People living in Egypt who want to study, work or live in the UK are now able to take PTE Academic and PTE Home for UK Visas and Immigration at Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST).
With PTE Academic test volumes in Egypt growing 29% in 2019, Pearson is working with MUST to increase choice and capacity for local test takers.
The MUST Pearson test centre is located in Giza. Pearson VUE’s network of test centres have implemented proactive health and safety measures including, but not limited to, readily available hand sanitizer, increased sanitization in high touch areas, and disinfected testing workstations (completed between each test taker) to support the safety of testing candidates and staff.
Ipek Aydin, Head of PTE for the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa said, “Even in these uncertain times, we are seeing that people are still aspiring to move or study abroad. We are proud that we are able to partner up with the MUST centre to offer people the opportunity to take either PTE Academic or PTE Home for Visa & Immigration purposes and help them on their journey to the UK.”
MR. Khaled Altoukhy, Chairman of the board of trustees of Misr University for Science and Technology said, “As the strategic and the successful cooperation between our university and Pearson continues, and after passing all the required security checks. Must Test Centres have been granted the permit to operate the new secured English language tests mentioned above which will be required for all the applicants applying for UK Visas and immigration. These Secured English language tests will be a new value added to what Must Test Centres offer.”
- PTE Academic (UKVI) is a four skills language test accepted for work and study visas.
- PTE Home is a two skills language test accepted for family, settlement, citizenship applications as well as Sportsperson and Representative of an Overseas Business applications.
