The highest award: Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (GDS).

The Große Deutsche Sprachdiplom (GDS) requires more advanced language skills than any other examination offered by the Goethe-Institut. It exceeds the highest level (C2) on the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

After passing the examination, you will be able to do the following, for example:

• prove that you have excellent language skills,
• perform a linguistic and stylistic analysis of both literary and scientific texts and satisfactorily answer questions on them,
• master standard German to the highest level.

Locations, prices, dates and enrolment

You can find the Goethe-Institut or examination partner closest to you here, along with information about locations, prices, dates and enrolment.
Testing locations

You can find answers to particular questions about the examination you are interested in taking under FAQ.