change with new versions of the test; the agency publishes sample tests on its website, and those are the best reference for what you will see on the day.

Speaking, step by step (current format)

The agency's document on the new Speaking format sets out the parts like this:

Part	Target level	Task	Preparation	Speaking time
1.1	A1–A2	3 questions about you: home, family, friends, interests	none	30 seconds each
1.2	B1	compare two pictures, then give opinions on the topic	none	45 seconds (question 4), 30 seconds each (5 and 6)
2	B2	one picture and three questions on one topic, answered together; you don't need to describe the picture	1 minute	2 minutes
3	C1	a statement with points for and against; give a balanced argument	1 minute	2 minutes

The agency's own sample for Part 1.1 includes "Tell me about your country", so it's worth having a ready answer. Our page on how to describe Uzbekistan in English has 30-second models. For a detailed Uzbek-language breakdown of every section, see Multilevel imtihon formati.

How the score becomes a level

Each section is scored on a 0–75 scale. Listening and Reading are calculated with a statistical model (Rasch) and converted to standard scores; Writing and Speaking are marked by examiners against criteria and converted using a published table. Your level depends on the average of the four sections:

Average score	Level	Approximate correct answers in Listening/Reading
65–75	C1	28–35
51–64	B2	18–27
38–50	B1	10–17
0–37	below B1	0–9

Because it's an average, one weak section pulls everything down. A candidate with Listening 62, Reading 60, Writing 44 and Speaking 50 averages 54, which is B2, but only just.

Registration, results and the certificate

Watch for the session announcement from the agency (its website and official channels list languages, registration deadline and exam dates).
Apply on my.gov.uz through the service "Determining foreign language proficiency" (Chet tilini bilish darajasini aniqlash), logging in with OneID.
Pay inside the application before the deadline. The fee is linked to the base calculation amount (BHM), so it changes when the BHM changes; on 1 October 2026 the portal showed 594,000 so‘m.
Download your admission slip with the venue and time, and note that Speaking may be on a different day.
Check your result in your my.gov.uz account when the agency announces it.

Discounts for some groups, certificate validity, and appeal deadlines are set in the regulation; read the current version on lex.uz or ask the agency's call centre (1195) rather than trusting social media. A step-by-step walkthrough in Uzbek is in CEFR imtihoniga ro‘yxatdan o‘tish.

Practice: work out the level

Calculate the average and give the level for each candidate.

1. Listening 70, Reading 66, Writing 60, Speaking 68
2. Listening 48, Reading 52, Writing 40, Speaking 44
3. Listening 55, Reading 58, Writing 47, Speaking 52
4. Listening 36, Reading 40, Writing 30, Speaking 38
5. Candidate 3 wants a stable B2. Which section should they work on first, and why?

Answers

1 — average 66, C1. 2 — average 46, B1. 3 — average 53, B2 (close to the line). 4 — average 36, below B1. 5 — Writing: it is the lowest score, and because the level is an average, raising Writing from 47 to around 55 lifts the average by about two points.

Getting ready for Speaking

Parts 2 and 3 are where many candidates lose points: they run out of ideas after 40 seconds or forget one of the three questions. BandMate lets you practise answering by voice with Bandi, with a timer, and gives feedback on fluency, vocabulary and pronunciation. It does not replicate the official Multilevel test, and its feedback is not an official score; only the agency's exam gives you a certificate.

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