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Where Can a Cambridge English Qualification Take You? Globally Accepted Exams About Cambridge Assessment English Where can a Cambridge English Qualification take you? Globally accepted exams About Cambridge Assessment English We are Cambridge Assessment English. Part of the University of Cambridge, we help people learn English and prove their skills to the world. Our qualifications and tests are accepted by over 20,000 universities, employers and governments worldwide. Our exams can open doors to higher education, improve employment opportunities, and because they are globally recognised, can increase opportunities for study or work at home or internationally. Here is a selection of the institutions around the world that accept our exams: UK USA USA Australia King’s logo as UK Australia Canada endorsement General information Colour referenceUK Minimum size USA Clear zone USA Canada The King’s logo must be Pantone 485 red 20mm width of white Ensure that you reproduced in the colours shown CMYK 0/96/100/0 logotype. observe the clear zone here, using artwork from King’s RGB 226/ 35/ 26 (described by the outer Brand Communications team ee2231a dotted line) when ([email protected]). When used placing other items in an endorsing role the logo near the King’s logo. should be placed in a suitable secondary position at a reasonable size for legibility and clarity. The minimum size is shown here. Please contact [email protected] with any further queries. For a full list of organisations and institutions using our exams around the world, visit cambridgeenglish.org/recognition. 2 Study at university abroad with a Cambridge English Qualification UK IRELAND 100% of UK universities accept C1 Advanced as 100% of Irish universities accept C1 Advanced and proof of English language ability from EU students. C2 Proficiency as proof of English language ability from EU undergraduate students. The majority of these universities will also accept C1 Advanced from students from outside the These exams are also accepted by most universities for European Union (EU), European Economic Area students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland. (EEA) and Switzerland, who are applying to study at The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) undergraduate level or above. accepts C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency as evidence of C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency are the only English language proficiency for student visa applications. English language exams eligible for UCAS tariff points. Our exams are also accepted by INIS for Student Immigration Permission for English language students from outside the EEA. USA CANADA Cambridge English Qualifications are accepted by hundreds of universities and colleges across the C1 Advanced is accepted by many colleges and USA, including some of the largest recruiters of universities in Canada for undergraduate and international students, for example: postgraduate courses, including: • New York University (NYU) • Douglas College • Northeastern University • McGill University • University of Michigan • McMaster University • University of Alberta Our exams are also accepted by community • University of British Columbia colleges, including: • University of Toronto • Diablo Valley College • Foothill and De Anza • Seattle Central College NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA C1 Advanced is accepted by 100% of universities 100% of Australian universities accept for undergraduate admissions, and also by many C1 Advanced, including: universities for foundation and postgraduate courses. • University of Brisbane C2 Proficiency is also accepted for foundation, • University of Melbourne undergraduate and postgraduate courses. • University of Sydney Students do not need to take an exam for their student The Australian Department of Immigration and Border visa application, they just need to meet the entry Protection (DIBP) accepts C1 Advanced scores for all requirements of their chosen institution. visas, including student visas. Immigration New Zealand accepts B2 First for all visa categories where there is an English language For a full list of organisations using our exams, requirement. This includes the Skilled Migrant category visit cambridgeenglish.org/recognition. and Business categories. 3 Opportunities for study and work at home or abroad The table below shows some examples of the acceptance and usage of our qualifications and tests around the world. The proficiency requirements of individual institutions, organisations and departments may vary. We recommend that candidates contact individual institutions and organisations directly for more detailed information on their specific requirements. For our full global recognition list, visit cambridgeenglish.org/recognition. Country School Higher education Employment Accepted for admissions by Widely used by companies Embedded in Spanish 100% of Spanish universities. for recruitment and training education across all regions in Recognised by: purposes, for example by: state and private schools. • ACLES (Association of • Acciona Recommended for use in Language Centres in Higher • Adecco schools by selected governing Education) Spain bodies: • Air Europa • CRUE (Confederation • Bayer • Administrative Council of of Spanish University Andalucía Chancellors) • Coca-Cola • EY • Administrative Council of Accepted for the B1 or B2 Castilla-La Mancha English level graduation • Inditex requirement. • Schweppes Suntory Accepted by universities for admissions purposes, for example by Bocconi University and the University of Bologna. The Istituto Nazionale della Many state schools across Previdenza Sociale (INPS) Italy offer our exams. Also used by universities for accepts Cambridge English credits or exemptions from the Italy Qualifications from job Europe Preparation courses for our final English language exam. applicants. exams are eligible for PON funding. Cambridge English Deloitte uses our exams for Qualifications are recognised recruitment purposes. by Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR). All pedagogical universities in Switzerland use our exams as a graduation requirement for We have wide recognition Cambridge English students training to become by Swiss employers for Qualifications have federal primary and secondary school recruitment purposes. recognition for vocational teachers. Examples include: training (apprenticeship in commerce, vocational Our exams are also widely • Credit Suisse Switzerland baccalaureates). Students accepted by universities • Roche can use our exams to exempt for Master's programmes • Swiss National Bank including Ecole Polytechnique them from the required • Swiss International Airlines English exam for exit Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), purposes. École Hôtelière de Lausanne, • Victorinox Eidgenössische Hochschule für Technik (ETH) and the University of St. Gallen. 4 Country School Higher education Employment Facilitate entry to: • Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles • Grandes écoles Accepted by companies for recruitment and career • University (when Level B in English progression. Examples include: is required) • Air France Recognised for the B2 English Level • Altaïde on exit from Ecoles d’ingénieurs. • Lalique Cambridge English Qualifications facilitate • Panzani entry to: Accepted for admissions or exit • Renault Trucks France purposes, and also adopted by many • Sections européennes • Safran institutions. Examples include: • Smart Steps • Sections internationales • École Polytechnique • Spherea • ESCP Europe • HEC • ICAM Our exams can be used to access funding for professional training • ISEN (CPF – Compte Personnel de • Sciences Po (admissions Formation). internationales) • SKEMA Business School (admissions parallèles) Europe Hundreds of universities in Germany offer courses taught in the medium of English and many of these accept Widely used by schools on Cambridge English Qualifications Our exams are accepted by exit to demonstrate the from international students, companies for recruitment Germany English level needed for including: and professional development university study or work purposes, including HORSCH, purposes. • Freie Universität Berlin PwC and Seidensticker. • Technical University of Munich • Universität Hamburg Our exams are included in the Code of Conduct for international students, published by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. All universities in the Netherlands will accept B2 First and/ Netherlands or C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency from international undergraduate applicants. This includes Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit Maastricht and Hogeschool Inholland. 5 Country School Higher education Employment More and more universities are accepting Cambridge English Our exams are being used by Embedded into the curriculum Qualifications as proof of more and more companies, Brazil of many independent schools. English skills for international including Banco do Brasil and exchange programmes and Mercedes-Benz. graduate studies. There is growing recognition of Cambridge English Qualifications by both public Central Accepted by companies and private universities, and South for employment purposes, including: America including: Used to meet exit • Instituto Politécnico requirements in Public Upper • 3M Nacional Secondary Institutions. • Accenture Mexico • ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico • Adidas Used in recruitment of English y de Estudios Superiores de teachers. Occidente) • Bacardi • Tecnológico De Monterrey • Sony • Universidad Motolinia del • Televisa Pedregal • UNAM FES Acatlán Used by universities Our exams are accepted or for admissions, credits/ used by many companies, exemptions and
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