The purpose of this analytical study is to investigate the extent of having the basic skills of English, Arabic, and computer science by the first-year students in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts - UNRWA, in view of some variables: specialization (English, Arabic, and Class teacher), and type of study (Envoy, and non-Envoy). The study was applied to students enrolled at the college, who are (337) students, distributed as follows: (82) students in the English department, (88) students of Arabic, and (167) students of a class teacher. The results revealed that the average performance of students in the computer test was the highest, followed by the average performance in the Arabic language, and next the performance mean in English, there were statistically significant differences between the means of students on placement tests according to student specialty, in favor of English specialty, and according to the type of study, in favor of envoy students. There was also a reasonable correlation between the scores on placement tests and the students' average in the end of the first semester.