What is C1 Advanced?


Nowadays there is a huge increase in the amount of people migrating abroad for various reasons such as job, profession and higher studies. As we all know each country has its own basic entry requirements. Showing one’s English proficiency level plays a vital role in this process. The major players of this exam are ETS - English Testing Services (TOEFL IBT and TOEIC) and Cambridge (IELTS and C1 advanced). The other assessments people can take for this purpose are PTE, GRE, GMAT, SAT.
The results of these exams are widely accepted as they follow the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) who divided the scores into six major categories. These entire high stake exams assess a person’s language level on the whole while there are other exams that test a person’s level in a particular area, for example: BEC tests the people whose level is B2.

Briefing C1 Advanced
The latest exam that has started to become popular is C1 Advanced. This exam tests all the four skills a person needs to possess namely Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. This exam judges an individual’s level from B2 to C2. This exam lasts around 4 in which Reading and
Usage of English for 1h 30mins Speaking consists for 15 minutes, Listening for 40 minutes and Writing for 1h and 30 minutes.
Cambridge English Scale Score 
Grade/CEFR                     
CEFR level
200–210
Grade A 
C2
193–199
Grade B
C1
180–192
Grade C
C1
160–179
Level B2 
B2

How many Universities accept C1 advanced?
Over 4000 governmental and non-governmental universities accept C1 advanced
1.       UK (e.g. University of Oxford)
2.      USA (e.g. University of Virginia)
3.      Australia (e.g. Monash University)
4.      Canada (e.g. University of Toronto)
5.      France (e.g. ICN Business School)
6.      Germany (e.g. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
7.      Hong Kong (e.g. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
8.      Italy (e.g. Politecnico di Milano)
9.      Japan (e.g. University of Tokyo)
10.  Spain (e.g. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
11.  Switzerland (e.g. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich/ETH Zürich)



Do companies accept C1 Advanced? Who are they?
CAE is also recognized by global employers, such as Accenture, Adecco, Airbus, American Express, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bosch, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Dell, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, DHL, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Estée Lauder, HSBC, IBM, KPMG, Lufthansa, Manpower, McKinsey & Company, Merrill Lynch, Motorola, Nestlé, Nokia, OMEGA, Orange, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Reckitt Benckiser, Reuters, Saint-Gobain and Sony.


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