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TestDaF-Institut
The TestDaF-Institut was founded in Spring 2001 in order to develop and administer the TestDaF (Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache - Test of German as a foreign language) and to provide adequate quality assurance. It is a non-profit institution affiliated to the University of Hagen and the Ruhr-University Bochum. The main objective is to facilitate foreign students' access to German institutions of higher education by offering a measure of students' proficiency in German already available in the candidate's home country.
The TestDaF-Institut offers at present one examination for German as a foreign language: the TestDaF. It is a proficiency test covering the levels Vantage and Effective Proficiency. The TestDaF certificate is recognized in Germany as evidence of language proficiency for studies at German institutions of higher education.
Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache (TestDaF)
The examination is currently offered in 376 licensed test centres in 77 countries including Germany . In 2005 the TestDaF has five administrations worldwide and two exclusively in the Peoples' Republic of China. Candidates must register at licensed test centres. For more detail including sample material see www.testdaf.de.
Results are issued generally six weeks after the administration.
For further information about the TestDaF-Institut and the TestDaF, please contact:
TestDaF-Institut
Gabriele Kecker
Feithstr. 188
58084 Hagen
Germany
Tel. +49-2331-987 4080
Fax +49-2331-987 358
E-Mail info@testdaf.de
Internet www.testdaf.de