German courses
Whether in Germany, in your country or online, we’re reliable partners with a pool of highly qualified teachers for effective German learning.
Goethe-Institut, Sonja Tobias
Goethe-Institut, Sonja Tobias
Learn German
Learn German with success in more than 90 countries on-site at your Goethe-Institut or online.
German exams A1–C2
Would you like to book an exam at one of our exam centres or contact our colleagues on site? You can find our locations worldwide here.
For further information please contact the nearest Goethe-Institut to find out whether the digital German exams are part of their portfolio.
German lessons
Teach German like a pro: Our qualified trainings take your German lessons to the next level.
Whether in Germany, in your country or online, we’re reliable partners with a pool of highly qualified teachers for effective German learning.
We administer German language exams worldwide for levels A1–C2. Goethe-Institut language certificates are internationally recognized as proof of German language proficiency for academic and professional purposes.
The Goethe-Institut has many years’ experience in providing intercultural and language training to prepare foreigners for life and work in Germany.
We provide practically oriented training for German language teachers using approaches and formats that have been tried and tested all over the world. We offer both in-person and online training programmes. We also help teachers draw up curricula and provide a wide range of useful teaching materials.
We are actively involved in international committees and associations and our Goethe-Institut networks promote German language learning, multilingualism and the internationalization of schools.
We stay on top of current trends in foreign language learning to make sure our various courses, tests and teacher training programmes around the world are always up to date and state-of-the-art.
Our university prep programmes provide foreign students with optimized preparation for the subject-related, linguistic and intercultural challenges of studying in Germany. This is our way of helping to internationalize academic research and the labour market.