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Cambridge ESOL Examinations 2010

Examinations Dates and Fees
for individual candidates and institutions
Examination Fees Dates for Period for the Registration
in written speaking test period
RON* papers
SPRING
FCE 5 – 28 March 15 – 18 Dec
535 13 March
5 – 20 Jan*
CAE 575 6 March
ILEC 910 24 April 16 – 26 April By 12 March
ICFE 580
SUMMER
KET for schools 265 7 – 17 May 15 – 18
15 May
PET for schools 380 March
n/a 11 – 13
TKT – all modules 140 8 May
March
KET 265 5 June 7 – 31 May 13 – 15 April
PET 380
BEC Preliminary 365 15 May 15 – 18
BEC Higher 555 22 May 7 – 24 May March
BEC Vantage 525 29 May
FCE 515 12 June 24 May – 20 June 23 Feb – 3
CAE 550 16 June March
CPE 560 17 June
To be By 28 May
YLE – all levels 195 17 July
confirmed
WINTER
ILEC 910 5 – 15 Nov By 1 Oct
13 November
ICFE 580
FCE – CB** 515 19 November 13 – 21 Nov By 3 Nov
5 November 30 Oct – 8 Nov
BEC Preliminary 365
BEC Higher 555 20 November 12 – 22 Nov 21 – 29 Sept
BEC Vantage 525 4 December 12 Nov – 16 Dec
BEC Higher – CB** 555 29 November By 16 Nov
27 Nov – 5 Dec
BEC Vantage– CB** 525
FCE
515 11 December
5 December 19 Nov – 12 Dec 21 – 29 Sept
CAE 550
9 December
CPE 560

TKT – all modules 140 20 November n/ a 21 - 25 Sept

* date of receipt of the envelopes

**CB – computer-based (please check availability of places)
1. Registration procedures

Payment of the exam fee

Registration means filling in the entry form and paying the exam fee. The entry form is available on our
website, a few days before the start of each registration period, as well as in all our centres.

Fees can be paid in cash, by card or by bank transfer during the registration period, at one of our
centres. Full details about the registration procedure can be found on the entry form.

You will receive confirmation of your entry by the date mentioned on the entry form. This confirmation
will also give you details about the place and times of the written papers, the date of the speaking paper,
etc. In case you have not received this by the date mentioned on the entry form, you must contact a
British Council office immediately.
Transfers

Entries cannot be transferred from one examination sitting to a future one or to a different level.
Transfers from one centre to another are not permitted.
Late registrations

In case you missed the registration period, you can still register (by paying an extra fee) during the late
registration period, which will be advertised on the internet and at our offices.

2. Exam sitting and special arrangements

The duration of the exams

KET, PET and BEC (all levels) are usually held on one day.

FCE, CAE and CPE are held on two days: one day for the written papers (set by Cambridge ESOL) and
another day for Speaking set by us in the period mentioned on the entry form.

The allocation of candidates

Candidates are allocated to rooms and exam dates according to their candidate number, which is
automatically issued on registration by the exams software.

Written papers

The allocation to rooms will be displayed at the exam venue in the morning of the exam.

The oral test

When Speaking is held after the written papers, the timetable will be displayed at the venue at the end
of the exam day.

When Speaking is held before the written papers, the timetable will be displayed at the venue on the day
prior to the oral exam or, alternatively, on our website.

If you have queries or complaints about the way the exam is organised, please contact a supervisor or
the British Council representative at the venue immediately after the end of the paper or exam. Any
complaints concerning the administration of the exam raised afterwards will not be taken into
consideration.

Special arrangements

If you have special needs in relation to taking an exam, we can help you. You need to let us know about
your entitlement to special arrangements upon registration (unless there is an emergency) so that we
can get approval from Cambridge ESOL.

3. Cancellations, results, certificates

Cancellations

Cancellations of entries, after the registration period has ended, are only possible on medical grounds.
You have to give us a written request, accompanied by a valid statement from a medical practitioner,
specifying the medical reasons for which you had to withdraw your entry or were unable to sit the
examination. The withdrawal and refund of the examination fee have to be requested by the deadline
mentioned on the entry form.
When Cambridge ESOL approves the withdrawal, you will be refunded the exam fee minus a local
administrative tax. Refunds are not given for any other reason (including, for example, clash of dates
with other examinations).

Results

You can access your result online 6 weeks after your exam date. You will also receive a result letter or
email by the deadline mentioned in the confirmation letter. This will inform you where and when to
collect the certificate. Results are confidential, they are not displayed and are not communicated by
telephone.

Enquiries on result

Enquiries may be made by the deadline mentioned on the letter of result. You can request either a
clerical check or a re-mark of the written paper; both services are charged. It is extremely rare for such
enquiries to lead to a change in the result for the following reasons: the majority of papers are either
machine-marked or clerically marked with double-checking; examiner-marked papers are typically
double-marked and in borderline or disputed cases they are marked three or four times.

Certificates

Certificates are issued about 3 months after the exam date, in the period mentioned in the letter of
result. Certificates are not sent by post, unless we receive a written request from you.

For more information you can contact us at

British Council Bucharest

Calea Dorobanţi 14, 010572 Bucureşti
T 3079600; F 3079602
contact@britishcouncil.ro

British Council Centre Cluj

Str Arany Janos 11, 400028 Cluj Napoca
T 0264-594408 ; F 0264 593090
bc.cluj@britishcouncil.ro

British Council Centre Iaşi

Str Păcurari nr 4, 700511 Iaşi
T/F 0232-316159
bc.iasi@britishcouncil.ro

BCU Eugen Todoran Timişoara

Str Paris nr 1, 300003 Timişoara
T/F 0256-497678
manuela.zanescu@mail.dnttm.ro