The EF schools in Oxford, Brighton, Manchester, London, Bristol, Bournemouth, Dublin, Cambridge, Cape Town, New York, Boston, Miami Beach, Santa Barbara, San Francisco – Fisherman's Wharf, Seattle, San Diego, Honolulu, Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and St. Julian’s are authorized Cambridge ESOL Exam Centres.
All EF courses are recognized by Hult International Business School.
The EF schools in Cape Town and Boston are authprized TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a foreign language) test centers.
The EF schools in Cambridge, Cape Town, Munich and Nice are accredited by EAQUALS (The European Association for Quality Language Services).
The EF schools in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Brighton and Bournemouth are accredited by the British Council.
The EF schools in the USA are accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training).
The EF schools in the USA are menbers of AAIEP (American Association of Intensive English Programs).
EF courses around the world are US university certified through Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). Through this certification EF students may also be eligible for US university transfer cerdit through SNHU for pre-approved coursework.
The EF schools in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney are accredited by NEAS (National ELT Accreditation Scheme Limited).
The EF schools in Perth and Brisbane are accredited by ACPET (Australian Council for Private Education and Training)
The EF school in Sydney is a member of English Australia.
The EF school in Auckland is a full member of English New Zealand.
EF in New Zealand is registered and approved by NZQA 7560 (New Zealand Qualifications Authority).
The EF schools in London, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Brighton and Bournemouth are accredited by English UK.
EF Vancouver and Toronto are accredited menbers of Languages Canada.
The EF school in Vancouver is also registered with the PPSEC (Private Post Secondary Education Commission of British Columbia).
The EF school in St. Julian's is a member of the Malta Standard Authority.
The EF school in St. Julian's is an ECDL (The European Computer Driving Licence) approved test centre.
The EF School in Barcelona is a member of ASELE (Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language)
The EF School in Barcelona is a member of La Federacio' Empresarial Catalana de la Formacio' (Federacio' CATformacio').
The EF school in Costa Rica is a member of Canatur.
The school in Rome is a CILS (Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera) examination centre.
EF Nice is recognized with the Label Qualité Français Langue Etrangère.
Language examinations administered by EF Quito are recognized by the International Certification System of Language Proficiency in Spanish.
The EF school in Munchen is recognized by FADAF (Fachverband fur Deutsch als Fremdsprache).
The EF shcool in Munchen is an official TESTDaF exam center.
EF International Language Schools, has been licensed by the UK Border Agency to enrol international students under Tier 4 of the Points Based System
EF Education First is an active participant in the Comite' Europeen de Normalisation
The EF school in Dublin is accredited bt ACELS (The Advisory Council for English Language Schools).