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The International Examination Centre (I.E.C) at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport offers a wide range of international exams and preparation courses that are tailored to suit learners with different levels of linguistic competence. The Centre offers outstanding educational services to all sectors of the society nationally and internationally. These services are provided to all candidates and test takers with different age levels. All exams offered by the Centre are globally recognized by international educational institutions. Moreover, the Centre has proven enormous success in running international exams based on international standards.

​​​​​​​Cambridge Authorised Testing and Preparation Centre (EG230), part of the I.E.C, offers Cambridge exams such as: ​​​​​​​

  • Cambridge English for Young Learners (Starters, Movers and Flyers)
  • Cambridge English for Schools (KET, PET and FCE for Schools)
  • Cambridge English for Adults (KET, PET, FCE and CAE)
  • BEC (Higher, Preliminary and vantage) 
  • Linguaskill (General and for Business)
  • CEPT
  • Teaching qualifications (TKT and CELTA).

We also provide IELTS exams in collaboration with the British Council.

All Cambridge exams are aligned to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the leading benchmark of language proficiency. It is an international standard for describing language ability around the world.  It has six levels – from A1 for the basic beginner to C2 for the highest level of ability. 

The centre offers international English Exam Preparation courses which help learners achieve the best results. Our preparation courses also correspond to the CEFR. 
School students have an opportunity to join our Cambridge Summer School that follows a program based on international standards. It prepares students for Cambridge exams (KET, PET and FCE for schools) as well as Young Learners (Starters, Movers and Flyers) which also correspond to the CEFR. 

The I.E.C also administers the Occupational English Test (OET) under the authorisation number (IEC-AASTMT EG003) in Alexandria and (IEC-AASTMT EG004) in Cairo. It is one of the most reputable internationally recognised exams that serves the medical sector. 

The centre also provides schools with an opportunity to become Cambridge authorised preparation centres.