According to current regulations, the Institut’s exams are aimed at people who reside outside the linguistic domain of the Catalan language and in Alghero. If this is your case, you will need to present proof of residence when you register.
Catalan Language Certificates
1st Call 2023
The Institut Ramon Llull is the body responsible for assessing and certificating students’ knowledge of Catalan outside the Catalan-speaking area.
According to current regulations, the Institut’s exams are aimed at people who reside outside the linguistic domain of the Catalan language and in Alghero. If this is your case, you will need to present proof of residence when you register.
Do you want to know if you can register?
Select your country from the dropdown and, if requested, enter the postal code of your town of residence (verifiable):
Examination venues
Aix-en-Provence, Alghero, Amherst, Amsterdam, Bari, Belgrade, Berlin, Birmingham, Bochum, Bristol, Brno, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cork, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Granada, Grenoble, Guayaquil, Havana, Heidelberg, Helsinki, Konstanz, Leipzig, Lille, Lisboa, Ljubljana, London, Lorient, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Mexico City, Montreal, Moscow, Munich, Naples, New York, Oxford, Paris, Poznan, Quito, Rennes, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Salamanca, San Sebastian, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santiago de Compostela, Saragossa, Sassari, Seville, Sheffield, Siena, Szeged, Toulouse, Tübingen, Turin, Tuscaloosa, Venice, Verona, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Warsaw and Zadar.
First call calendar
| DATES | DEADLINES |
|---|---|
| Registration and payment deadline | from 21/02/2023 until 27/03/2023 |
| Publication of the provisional list of accepted and rejected applications | 31/03/2023 |
| Amendment period | from 03/04/2023 to 18/04/2023 |
| Publication of the definitive list of accepted and rejected applications | 26/04/2023 |
| Basic user – elementary (A2): Writing Test | 06/05/2023 |
| Independent user – intermediate (B1): Writing Test | 06/05/2023 |
| Independent user – upper intermediate (B2): Writing Test | 13/05/2023 |
| Proficient user – advanced (C1): Writing Test | 20/05/2023 |
| Proficient user – proficiency (C2): Writing Test | 13/05/2023 |
| Publication of results | 28/09/2023 |
Date of oral exams: interested parties will be notified on the day of the written exams. | |
EXAM FEES
COUNTRIES WHERE NO EXAM FEE IS CHARGED
Any location in Africa, Central and South America and the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, India, Iran, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
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Final examination venues