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We prepare you for all German language exams and take care of your registration. Like the Goethe Institut ALBA is an official testing center for the ZD Zertifikat Deutsch.

You can get ready for exams in all ALBA courses training general German , as all exams test general German. Courses include exercises similar to those you will do while sitting an exam.
ZD – Zertifikat Deutsch
Sample ZD (in german)
  • 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 ALBA

ZMP Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung
Sample ZMP (in german)

  • Level: B2 - 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

TestDaF
Sample 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

DSH Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang

  • Level: C1. Proof of proficiency for entering universities.
  • Where you take it: at the university of your choice

ZOP Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung
Sample ZOP (in german)

  • 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

KDS Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom
Sample KDS (in german)

  • Level: C2. Recognised language entrance exam for German 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

GDS Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom
Sample GDS (in german)

  • Level: C2. Accepted in some countries as qualification 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