ENROLLMENT IN BUSINESS ENGLISH ONE
To enroll in Business English One (BE1), it is necessary to present an acceptable qualification
certifying B2 level in English in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
One way to do this is to achieve the B2 level on the Oxford Online Placement Test, which will be
offered by the University of Vienna Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics next on 19
December 2014 and 2 February 2015. The other way is to present another acceptable qualification.
The following is the official listing of qualifications approved by our Faculty for the purpose of
assessment of proficiency in the English language for admission to BE1. This Faculty may, at its
discretion, place additional requirements within individual offers.
Where individual skills scores are required, these must be achieved on one certificate.
Acceptance will be based on the candidate’s most recent qualification or test result, even where a
higher result was achieved in the past.
Name of test + minimum score + website of organization offering test
1. University of Vienna Language Center (Sprachenzentrum) Proof of Language Competency
(Sprachkompetenznachweis)
B2 level or higher. A course transcript of a B2 Level 3 course at the Sprachenzentrum will also suffice.
The B2 level consists of three courses, and a successful exam at the end of the highest one certifies
B2 level. Tests of English language competency take place weekly on Tuesday afternoons until the
end of September 2014 and then again beginning November 2014. For more information, please
contact Lic. Monica Melega at monica.melega@univie.ac.at or 01/4277 24124.
https://sprachenzentrum.univie.ac.at/content/site/spzuw/de/aktuelles/article/1307.html
http://sprachenzentrum.univie.ac.at/
2. Cambridge English: First (also known as First Certificate in English)
Pass at Grade B OR Pass at Grade C And:
Listening – Borderline
Speaking – Borderline
Reading – Borderline
Writing – Borderlinehttp://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
3. Cambridge English: Advanced (also known as Certificate in Advanced English)
Level B2 And:
Listening – Weak
Speaking – Weak
Reading – Weak
Writing – Weak
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
4. Cambridge English: Proficiency (also known as Certificate of Proficiency in English)
Level C1 And:
Listening – Weak
Speaking – Weak
Reading – Weak
Writing – Weak
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
(Note: the lowest possible score on this test is C1.)
5. Cambridge English: Business Vantage (also known as Business English Certificate Vantage)
Pass at Grade B OR Pass at
Grade C And:
Listening – Borderline
Speaking – Borderline
Reading – Borderline
Writing – Borderline
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
6. Cambridge English: Business Higher (also known as Business English Certificate Higher)
Level B2 And:
Listening – Weak
Speaking – Weak
Reading – Weak
Writing – Weak
(Note: the lowest possible score on this test is B2.)
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
7. Cambridge English Legal (also known as International Legal English Certificate)
B2 Pass And:
Listening – Borderline
Speaking – Borderline
Reading – Borderline
Writing – Borderline
(Note: the lowest possible score on this test is B2.)
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
8. Cambridge English: Financial (also known as International Certificate in Financial English)
B2 Pass And:
Listening – Borderline
Speaking – Borderline
Reading – Borderline
Writing – Borderline
(Note: the lowest possible score on this test is B2.)
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
9. ESOL Skills for Life Level 1
Reading – Pass
Writing – Pass
Speaking & Listening – Pass (Note: the lowest possible score on this test is B2.)
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
10. ESOL Skills for Life Level 2
Reading – Pass
Writing – Pass
Speaking & Listening – Pass
(Note: the lowest possible score on this test is C1.)
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
11. BULATS Online (certificated version)
Reading – 60
Listening – 60
Speaking – CEFR B2
Writing – CEFR B2
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/
12. IELTS (Academic and General Training)
Listening – 6
Speaking – 6
Reading – 6
Writing – 6
www.ielts.org
13. Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language
Reading and Writing:
Reading – Grade D
Writing – Grade D
Oral (Speaking) – Grade C
(0511) or 2 (0510)
Listening – Grade Awww.cie.org.uk
14. TOEFL iBT
Reading – 22
Listening – 21
Speaking – 23
Writing – 21
https://www.ets.org/toefl/ibt/about
15. PTE Academic English Language Proficiency test
54 overall (with a minimum of 51 in each skill)
http://pearsonpte.com/pteacademic/pages/home.aspx
Regarding other tests of English language competency offered by the University of Vienna, please
contact Mag. Horowitz at nathaniel.horowitz@univie.ac.at.