Professional

Our professional education business publishes leading computer, information technology, and business titles for business and tests and certifies professionals. Our publishing imprints include Addison-Wesley Professional; Financial Times-Prentice Hall; New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall, Que and Sams, Wharton School Publishing and Cisco Press.

Pearson VUE (www.pearsonvue.com) is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery and data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world's largest network of test centres in 163 countries, delivering the NCLEX exam for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the GMAT for the Graduate Management Admissions Council, and numerous IT exams-such as Cisco, CompTIA and many other exams globally.

In the UK, Pearson VUE works with the DSA to deliver the Driver Theory Test, the largest on-demand testing programme in the world. Pearson VUE also delivers University Admissions exams for LNAT and UKCAT, and Medical exams for the Royal College of General Practitioners and Royal College of Physicians, to name a few. Pearson VUE acquired the former Promissor in 2006, extending its leadership in the certification market.

In the US, Pearson VUE delivers state and federal licensing examinations to professionals in the real estate, insurance, mortgage lending, contracting, employment and healthcare industries. The company's innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and programme control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.