C1 Ad­van­ced Cer­ti­fi­ca­te

The C1 Ad­van­ced cer­ti­fi­ca­te is re­co­gni­zed world­wi­de by em­ploy­ers and uni­ver­si­ties as evi­den­ce of ad­van­ced Eng­lish pro­fi­ci­en­cy. It cor­re­sponds to level C1 (CEFR).

The C1 Ad­van­ced cer­ti­fi­ca­te de­mons­tra­tes that you have the ne­cess­a­ry Eng­lish skills for a de­man­ding aca­de­mic and pro­fes­sio­nal en­vi­ron­ment.

It pro­vi­des proof that you have suf­fi­ci­ent lan­guage pro­fi­ci­en­cy to con­duct com­plex re­se­arch tasks, com­mu­ni­ca­te ef­fec­tive­ly at a pro­fes­sio­nal level, and stand out from the crowd.

Pre­pa­ring for the C1 Ad­van­ced cer­ti­fi­ca­te helps de­ve­lop Eng­lish skills nee­ded for stu­dy­ing or work­ing in English-​speaking coun­tries. Howe­ver, it is also ac­cep­ted for uni­ver­si­ty ap­pli­ca­ti­ons in Ger­ma­ny and Aus­tria.

The Cam­bridge In­sti­tut Mu­nich of­fers the exam as a computer-​based (CB) for­mat. 

 

Exam De­tails

WHERE

Cam­bridge In­sti­tut Mu­nich, pos­si­b­ly an ex­ter­nal lo­ca­ti­on in the Mu­nich city cen­ter

WHEN

Usual­ly month­ly. Writ­ten and Spea­king on the same day. Ex­cept for high num­ber of re­gis­tra­ti­ons, spea­king pos­si­b­ly on the day be­fo­re.

GROUP SIZE

Min. of 3 par­ti­ci­pants. Ma­xi­mum size de­pends on exam for­mat and ca­pa­ci­ty.

FEE

250 € After the re­gis­tra­ti­on dead­line: plus €55 late re­gis­tra­ti­on fee; Ac­cep­tance de­pends on availa­bi­li­ty

LE­VELS

COM­PLE­TI­ON

Cam­bridge Eng­lish Cer­ti­fi­ca­te C1 Ad­van­ced (CAE)

DATES

31.05.25
(CB) Reg. until 17.05, re­sults from 13.06
28.06.25
(CB) Reg. until 14.06, re­sults from 11.07
12.07.25
(CB) Reg. until 27.06, re­sults from 25.07
23.08.25
(CB) Reg. until 09.08, re­sults from 05.09
13.09.25
(CB) Reg. until 29.08, re­sults from 25.09
18.10.25
(CB) Reg. until 03.10, re­sults from 31.10
15.11.25
(CB) Reg. until 31.10, re­sults from 28.11
06.12.25
(CB) Reg. until 21.11, re­sults from 20.12
CB = computer-​based. Exam is taken on com­pu­ter at the test cen­ter.Book now

Exam Pre­pa­ra­ti­on

Exam for­mat

The C1 Ad­van­ced exam for­mat con­sists of the fol­lo­wing sec­tions:

  • Rea­ding & Use of Eng­lish (1 hour 30 mi­nu­tes)
  • Wri­ting (1 hour 30 mi­nu­tes)
  • Lis­te­ning (ap­pro­xi­ma­te­ly 40 mi­nu­tes)
  • Spea­king (15 mi­nu­tes per can­di­da­te pair)

Pre­pa­ra­ti­on Cour­se
Cam­bridge In­sti­tut Mu­nich of­fers a 6-week pre­pa­ra­ti­on cour­se for the C1 Ad­van­ced exam as well as pri­va­te trai­ning. Ad­di­tio­nal­ly, all day-​intensive cour­ses, as well as evening cour­ses, can be op­tio­nal­ly com­ple­ted with the C1 Ad­van­ced Eng­lish cer­ti­fi­ca­te.

In­for­ma­ti­on Bro­c­hu­re
Fur­ther in­for­ma­ti­on about the C1 Ad­van­ced Eng­lish cer­ti­fi­ca­te can be found in the free down­loada­ble in­for­ma­ti­on bro­c­hu­re.

Sam­ple Tests
Free sam­ple tests are availa­ble for pre­pa­ra­ti­on:

Lear­ning Ma­te­ri­als
For self-​study pre­pa­ra­ti­on, the Self Study Pack of the Cam­bridge Eng­lish Ad­van­ced 3 book is sui­ta­ble, which in­clu­des so­lu­ti­ons and audio con­tent. The lear­ning ma­te­ri­als are availa­ble in all major books­to­res and on­line.