Get a German Language Certificate @ GLS Berlin

Upon finishing your class you receive a GLS certificate documenting you level of German.

If you´d like an "official" certificate:

Like Goethe Institut GLS is official testing center for ZD Zertifikat Deutsch. You can do the ZD directly at GLS. For all other exams we register you at our partners, the Goethe Institut or the Carl Duisberg Centrum.If you want to know how long you need to reach the level of any of the certificates, please check here.

Our prep courses get you ready for the following certificates: 

 

ZD – Zertifikat Deutsch - Certificate German
Beispiel ZD (auf Deutsch)

  • Level: B1. Documents basic knowledge of German for employers. Starting with 0 knowledge of German it usually takes 5 to 6 months with 20 lessons weekly to be able to pass this exam, less time if you take a more intensive course with 30 lessons weekly.
  • Where you take it: directly at GLS

 

 

 

Goethe Certificate B2 (new) 
Beispiel (auf Deutsch)

  • Level: B2. A new exam document good knowledge of German for every-day communication .
  • Where you take it: we register you at the Goethe Institut Berlin, and if that should be fully booked, at the one in Dresden

 

 

 

Goethe Certificate C1 (formerly ZMP Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung) 
Beispiel (auf Deutsch)

  • Level: C1. Proof of sound general German knowledge; accepted by some universities as minimum entry level for foreign students.
  • Where you take it: we register you at the Goethe Institut Berlin, and if that should be fully booked, at the one in Dresden or Potsdam 

 

 

TestDaF
Info zu TestDaf

  • Level: C1. TestDaf is accepted by German universities and has the same status as DSH. It has several advantages, however: unlike DSH you can try TestDaf more than once and on 4 to 5 dates every year.
  • Where you take it: we register you at our partner, the Carl Duisberg Centrum Berlin

 

 

Goethe Certificate C2 (formerly ZOP Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung)
Beispiel ZOP (auf Deutsch)

  • Level: C1. Proof of qualified command of German language, accepted as substitute for DSH at some universities.
  • Where you take it: we register you at the Goethe Institut Berlin, and if that should be fully booked, at the one in Dresden for teachers of German as a foreign language
  • Where you take it: we register you at the Goethe Institut Berlin, and if that should be fully booked, at the one in Dresden

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