Cambridge: Advanced

The Cambridge English: Advanced is one of the exams offered by the University of Cambridge and is equivalent to the level C1 of the Common European Framework / Advanced.

The updated exam (for exam sessions from January 2015) is made up of four papers developed to test your English language skills:

1. Reading & Use of English -75 minutes
2. Writing - 2 essays, 80 minutes
3. Listening - 40 minutes  
4. Speaking - interview, normally with another candidate, 14 minutes
The Speaking test is taken face to face, with two candidates and two examiners.

This creates a more realistic and reliable measure of your ability to use English to communicate.

A Cambridge: Advanced qualification shows that you can:

• follow an academic course at university level,
• communicate effectively at a managerial and professional level,
• participate with confidence in workplace meetings or academic tutorials and seminars,
• express yourself with a high level of fluency.