Get your certificate quickly and efficiently

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Receive your certificate

At any Goethe-Institut in Germany, you will receive your examination certificate as a digital certificate. This means that you do not have to collect your examination certificate from the Institut in question, but can rather access it digitally at any time.

How do I get my Goethe-Zertifikat?

Download the digital certificate
If you have taken and passed an exam, your certificate will be available for you to download. Please log in to www.meingoethe.de and select the appropriate examination. You can find instructions to do so here:

How do I download my digital certificate?(PDF, 331 KB)

Verification
The authenticity of a Goethe-Zertifikat can be verified quickly and easily on the following page: www.goethe.de/verify

When will I receive my Goethe certificate?

Berlin
A1:	2 working days
A2:	2 working days
B1:	1 week
B2:	1 week
C1:	1 week
C2*:	1 week

Bonn
A1:	2 weeks
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2*:	2 weeks

Bremen
A1:	1 working day
A2:	–
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2*:	2 weeks

Dresden
A1:	2 weeks
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2:	2 weeks

Düsseldorf
A1:	1 week
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2*:	4 weeks

Frankfurt
A1:	2 weeks
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2*:	2 weeks

Freiburg
A1:	1 week
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	2 weeks
B2:	2 weeks
C1:	2 weeks
C2*:	3 weeks

Göttingen
A1:	1 working day
A2:	1 working day
B1:	1 week
B2:	1 week
C1:	1 week
C2*:	1 week

Hamburg
A1:	2 weeks
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	4 weeks
B2:	4 weeks
C1:	4 weeks
C2*:	4 weeks

Mannheim
A1:	2 weeks
A2:	2 weeks
B1:	4 weeks
B2:	4 weeks
C1:	4 weeks
C2*:	4 weeks

Munich
A1:	3 working days
A2:	3 working days
B1:	4 working days
B2:	4 working days
C1:	5 working days
C2*:	5 working days

Schwäbisch Hall
A1:	1 working day
A2:	1 working day
B1:	2 working days
B2:	2 working days
C1:	2 working days
C2*:	2 working days

* Special feature of the C2 exam: If you select a literature-related topic for Task 2 of the writing module, certificates will normally be available at all institutes six weeks after taking the examination