Become a telc Examination Centre

A telc certificate provides your course participants with significant added value. As an official telc examination centre or licensed partner, you benefit from a recognised mark of quality and support your participants along their educational and professional paths.

To obtain a telc licence and be permitted to offer our language examinations, your educational institution must meet certain requirements. This includes a standardised quality assurance process, as part of which we will inspect your premises, among other checks. This demonstrates that you meet our high quality standards.

Requirements for a telc licence:

Your educational institution:

• is either a public or private institution in the EU/DACH region, or a public institution outside the EU,

• has been offering in-person language courses based on the CEFR for at least one year,

• does not operate solely as a recruitment agency,

• meets telc requirements regarding facilities, technical infrastructure, and staffing (further details can be found in the information package) for conducting telc examinations in accordance with telc examination regulations,

• and can provide a commercial register extract or a comparable document confirming legal registration and the necessary credentials.

2.1. Allocation Process for Existing telc Examination Centres

Licensed telc examination centres in the EU/DACH region may apply to establish a branch office examinations. An approved satellite centre authorises the examination centre to conduct telc examinations abroad.

Please note: All telc examinations outside the DACH region are conducted in digital format.

Requirements for applying for a branch office:

Your educational institution (telc examination centre):

• has held a telc licence for at least two years and

• has regularly conducted examinations during that time, gaining experience in administering telc exams.

Your cooperation partner:

• is officially recognised as an educational institution in the respective country,

• has been offering in-person language courses based on the CEFR for at least two years,

• does not operate solely as a recruitment agency,

• meets telc requirements regarding facilities, technical infrastructure, and staffing (further details can be found in the information package) for conducting telc examinations in accordance with telc examination regulations.

2.2. Allocation Process for Educational Institutions Without a telc Licence

Are you a private educational institution outside the EU, you have no telc licence, but teaching according to the CEFR? Would you like to offer your course participants an internationally recognised language certificate?

In that case, you may be able to conduct telc examinations in cooperation with a licensed telc partner in Germany or the EU. The examinations would take place digitally at your premises.

Interested?
Please contact a telc licence partner in Germany or the EU directly.

If your enquiry is not related to applying for a telc licence or a branch office, please contact our customer service team via the telc service portal.