Shows what the candidate has already learned — not what they are capable of learning.
Student admission
The next generation of admissions measures potential — not accumulated knowledge.
Bachelor's, Master's and PhD. Every student admission means choosing who will learn best, adapt, contribute, and thrive in the program. But the information available describes who the candidate has been — not who they can become.
For admissions directors · academic coordinators · institutional leaders
The limit of current tools
What you use today describes the candidate’s past — not what they can do in the program.
Measure content. They don’t measure the thinking that produces learning.
Show who has connections, articulation and voice. Not who has cognitive depth.
The insight
Meta-skills — how someone reasons, plans, handles ambiguity and learns from mistakes — are measurable. And they predict academic performance regardless of background or prior trajectory.
SkillCert measures the potential that academic records don’t show — and helps universities admit candidates who will thrive in the program.
Scientific assessments · cognitive skills and English proficiency · validated in Bachelor's, Master's and PhD programs.
Levels covered
Three academic levels. Three calibrations. One methodology.
Cognitive assessment normalized by age and language, integrated into the admissions process. Score reportable to committees and candidates.
Cognitive combined with socioemotional module. We cross analytical capacity with research profile to support supervision decisions.
Cognitive + socioemotional + work style. Measures current reasoning capacity and leadership profile — useful when distant academic history no longer predicts performance.
Full battery, including open-ended modules graded with our methodology. Specific calibration for autonomous research profiles.
How it works
Designed to plug into your admissions workflow.
Online, 40 to 90 minutes, on a computer with a webcam. Proctoring levels configurable to the risk of the admission process.
Portuguese, English and Spanish — for local or international programs. English test with 94% correlation to the TOEFL.
Normalized per-candidate scores + individual PDF reports. Online dashboard for comparison, filtering and ranking.
Works as a standalone step in the admissions process or connects to the university’s system.
Already used in admissions
A European university already admits Bachelor's, Master's and PhD students with SkillCert.
94%
Correlation of our English test (long version) with the TOEFL.
100k+
Skill assessments already completed on the platform.
Bachelor's · Master's · PhD
Validated across all academic levels.