The ISTQB was officially founded as an International software Testing Board in Edinburgh in November, 2002.It is the ISTQB’s role to support a unique, authoritative, universally accepted, international qualification scheme, under the brand name “ISTQB Certified Tester”, aimed at software and system testing professionals, by providing the core syllabus and by setting guideline for accreditation and examination for national boards.

    Now, the ISTQB has more than 40 members including America, Germany, France, Japan, etc. China became one of them in the 2006 ISTQB Annual Conference in May 2006.

     The CSTQB (Chinese Software testing Qualification Board) was founded by Tongji University, China Software Testing Centre, Shanghai Software Testing Centre, SEPREI Certification Centre and Shanghai imbus Information Technology Co.,Ltd, aimed at extending the ISTQB qualification scheme and the certification system in China, establishing a brand new ,internationally accepted regulation in the testing area.