News from IELTS

The IELTS One Skill Retake allows individuals to retake a specific part of the test - Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking - without having to redo all four components.

IELTS has introduced the electronic Test Report Form (eTRF), offering a digital alternative to the traditional paper-based Test Report Form. This innovation promises enhanced accessibility, security, and environmental sustainability for test takers.

The CEL local management and testing Team welcome you all to join us at the Bern Testing Location and IELTS Centre Open Day.

We are delighted to announce Cambridge English Digital (computer based) qualifications in Switzerland. Find out more about new dates, Electronic Test Report Forms from IELTS and our Bern centre open day in April.

We are very proud to announce the Finalist for outstanding Commitment to Excellence Award for CEL-Cambridge English Languages.

IDP IELTS was with Cambridge University Press & Assessment in November 2022 for the IELTS Delivery Working Group Meeting 2022.

CEL - Cambridge English Languages, the first to offer computer delivered IELTS tests in Switzerland, is proud to announce that we now also offer the IELTS UKVI and IELTS Life Skills tests in Switzerland!

The Global Award of Service Excellence was presented at the Global IDP IELTS conference and we were ranked as number 1 in Switzerland!

Cambridge English Qualifications and IELTS as a replacement for the retired Business (BEC) We only recommend exams and tests that have been awarded the prestigious [...]

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the upcoming 2022 Professional Development Day "Turning the Page" in Bern on Saturday, 10 September 2022 is now available!

Save the dates! Register your school's interest in one or more of these IELTS test dates.

Congratulations to Khia Offenhauser, who is joining the Centre Exams Manager Karen Kerley as Centre Exam Manager Assistant / CEL – IDP IELTS / OET – Medical English Tutor per June 1st, and from August 2nd we warmly welcome new in our team Don Ayer CEL Exams Testing Manager.

CEL-Cambridge English Languages is proud to announce that further to two full inspections early May 2022, our rating was "Excellent". We were congratulated on being awarded the highest rating and complimented on...

Covid Update 31.03.2022 Exam Testing will take place using the current rules from the Swiss National and regional authorities. Please ensure when registering that you are aware [...]

Cambridge Assessment English wrote to the Swiss market on 6 December 2021 to let you know that the last exam sessions for our Cambridge English Qualifications for Business (BEC) will be in December 2023 for computer-based sessions and June 2024 for paper-based. This affects B1 Business Preliminary, B2 Business Vantage and C1 Business Higher.

IELTS Writing test – preparing your students for writing success We are looking forward to welcoming you at our CEL-Cambridge English Languages stand at the 2022 Annual [...]

The ETAS Professional Development Day is just around the corner We are looking forward to welcoming everyone at our stand at the International School in Gümlingen (Bern) [...]

ALTE Q recognition achieved ALTE Q recognition achieved: The ALTE Q-mark and auditing system We are happy to announce that Cambridge English IELTS has achieved [...]

Check your IELTS results online Checking your IELTS results online has just become easier than ever. It allows you to view the provisional preview of your results [...]

Covid Update Following the latest Swiss Federal Council and Cantonal announcements, the measures listed below apply. Our scheduled IELTS tests, Cambridge English exams and Teacher Training awards are [...]

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