Africa · 1 verified centre
Burkina Faso runs its German exams through the Goethe-Institut on avenue de l’université in Ouagadougou. It covers the full Goethe-Zertifikat range from A1 to C2 in youth and adult versions, plus TestDaF for university admission and the Goethe-Test PRO for the workplace.
Where to sit the exam
Each centre was checked on the exam board's own website. Dates and fees change, so confirm directly with the centre before you pay or travel.
192 avenue de l’université, 01 BP 1226, Ouagadougou 01
The institute gives its street as both avenue and rue de l’université in different places. Reachable on +226 25 33 04 49 or info-ouagadougou@goethe.de - worth using, since it publishes no exam calendar on its overview page.
We do not publish individual sitting dates: they change too often to be safe. Follow the centre link for the current calendar.
Before you book
The institute does not publish exam dates on its overview page, pointing instead to a registration section. Email info-ouagadougou@goethe.de or call for the calendar rather than waiting for it to appear online.
Ouagadougou is the only verified exam location. From Bobo-Dioulasso or the north that means a long journey, so book the date and the travel in one decision rather than assuming another sitting is close behind.
A French-language education helps with study technique, not with German cases or word order. Candidates across francophone West Africa routinely underestimate the step from A2 to B1 - sit a full timed model test before committing.
German universities teaching in German normally ask for TestDaF or Goethe-Zertifikat C1. Both are listed here, but they are different exams in format and scoring - read the admission letter rather than assuming.
Sitting the exam abroad usually means one shot and a long wait for the next date. Practise in the real format first - Goethe, telc or DTZ - and let the analytics show which module still needs the weeks you have left.
FAQ
At the Goethe-Institut in Ouagadougou, 192 avenue de l’université. It examines A1 to C2 in youth and adult versions, plus TestDaF and the Goethe-Test PRO.
Contact the institute on +226 25 33 04 49 or info-ouagadougou@goethe.de. It does not publish a calendar on its exam overview page, pointing to a registration section instead.
Not at any location we could verify. Ouagadougou is the only confirmed centre. We publish a city once its centre is confirmed rather than listing one with nothing behind it.
We checked telc’s own centre register and it lists none, and ÖSD publishes no register we can read. Treat that as "none found" rather than "none exists", and ask any school claiming to examine either board for its centre number.
The exam boards maintain their own centre finders. They are the authoritative list.
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