Updated 07/11/2016
ENGLISH
ACCEPTED CERTIFICATES TO ENROLL ON ENGLISH COURSES AT UPF LANGUAGES (IUPF)
Onl y the following certi fi cates will be a ccepted :
- Any certificate issued by UPF Languages (IUPF)
- Any certificate issued by a language school of any Catalan University
- Any of the certifi ca tes a ccepted by the Asociación de Centros de Lenguas en la Enseñanza Superior (ACLES) or the Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya (CIC) whi ch a re shown in the table below:
CERTIFICATE
A1 CEFR
A2 CEFR
B1 CEFR
B2 CEFR
C1 CEFR
C2 CEFR
Cert. Acles A1
Cert. Acles A2
Cert. Acles B1
Cert. Acles B2
Cert. Acles C1
Cert. Acles C2
UNICERT VALIDATED CERTIFICATES
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Basis
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
CLES VALIDATED CERTIFICATES
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CLES 1
CLES 2
CLES 3
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SCHOOLS (R.D. 1629/2006)
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First Certificate in English (FCE)
CAMBRIDGE: BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATES (BEC)
CAMBRIDGE: INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN FINANCIAL
ENGLISH (ICFE)
CAMBRIDGE: INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE
TESTING SERVICE (IELTS)
BUSINESS LANGUAGE TESTING SERVICE (BULATS)
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Intermediate
Preliminary English Test
(PET)
BEC 1: Preliminary
Advanced
CAMBRIDGE: GENERAL ENGLISH EXAMS
Basic
Key English Test
(KET)
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--Certificate in Advanced English
(CAE)
BEC 3: Higher
--Certificate of Proficiency in
English (CPE)
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ICFE Vantage
ICFE: Effective Operational
Proficiency
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3.5
4.0-5.0
5.5-6.5
7.0-8.0
8.5+
0-19
20-39
40-59
60-74
75-89
90-100
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42-71
72-94
95-120
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60-105
60-110
50-80
30-60
110-270
115-270
90-110
70-110
275-395
275-380
120-150
120-140
400-485
385-450
160-190
150-190
490-495
455-495
200
200
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TELC A1
TELC A2
TELC B1
TELC B2
TELC C1
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ISE 0
ISE I
ISE II
ISE III
ISE IV
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Certificate of Competency in
English (ECCE)
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Certificate of Proficiency in
English (ECPE)
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English for tourism/
Jetset ESOL B1 /
ELSA B1
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Level A1
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
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43-58
59-75
76-84
85+
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APTIS B1
APTIS B2
APTIS C1
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51-80
81-110
111-140
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CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY SPANISH UNIVERSITIES
VALIDATED BY ACLES
(Requires a pass in all four of the main language skills)
TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE – INTERNET
BASED (TOEFL iBT)
BEC 2: Vantage
TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Requires a pass in all four of the main language skills)
Listening*
Reading*
Speaking*
Writing*
THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE CERTIFICATES (TELC)
TRINITY COLLEGE: INTEGRATED SKILLS IN ENGLISH (ISE)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PEARSON TEST OF ENGLISH PTE (GENERAL)
Previously LONDON TEST OF ENGLISH (LTE)
PEARSON TEST OF ENGLISH PTE (ACADEMIC)
Previously LONDON TEST OF ENGLISH (LTE)
BRITISH COUNCIL
OXFORD TEST OF ENGLISH (OTE)
(Requires a pass in all four of the main language skills)
* Levels B1-C2 could include a use of language section
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