Receive your certificate

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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?

Locations	A1	A2	B1	B2	C1	C2*
Berlin	2 working days	2 working days	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week
Bonn	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Bremen	1 working day	–	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Dresden	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Düsseldorf	1 week	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	4 weeks
Frankfurt	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks
Freiburg	1 week	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	2 weeks	3 weeks
Göttingen	1 working day	1 working day	1 week	1 week	1 week	1 week
Hamburg	2 weeks	2 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks
Mannheim	2 weeks	2 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks	4 weeks
Munich	3 working days	3 working days	4 working days	4 working days	5 working days	5 working days
Schwäbisch Hall	1 working day	1 working day	2 working days	2 working days	2 weekworking dayss	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.