Recognition

The GEPT has received wide recognition since it was launched in the year 2000. As of 2010, 4.6 million people, from junior high school students to senior citizens, have taken the GEPT. This broad age range conforms to the LTTC's aim of promoting lifelong English learning. While the majority of test-takers at the Elementary and Intermediate levels are students, the percentage of non-students increases at the High-Intermediate and Advanced levels.

GEPT scores are highly dependable and are used as a qualification for career advancement. For instance:

• the Central Personnel Administration of the Executive Yuan acknowledges the GEPT as a criterion for the promotion of civil servants;

• the MOE considers the GEPT a reference for selecting candidates for government scholarships for overseas study;

• the GEPT is used by many private enterprises and government agencies, such as the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, the Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance, NXP Semiconductors, China Airlines, and Eva Air, to evaluate the English abilities of their employees and job applicants.

An increasing number of colleges and universities now require their students to demonstrate their English proficiency by passing a particular GEPT level (either the Intermediate or High-Intermediate level) as a criterion for graduation.

• Hundreds of universities use the GEPT as a criterion for admission, student placement, and graduation. These academic institutions include public ones such as National Central University, National Chengchi University, National Cheng Kung University, National Chiao Tung University, National Chung Cheng University, National Chung Hsing University, National Sun Yat-sen University, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan Normal University, National Tsing Hua University, and National Yang-Ming University, as well as private ones such as Fu Jen Catholic University, Providence University, Tamkang University, Tunghai University, and Yuan Ze University.

• Technological and vocational colleges around Taiwan have recognized GEPT scores since 2007.

• National Taiwan University (NTU), besides using the GEPT High-Intermediate as a graduation threshold, has integrated the GEPT into its course design, arranged online and classroom lessons, and aligned course objectives with GEPT High-Intermediate level English proficiency requirements. NTU claims that this has led to measurable improvement in both teaching and learning. Students now have stronger motivation in English learning, clearer guidelines to follow, and enhanced listening ability. On the other hand, teachers have more specific teaching goals in mind when planning their course outlines.

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The GEPT is reaching out to international communities and has achieved remarkable success:

• The LTTC, in partnership with Academia Sinica, has administered the GEPT in Vietnam since 2007 for recruitment of qualified Taiwan International Graduate Program applicants. Both Academia Sinica and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam recognize this practice as benefiting relations between Taiwan and Vietnam and facilitating the enrollment of outstanding individuals from low-income families. The GEPT serves as a gateway for local Vietnamese students to receive further education and consequently for their nation to advance in academic research.

• International programs offered by Taiwanese universities such as the Global MBA program of National Taiwan University now recognize the GEPT as a reliable means of measuring applicants' English language ability.

• The GEPT has been administered in China since mid-2010.

• Prestigious universities around the world now admit Taiwanese students to degree, exchange, or summer programs based on their GEPT scores. The universities are listed in the following table.
  
  ● Degree Programs

  Country	Institution	Required level
  Japan	Waseda University	Intermediate or above
  Korea	Kookmin University	Intermediate or above

  * The University of Southampton in the U.K. is in the process of adding the GEPT to their lists of recognized English language tests.

  ● Exchange Programs

  Region / Country		Institution	Required level
  Asia	Hong Kong	Chinese University of Hong Kong	High-intermediate
  		The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	High-intermediate
  	Israel	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	High-intermediate
  	Japan	Kanazawa University	High-intermediate
  		Nagoya University	Advanced
  		Tokyo Institute of Technology	High-intermediate
  		Yokohama National University	High-intermediate
  	Turkey	Koç University	High-intermediate
  Europe	Austria	Johannes Kepler University Linz	High-intermediate
  	France	École Supérieure d'Électricité	High-intermediate
  		Sciences Po Paris	Advanced
  		The University of Technology of Troyes	High-intermediate
  		Université Joseph Fourier – Grenoble 1	High-intermediate
  		University Montpellier 2	High-intermediate
  	Germany	Aachen University	Advanced
  		Humboldt University of Berlin	High-intermediate
  		Technische Universität Berlin	High-intermediate
  		University of Hamburg	Advanced
  	Latvia	University of Latvia	High-intermediate
  	Spain	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	High-intermediate
  	Sweden	Linkoping University	High-intermediate
  		Umeå University	High-intermediate
  	Switzerland	University of Bern	Advanced
  	The Netherlands	Maastricht University	Advanced
  North America	Canada	University of Waterloo	Advanced
  	U.S.A.	University of Oregon	High-intermediate

  ● Summer Programs

  Country	Institution	Required level
  U.K.	Hertford College of Oxford University	High-intermediate
  	King's College London	High-intermediate
  U.S.A.	North Carolina State University	High-intermediate
  	University of California, Berkeley	Intermediate

A number of other institutions are in the process of adding the GEPT to their lists of recognized English language tests.

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