ESL exam centres worldwide

Resource centre - ESL exams

There are many exams available for ESL and EFL students, and their choice will depend on their reasons for learning English. Students may take an exam to gain entrance to university, to improve job prospects, or to generally assess progress. For this reason, some exams are designed to test language skills in a business or academic context, and others to test skills in a more general context.

We've put together a guide to the most common general, business and academic English exams, to help you know just what your students may need...

General English

Cambridge ESOL Main Suite
KET
PET
FCE
CAE
CPE
Cambridge YLE
CELS

Business English

TOEIC
BEC
BULATS
ILEC and ICFE

Academic English

TOEFL
TOEFL iBT (internet based test)
TOEFL CBT (computer based test)
TOEFL PBT (paper based test)
IELTS
PTE Academic

Comparing ESL exams

How do exams in these categories compare to each other? Is the CAE equivalent to one of the BEC exams? What TOEFL score can an FCE student expect? Here's a guide to help you compare the most popular ESL exams: Comparing ESL exams

ESL exam test centres

Our directory has details of ESL exam test centres worldwide offering KET, PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage, BEC Higher, YLE Starters, YLE Movers, YLE Flyers, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, GMAT and GRE.