Free Business English test with certificate

The Science of Apps Business English Certificate is a free 30-minute online test of the English used at work: writing clear emails, running meetings and negotiating, using business vocabulary correctly and reading workplace documents. Score 70% to earn a verifiable certificate for your CV and LinkedIn. It is a skills credential, not a proctored exam such as Cambridge BEC. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission.

Yes. Taking the test, receiving your certificate as a PDF and by email, adding it to LinkedIn and having it verified are all free, with no sign-up. It has a credential ID and QR code anyone can check.

No. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission. If an embassy, university or regulator asks for a language test, take the one they name.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — in 30 minutes. You need 70% to pass and 90% for distinction.

Emails & Writing, Meetings & Negotiation, Business Vocabulary, Reading Workplace Texts and Listening at Work: Emails & Writing (openings, subjects and closings, polite chasers and refusals, clear, international phrasing); Meetings & Negotiation (running and joining meetings, interrupting and redirecting, trade-offs and compromise); Business Vocabulary (finance terms, workplace terms, common abbreviations); Reading Workplace Texts (notices and policies, action items and changes, terms and conditions); Listening at Work (requests and updates, times, numbers and status, polite refusals and idioms).

Yes. The bank holds 50 questions, so a retake draws questions you haven't seen. If you don't pass you can retake after 30 minutes.

Professionals, job seekers and students who use English at work: emails, calls, meetings and reports.

Yes. The test and the certificate with a verification link are free.

70% to pass and 90% for distinction.

No. It is an independent skills credential. It is not proctored and not affiliated with Cambridge.

Email tone and structure, meeting language, negotiation phrases, business vocabulary such as invoices, deadlines and KPIs, and reading workplace texts.

Add it under Licenses & certifications with Science of Apps as the organisation and the credential URL from your certificate email.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.