The Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Language Policy holds the official exams for Catalan certificates. You can sign up however you learned Catalan, and you don't need an earlier certificate. You can also take more than one level in the same call, with one sign-up form for each.
- Nivell bàsic
Basic
- CEFR A2
- €23.90
- Nivell elemental
Elementary
- CEFR B1
- €23.90
- Nivell intermedi
Intermediate
- CEFR B2
- €23.90
- Nivell de suficiència
Proficiency
- CEFR C1
- €57.45
- Nivell superior
Advanced
- CEFR C2
- €57.45
Every level has a written exam and an oral exam, and you have to take both. On the day of the written exam, you're told the day, time and place of your oral exam. Orals start that same day and continue on the following Saturdays.
To pass A2, B1 or B2, you need at least 60% in the speaking part and 60% in the rest. C1 needs 65 points out of 100, including at least 31.5 in reading and writing. C2 needs 60% in reading and writing and 60% overall. Each level has a sample test you can try.
There is one call each year. In 2026, sign-up ran from January 20 to 28, and the written exams ran from April 11 to May 30.
- A2, B1 or B2€23.90
- C1 or C2€57.45
The 2027 dates aren't published yet.
- Apr 11, 2026
- Written exam · C2
- Apr 25, 2026
- Written exam · B2
- May 9, 2026
- Written exam · C1
- May 16, 2026
- Written exam · B1
- May 30, 2026
- Written exam · A2
Dates checked Oct 24, 2026
In 2026, A2 and B1 were held in 6 towns, B2 in 12, C1 in 17 and C2 in 14. You sign up online or in person at a Generalitat citizen office, and you learn the time and place of your written exam 10 days before it. Results for every level came out on September 2, 2026.
Every level tests your reading, and every level but C2 tests listening. Get ready by reading and listening to lots of Catalan you mostly understand. This kind of practice is called comprehensible input.
- Read Catalan NewsRead a short Catalan news story with audio two or three times a week, picking ones where most words are familiar.
- Watch for the January CallSign-up opens in late January and stays open for only about a week, so choose your level before then.
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Catalan. You learn from Catalan you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each Catalan lesson about something you like and keeps it at your level. Bubblegum's levels 1 to 6 are its own, separate from A2 to C2.
- Pick “Earn an Official Catalan Certificate” as your goal at the start, and Poppy plans your Catalan lessons with it in mind.
- Read news and stories in Catalan at your level, and listen along.
- If a Catalan sentence trips you up, ask Poppy and she walks you through it.
- Your saved Catalan words get mixed into Poppy's next lessons through Regenerative Review™, and Anki export is an option.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- Bubblegum has no one to talk with you in Catalan, so it can't get you ready for the oral exam. Practice out loud with a teacher or a Catalan speaker.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
Mobile
A Coffee and a Croissant
Un cafè i un croissant
Marc arrives at the cafeteria.
Good morning! I want a coffee and a croissant of the day, please.
Of course, you can have the black coffee and the croissant right now.
Who can take the Catalan certificate exams?
Anyone aged 16 or older on the exam day. No earlier qualification is needed.
Can I take the exam outside Catalonia?
Yes. In 2026, A2, B1, B2 and C1 were also held in Perpignan, in France, and B2 and C1 in Fraga, in Aragon. C2 was held only in Catalonia.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Tràmits: Proves per a l'obtenció de certificats de llengua catalana (2026 call: dates, towns, fees, who can sign up)
- Llengua catalana: structure of the A2 to C2 certificate exams (areas, times, pass rules, sample tests)
- Generalitat de Catalunya: 2025 call information sheet (sign-up January 28 to February 5, exams April to June)
- Bubblegum
Checked on October 24, 2026 against each app's own pages.
