The cost of entering for a Cambridge English exam depends on which exam you take and where you take it. Please contact your chosen exam centre for further information.
Once you’ve chosen the exam you want to take, go the webpage of the exam and click on 'exam dates'.
Please note that not all centres will offer all of the dates shown. You should contact your centre to find out which dates they offer.
Candidates of any age are welcome to take our exams.
We have a range of exams that have been specifically designed for school-aged learners:
- Cambridge English: Young Learners
- A2 Key for Schools
- B1 Preliminary for Schools
- B2 First for Schools
If you’re not sure which exam is right for you, take our free multiple-choice test to help you decide.
We offer a wide range of exams and qualifications for learners and teachers of English. There are exams for learners at all levels and for a wide range of purposes:
See our full list of exams
You can only take Cambridge English exams through an authorised test centre so you will need to find a centre in a nearby country. Use our online search to find a centre near you.
Exam centres do not necessarily offer all Cambridge English exams or every available exam date. If your local centre is not offering the exam/date that you would like, you will need to travel to take your exam at a different centre. There are 2,700 centres offering Cambridge English exams worldwide.
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You can take BULATS (Business Language Testing Service) online and there are computer-based versions of many of our exams. You will still need to register with an authorised exam centre in order to take your exam.
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Yes. All tasks are written and edited to strict guidelines to ensure that materials are suitable for a range of age groups and cultural backgrounds. All test items are pretested before use in the exams, and any that are too difficult or discriminate unfairly are rejected. On average, over 200,000 candidates take part in pretesting each year.
More about pretesting
A new IELTS Life Skills test has been introduced for people who need to prove their Speaking and Listening skills at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels A1 or B1 to meet UK Visa and Immigration’s requirements for:
- 'family of a settled person' visa - for people who want to remain with a relative, spouse or partner already living in the UK permanently
- indefinite leave to remain - for those already living in the UK and want to make it their permanent home
- citizenship - for those who want to become a British citizen.
Find out more about IELTS Life Skills
Yes. Your responses to tasks in the Cambridge English exams are acceptable in varieties of English which would enable you to function in the widest range of international contexts. Some degree of consistency, however, is expected in areas such as spelling.
The regulations are the rules for candidates and examination centres that we use to make sure that our exams are run fairly and securely.
If you are a candidate, your examination centre will send you a summary of the regulations. You can ask to see the full regulations at your examination centre, or you can download them here (in English).