Goethe-Zertifikat C1

Ideal if you'd like to ...

prepare to study at a university or institution of higher education in Germany
demonstrate a very advanced knowledge of German for employment purposes
prepare to work in the medical field in Germany
provide evidence that you have successfully passed level C1
hold an official, internationally recognised certificate

The Goethe-Zertifikat C1 is a German exam for adults. It certifies that candidates have acquired advanced language skills and corresponds to the fifth level (C1) of the six-level scale of competence laid down in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Passing the exam demonstrates that you can ...

use the German language effectively and flexibly in public, academic and vocational context,
understand a wide range of complex, longer texts including appreciation of implicit meanings,
produce well-structured and detailed texts on a range of complex topics,
express yourself spontaneously and fluently and argue a position convincingly.

Please contact your university, institution of higher education or preparatory course provider before your course of study is due to begin to find out if the Goethe-Zertifikat C1 is able to grant you exemption from taking a language entrance test for foreign students.

PARTIAL REPETITION C1

As of 2016, those who have taken the C1 exam have the option of repeating the section that they did not pass. This means that if you did not pass the written section (Reading, Listening, and Writing) or the oral section, you have a one-time option to repeat the section that you did not pass at the same exam site within one year. Please contact us(exams-seoul@goethe.de, 02-2021-2803), if you want to repeat the section.

The fee for repeating the section that you did not pass: 150,000 KRW

Supplemental exam guidelines (PDF, 145 KB)

Online registrations are possible from 10:00 a.m. on the published start date to 12:00 p.m. on the end date.

Online Registration Guide

The Group registration will no longer be possible from 2022. The individual registration for the German exams from levels A1 - C2 for participants is only possible online!

General terms and conditions(PDF, 126 KB)

Online registrations are possible from 10:00 a.m. on the published start date to 12:00 p.m. on the end date.

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*) The cheaper price displayed applies if you have already participated in a German language course at the Goethe Institute in the past six months. The six months refer to the period between when the language course ended and the date of the German language exam. In this case, the price will change automatically during the booking procedure. If not, please contact the course office.

Additional information

Requests to issue a complete certificate covering all four modules will only be accepted online for a fee of 25,000 KRW. It is only possible to issue the complete certificate on one page per person.
All modules that were passed within one year can be listed on the full certificate.
There is no difference between the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 for young people and the Goethe-Zertifikat B1 for adults with regard to the degree of difficulty; only the topics vary. The recommended age for the exams for young people is 12 to 16 years old.
The certificates issued for the young people and adult versions are identical.