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EXIN, the Examination Institute for Information Science, is a global, independent IT examination provider. EXIN is a not for profit organization, specialized in establishing qualification programs, educational requirements and in developing examinations for all major areas in IT. It's EXIN's mission to improve the quality of the IT sector, the IT professionals and the IT users, by means of independent testing and certification. With computerized and web-based examinations for standards and best practices such as ISO/IEC 20000, ITIL®, MOF, ASL, BiSL and TMap®, EXIN is an acknowledged global service-provider in the field of IT competencies, testing and certification.

 

Focus

EXIN is well-known worldwide for its certificates in IT Service Management. Every day, EXIN examinations are taken in more than 125 countries in over ten languages. Over one million individuals worldwide have been certified by EXIN. Clearly EXIN continues to play an important role in the development of international qualification standards and more generally, the professionalization of the IT sector. In line with changing customer demands and new developments in IT Service Management, EXIN's portfolio aims at a quality approach towards IT Service Management focused on ISO/IEC 20000. EXIN and TÜV SÜD Akademie offer a qualification program for IT professionals who are involved in the quality improvement of IT Services at all levels: IT Service Management according to ISO/IEC 20000. The qualification program is based on job roles and competencies, and is designed for a wide variety of professionals, such as operational staff, supervisors, managers, senior consultants and auditors.

Other Qualification Programs
In addition, EXIN offers certification based on other IT standards, best practices and frameworks in the field of IT Service Management. For instance, the standard for Information Security ISO/IEC 27000, the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), the Application Services Library (ASL), Business Information Services Library (BiSL) and the Test Management Approach (TMap®). 

ECDL/ICDL
EXIN also offers ECDL/ICDL exams in both The Netherlands and the South Pacific region. The European Computer Driving Licence® (ECDL) is the internationally recognized qualification which enables people to demonstrate their competence in computer skills.

ECDL, which is known as International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) outside Europe, is the world's leading end-user computer skills certification program with nearly eight million candidates worldwide.

Worldwide recognition
Thanks to more than 40 years of experience, EXIN has acquired a thorough and extensive knowledge in the field of IT certification, fully warranting the quality and objectivity of the various examinations, both didactically and with respect to content.

 

Any time, any place
Partnerships with international agents and accredited examination centers enhance the accessibilty of EXIN's popular and highly successful examinations. EXIN offers candidates the opportunity to take examinations at a time and place of their choice. In organizing examinations, EXIN makes use of high quality, web-based technology.

 

Vendor-independent
As EXIN is an independent examination institute - EXIN does not give courses itself, and is not attached to any institute - the examination results are judged objectively. No matter where students have taken their courses, the exam is the same for all and marking is fair and professional.
 
Up-to-date best practice
EXIN is following directly on the heels of developments in the rapidly changing IT world and establishes stringent requirements regarding keeping its exams up to date. In close co-operation with international partners in the IT industry, EXIN develops educational standards for all major areas in IT. These close links with professionals in the field have put EXIN in an excellent position to keep track of actual best practice.

The EXIN portfolio is closely related to demand in the industry in general, and EXIN’s certificates reflect today’s professional requirements in the IT domain. EXIN has two approaches for the development of its portfolio. The first approach works from job roles, such as Practitioners in IT Service Management, towards specific certificates. The other approach starts with well-known standards (such as ISO/IEC 20000) and works towards job role-related certificates (such as consultant). In general, EXIN offers a wide range of foundation certificates for a broad target group. The higher-level certificates are the building blocks for professional development.
 
Solid connections
EXIN employs about 110 staff members. EXIN International is based in The Netherlands. There are regional offices of EXIN in Boston, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Melbourne, Madrid, Utrecht and São Paulo. In addition, over 300 IT professionals work freelance or part-time for EXIN. These external specialists sit on the various EXIN examination committees and steering- and project groups. Through the contributions of these experts in their field, EXIN stays in touch with  market needs and the latest IT developments. In addition EXIN cooperates with the business community, the computer (service) industry, government and educational institutions in regular and special education. These activities put EXIN in a good position to keep track of trends and developments in the field and to translate them into international training programmes and examinations. In this way EXIN sets the standard for the form and quality of many courses in IT.

 

Global network
EXIN's Worldwide Service Network provides high quality exams for internationally recognized certificates. The international Service Network consists of regional EXIN offices and other partners, such as Agents, Test Centers and Accredited Examination Centers (AECs). These partnerships enhance the accessibility of all EXIN exams. EXIN also offers exams through the Test Centers of Prometric and Pearson VUE Another important part of our service network consists of Accredited Examination Centers (AEC). Accredited Examination Centers organize examination sessions, and provide venues and independent supervisors.

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