Pearson VUE is an electronic testing company owned by British

United Kingdom

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 media company Pearson PLC

Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a global media and education company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is both the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world, with consumer imprints including Penguin, Dorling Kindersley and Ladybird...

. Founded in 1994 by E. Clarke Porter as Virtual University Enterprises, the company now operates in 165 countries with more than 5,000 authorized test centres .

Pearson VUE offers testing services across a number of industries, from academic to employment to government, for example the UK driving theory tests for the Driving Standards Agency and the official testing agency for the GMAT

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, Cisco Career Certifications

Cisco Career Certifications

Cisco Career Certifications are IT Professional certifications for Cisco Systems products. The tests are administered by Pearson VUE. There are five levels of certification: Entry, Associate, Professional, Expert, and Architect, as well as seven different paths, Routing & Switching, Design, Network...

, NCLEX

NCLEX

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, Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

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, CompTIA

CompTIA

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 and Zend Certified Engineer

Zend Certified Engineer

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The company delivers a high number of tests worldwide per year for clients in licensure, certification, academic admissions, regulatory, and government testing service markets. Pearson Professional Centers utilize a design specifically created for high-stakes testing with a controlled and consistent testing environment.

Pearson VUE is part of Pearson plc, a £5 billion company that is the largest commercial testing company and education publisher in the world. The primary Pearson VUE operations facilities are located in the United Kingdom, the United States, and India, with satellite operations in China and Japan.