Who is BULATS for?

Companies and organisations

primarily use BULATS in a human resources context for the assessment of language skills of job applicants and existing staff. Additionally, it is increasingly being used for the monitoring and support of language training in companies. For example, it may be used to track language gain over an extended training period. Companies and organisations also use BULATS for benchmarking purposes, setting linguistic goals and assessing employees’ achievements against these criteria.

Reference:  Ciba Spezialitätenchemie (pdf)

Language Training Institutions / Schools

predominantly use BULATS for course placement purposes, general language assessment as well as for recommendations to candidates in regard to the preparation for standard exams that lead to a certificated language qualification.

Reference:  Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich (pdf)   
                    Klubschule Migros (pdf)

Individuals

can make use of BULATS in a number of ways. On the one hand, they can use BULATS as an indicator of language ability in a CV. Alternatively, individuals can use BULATS to confirm the assessment of a standard certificate (e.g. First Certificate in English) which may have been obtained sometime in the past. It can also serve as a recommendation to an individual as to which standard exam he or she should prepare for.