PTE Academic grows presence across Europe

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Building on the hundreds of European colleges and universities who already accept PTE (Pearson Test of English) Academic, seven new institutions across Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK have recently signed up to accept the test.

For the first time, international students will now be able to take this English language proficiency test to gain acceptance at the following institutions:

  • Coburg University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Germany

  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangan-Nuremberg ( FAU), Germany

  • SRH Fernhochschule, Germany

  • Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany

  • Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

  • Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands

  • London Business School – Early Careers, UK

Freya Thomas Monk, Pearson SVP of English Assessment said: “Ever-increasing numbers of test takers, universities and colleges across Europe are choosing PTE Academic.

“The reasons for this are many. For instance, it is liked by students for speed of results, with 1.2 days the average score turn around time for the first six months of this year. Colleges meanwhile benefit from our industry-leading security measures and can trust that the person taking a test is who they say they are, as well as relying on our highly accurate measures of a student’s English language skills.”

Explore the full list of the institutions which recognize us or check available test dates near you.

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