The language certificate must be from a language institute recognized by the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE). It must be a standardized test with the areas of reading comprehension, listening comprehension, written expression, and oral expression.

Which certificates are recognized?

  • the Goethe-Zertifikat B2 and the Goethe-Zertifikat B2 PRO Pflege
  • the standardized “Test of German as a Foreign Language” (level TDN 3 corresponds to level B2 of the CEFR)
  • the telc language certificate B2 and the telc language certificate B2 Nursing
    (Please note: from 23.06.2022 telc language certificates from Serbian and Bosnian telc institutes can no longer be accepted!)
  • the ÖSD language certificate B2
  • the language certificate B2 AFU GmbH / ECL examinations with examination date starting from December 2020
  • the BAMF certificate DTB (German test for the job) B2