General TCF

The General TCF allows the assessment of your standard of oral and written expression for anyone wishing to assess their competence in French for personal, academic or professional purposes.

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  • Adult, Teenager
  • Personal, academic or professional purposes
  • From A1 to C2
  • 225€
  • Diploma valid for 2 years
General TCF

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Browse below the different sessions available to validate your learning of French!

Level Written examination Oral examination
N/A 5 July 2022 5 July 2022

The full General TCF (mandatory ➕ additional examinations) is required by most French universities to accept applications by foreign students in their various study departments (faculties). Please contact your university for information on its requirements before enrolling.

The General TCF is composed of 5 tests, presented in the form of multiple choice questions and exercises:

  • Oral comprehension: 34 multiple-choice questions
  • Mastery of language structures: 23 multiple-choice questions
  • Written comprehension: 34 multiple choice questions
  • Written expression: 3 exercises
  • Oral expression: face to face with an examiner, 3 exercises

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Fee : 225€

All registrations are nominative and non-transferable. Postal charges for sending diplomas or certificates are not included in the examination fee. For more information, please consult our general sales conditions.

Course of the exam

The exam is taken on computer / on paper. 

Administrative requirements

Your photo will be taken on the day of the French exam. Don’t forget to bring your passport when you take the test. If other administrative requirements are necessary, you will be informed in advance 

Convocation

You will receive your official invitation by e-mail at the latest two weeks before the start of the collective tests.   

Results and diploma

Your results will be sent to you by e-mail at the latest 10 weeks after the end of the session. A certificate of achievement may be issued to you by email.   

Your diploma will be available 3 months after your exam at the reception of the Alliance Française de Bruxelles-Europe. It can be sent to you on request (postal charges at your expense).   

Candidates with special needs

The Alliance Française de Bruxelles-Europe provides any candidate who reports a disability affecting a physical, sensory, mental, cognitive or psychic function, with the material facilities or staff assistance to enable him/her to take part in the tests. This will allow him/her to participate in the session under working conditions that re-establish equality between candidates. He/She can be exempted from one of the skills if an adaptation is not possible. 

For this purpose:   

  • The candidate must indicate his or her disability at the time of registration and as soon as possible so that the examination center can put in place the appropriate arrangements.  
  • They must provide an official document from a medical authority indicating the diagnosis and specifying the recommended accommodations for a foreign language exam.  
  • This certificate should not be more than 2 years old from the date of the tests.  

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