{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} The '''Business Language Testing Service''' ('''BULATS''') was an English language test provided by Cambridge English Language Assessment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.examenglish.com/BULATS/index.php|title=Business Language Testing Service ( BULATS) - about the exam|last=reserved|first=Exam English Ltd, all rights|website=www.examenglish.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> It has been officially retired on 6 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/bulats/faqs/#|title = BULATS retirement FAQ &#124; Cambridge English}}</ref> It assesses the level of a person in a used language and in a professional context. This foreign language skills assessment is validated by a two-years valid certificate. The languages evaluated are English, German (in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/prf/bulats.html|title=Goethe-Test PRO: Deutsch für den Beruf - Goethe-Institut USA|website=www.goethe.de|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114721/https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/prf/bulats.html|archive-date=2017-12-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> Spanish (in collaboration with the University of Salamanca) and French (in collaboration with the Alliance Française).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.languagecert.org/en/USAL-esPro/USAL/Pages/About-Universidad-de-Salamanca.aspx|title=About Universidad de Salamanca|website=www.languagecert.org|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114946/http://www.languagecert.org/en/USAL-esPro/USAL/Pages/About-Universidad-de-Salamanca.aspx|archive-date=2017-12-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

It's an online test that gives a score between 0 and 100, giving a direct equivalence with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages levels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/bulats/results/|title=BULATS results|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= 2017-12-29|quote=}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! BULATS score !! Level description !! CEFR level |- |90–100|| Upper advanced || C2 |- |75–89|| Advanced || C1 |- |60–74|| Upper intermediate || B2 |- |40–59|| Intermediate || B1 |- |20–39|| Elementary || A2 |- |10–19 || Beginner || A1 |}

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