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BEC Exam

Are you ambitious in international business?

The range of Business English Certificates (BEC) from Cambridge English cover three different levels of qualifications in the English language related to international business.

Successfully obtaining a BEC Business English Certificate can help you as a professional to achieve any ambitions you may have to work in a multinational company abroad, seek a position in an international organization in your own country or pursue further international professional studies in English such as specialized Business or Professional English courses such as an internationally recognized MBA.

Achieving a good pass in one of the BEC tests demonstrates that you are able to use English language skills normally required in a business or professional environment with confidence and accuracy. What better endorsement for your international resume!


An international Business English qualification

Cambridge Business English Certificates are recognized worldwide and more importantly used by many large international organizations as part of their recruiting, hiring and internal training programs. These internationally accepted Business English qualifications are accepted by many renowned companies around the world such as Coca-Cola, Philips, GE Healthcare, IBM, Kodak, Microsoft and Shell.

Real English skills employers need

The skills tested in the BEC Business English Certificates are highly valued by many employers as they are the represent a range of critical language competences that employees require to use everyday in a normal business work environment. Being competent in using such linguistic skills makes you an asset to your employer.

Professional development

The BEC Business English Certificates from Cambridge English cover three different levels of language ability. BEC Higher is designed to test Business English language skills at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR). BEC vantage relates to level B2 and BEC Preliminary to level B1.

Therefore, as your business English skills develop and you learn more, you will be able to have your English language competences certified internationally at the correct level. This will keep you focused on developing not only your own area of professional expertise but also your Business English language skills as well.

Cambridge Business English Certificates can be taken at authorized test centers all over the world. There is a choice to do a paper based test or computerized version in some test centers. The BEC range of Business English Certificates also has available a lot of support material for any candidate who wants to prepare themselves for one of the three tests.


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