EDI is the electronic communication of exam related data back and forth between City & Guilds and centres.

Centres may be eligable to make registrations and entries or submit results from their Management Information System (MIS) electronically as a data file which can be sent to us preferably via the Walled Garden or as an attachment to our dedicated e-mail address (edi@cityandguilds.com) if this is not possible.

There are some major benefits to adopting EDI:

• Quicker and more reliable than forms both online and offline
• Reduction of errors caused by re-keying data from forms such as spelling of candidates' names, dates of birth, etc
• No more forms to fill in
• Data loaded via the Walled Garden is in the system the same day
• Data sent via e-mail is processed the same day
• Less effort required in examinations office for file creation
• Data can be returned electronically and downloaded dircetly back into some MIS
• Base data (awards information for MIS) is available on the Walled Garden or can be e-mailed