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telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule

An academic C1 exam for university admission with a written part (166 points) and an oral pair exam (48 points).

Who it is for

Applicants who need university-level German at C1 and prefer a paper-based exam with an oral pair format

Part	German name	Duration	Details
Reading and language elements	Leseverstehen, Sprachbausteine	90 min	Reading 48 points (24 items/tasks), language elements 22 points.
Break	Pause	20 min	—
Listening	Hörverstehen	approx. 40 min	48 points, including note-taking from a lecture.
Writing	Schriftlicher Ausdruck	70 min	One text of about 350 words; 48 points.
Speaking	Mündlicher Ausdruck	approx. 16 min (pair), 20 min preparation	Presentation, summary and follow-up questions, discussion; 48 points.

Written exam 166 points (reading 48, language elements 22, listening 48, writing 48), oral exam 48 points, total 214.
A certificate requires at least 128 points in total and at least 60 % in both parts: 99 written points and 29 oral points.
Grades: 193–214 sehr gut, 172–192.5 gut, 151–171.5 befriedigend, 128–150.5 ausreichend, 0–127 nicht bestanden.

Official rules

Every threshold comes from the official document listed below. Results are estimates for planning — only the exam provider issues results.

Enter the points per subtest (half points allowed).

Reading (Leseverstehen)

/ 48

Language elements (Sprachbausteine)

/ 22

Listening (Hörverstehen)

/ 48

Writing (Schriftlicher Ausdruck)

/ 48

Speaking (Mündlicher Ausdruck)

/ 48

Fill in all five subtests to see the result.

What this calculator does not do

Writing and speaking are marked by trained raters against telc criteria. Self-assessed points are only an estimate.

RO-DT 2020 § 8 (2) (e): passing telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule exempts from the DSH/TestDaF requirement.
Do not confuse it with the general exam „telc Deutsch C1“, which is not listed in the RO-DT.

Requirements change and differ between universities and programmes. The university's own admission rules are always decisive.

Practise summarising a presentation for your partner — part of the oral exam depends on listening to each other.

German Prep material at the levels this exam targets — not official exam tasks.

Twenty mixed questions with exam-style pacing.

Recordings with questions from A1 to C1.

Exam-style writing with the rule-based assistant.