Exams and Certificates
Students who have successfully completed a language course at the TUM Language Center can download the corresponding individual certificate of achievement from TUMonline. Other persons who successfully complete the examination (e.g. TUM employees) can receive a certificate. DAAD certificates can also be issued at the TUM Language Center.
Key Information
- Exam Registration: Students with a confirmed place will automatically be registered for the exam. Staff members please contact their instructor directly.
- Exam Withdrawal is possible up to the day before the exam or (for courses with portfolio exams) up to one day before the last course date.
- Exam Participation: The exam usually consists of portfolio tasks distributed throughout the course and requires active participation over the entire course duration.
- Non-attendance only appears in your Examination Report (“X did not attend - 5,0 fail”) but will not be noted in your Grade Report.
- Exam Content: Details about the exam procedure and content will be provided at the beginning of the course.
- Certificate: After completing the course, download the certificate of achievement from TUMonline. Staff members receive an exam certificate.
- ECTS Credits: The module handbook shows the ECTS for each language course. For credit recognition questions, please contact your study program office.
You can find more details in our FAQs.
- TUM students and exchange students with a confirmed place in a language course are automatically registered for the exam in TUMonline.
- Once an exam has been corrected and officially validated (which may take 2–3 weeks after the exam date), you can download the corresponding certificate of achievement (Einzelleistungsnachweis) from TUMonline.
- If you are not automatically registered (e.g., because you received a confirmed place after the exam registration), you can register yourself within the registration period. For assistance, feel free to use our instructions for exam registration.
- You can deregister up to the day before the exam. For courses with portfolio examinations, it is possible to deregister up to one day before the last course date. Please note that you are responsible for deregistering yourself; the TUM Language Center cannot deregister you. It is not possible to deregister after the examination date/last course date.
- In your TUMonline Grade Report, only passed exams are recorded. If you remain registered but do not complete the exam assignments or do not participate in the exam, this will not be noted in your grade report. However, your TUMonline Examination Report will list non-attendance as “X did not attend - 5,0 fail”. This transcript is primarily for your orientation and is not part of the final graduation documents.
- If you are taking a TUM language course from the course catalogue and would like to take the exam, please contact your instructor directly to register. If you pass the exam and fulfil the other requirements of the course, you can recieve an exam certificate.
- If you are taking a course specifically for staff (English for Staff or German for Researchers), please ask your instructor about the type of certification you will receive for having passed the course and/or exam.
- If you successfully complete a language course at the TUM Language Center with at least 3 ECTS, the certificate of achievement (Einzelleistungsnachweis) will be accepted as a language proof for all TUM exchange programs. It can be downloaded as a PDF from TUMonline. If the partner university later requires a DAAD certificate, we can issue this based on the course you completed.
- If you need proof before the course ends (e.g., for Erasmus), please take a screenshot of your course registration in TUMonline and indicate that you will submit the certificate after successfully completing the course.
- Other proofs, such as the Abitur, may also be recognized - details can be found on the websites of the exchange programs.
- Information on the DAAD certificate can be found below. Please check in advance whether another language proof is sufficient before applying for a DAAD certificate or registering for a test.
DAAD Certificate
You study or work at TUM and need a DAAD certificate to apply for short-term international studies or work experience?
There are two (or three) ways to obtain a DAAD certificate from the TUM Language Center:
If you have successfully completed a language course at the TUM Language Center worth at least 3 ECTS, please send your certificate of achievement (“Einzelleistungsnachweis”), downloadable from TUMonline, as a PDF with your request for a DAAD-certificate to sprachenzentrum(at)tum.de.
Have you passed a German Abitur and achieved at least seven points in English in each of the final four half-years? If so, we can issue you an English DAAD-certificate at B2 level if you send your Abitur certificate as a PDF alongside a request for a DAAD certificate to sprachenzentrum(at)tum.de.
3. DAAD testing
We offer TUM students and staff free testing for the DAAD certificate in a number of languages. Below you will find more information about the dates and registration procedures for each language.
If you can obtain a DAAD certificate with either a language course (option 1) or your Abitur (option 2), please choose one of these options. We need the capacity for students who absolutely have to take the test and it helps us to use our resources in a more targeted way and process requests more quickly.
Please note the following before registering for a DAAD test:
- Plan your test participation in good time (calculate approximately one week correction time).
- Note that tests are in high demand before exchange program deadlines, and you may not get a spot if you do not plan ahead.
- Please arrive on time for the scheduled appointment and bring your TUM ID.
- You can only take the test only once per semester.
- If necessary—for example, due to illness—a test appointment can be cancelled or postponed at short notice.
If you can obtain a DAAD certificate using a language course or your Abitur, please do so: This will reserve resources for people who need to take the test and help us to process inquiries more quickly.
- To target our resources (space, IT and people) appropriately, we have developed a Moodle questionnaire to assess applicants’ need for a test place.
- The English DAAD test can only be taken in person, on campus.
- You can apply for a place to take the test for English DAAD certification here.
- We test regularly on the Munich campus on Friday afternoons at 3pm. In the winter semester we test weekly but reduce the frequency during breaks and summer semester, according to demand. No testing is offered in August.
- Please keep in mind that test places will be in high demand before exchange deadlines. To be safe, allow at least a month between registering your interest to take the test and your deadline.
- The English DAAD comprises four 15 minute (single answer) multiple choice style sections on reading, listening, writing and speaking. After that, there is a 15 minute active writing task (your own writing on a given topic) and short recording task where you speak on a given topic.
To target our resources (space, IT and people) appropriately, we have developed a Moodle questionnaire to assess applicants’ need for a test place.
You can apply for a place to take the test for French DAAD certification here.
The test takes place on specific dates and only during the semester both in person and via Moodle.
- Dates:
May 16, 2025 from 14:00-15:30 - Registration:
To register, send an email to to mainardi(at)zv.tum.de up to two days before the test date
The test will take place online (via Zoom and Moodle). Shortly before the test, you will receive an email that includes the link for the Zoom meeting as well as all necessary information about the test in Moodle. - Contact:
Dr. Debora Mainardi - Content:
Nel test verranno esaminate le competenze linguistiche chiave del candidato secondo il Quadro comune di riferimento europeo delle lingue: espressione e interazione orale, comprensione della lettura e produzione scritta.
- Dates:
June 27, 2025 (tim tba). Regstration deadline: June 20, 2025.
Please bring a laptop! - Location:
tba - Registration:
Please send an email with your matriculation number, your TUM email address, your reason for taking the test (e.g. TUM Exchange or Erasmus) and an indication of the language level you would like to reach to guerrero-madrid(at)zv.tum.de.
Please bear in mind the registration deadline (see above). - Lecturer:
Guerrero Madrid, Victoria - Content: El test de español tiene por objetivo medir la habilidad y las competencias lingüísticas del estudiante en las siguientes áreas, según los criterios del Marco Común Europeo de Referencia para las lenguas (MCER): expresión e interacción oral, expresión escrita, comprensión de documentos escritos, conocimientos de gramática y vocabulario.
For a DAAD certificate or DAAD test in other languages, please write to sprachenzentrum(at)tum.de.
We will forward your request to the appropriate person.
Certificate of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
- Exclusively intended for applications for temporary study or research stays or internships abroad.
- Not known/recognized outside of the academic context.
- Not required for all programs or activities abroad. Please contact the TUM Global & Alumni Office or your study coordinator to find out which certificate you need for your stay abroad.
- The TUM Language Center issues the DAAD certificate only for TUM students and staff. It will be sent as a PDF directly to your TUM email address.
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