personal reasons: This test gives an assessment of the candidate's competency in French (listening and reading comprehension, spoken and written expression), potentially with a view to improving it. It is a kind of linguistic snapshot of the candidate's level of French at the time of taking the test;
professional reasons: It provides objective information that candidates can show to institutions or companies, to help them secure a job or a promotion;
academic reasons: The TCF, consistent with international standards, is a reliable assessment of a candidate's linguistic abilities that is taken into account for admission to higher education institutions (universities, Grandes Ecoles, art schools, schools of architecture, business schools, etc.).
