ÖSD (Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch) is an Austrian Language Certificate, a German language examination system. The ÖSD is a non-profit association with an advisory board which cooperates closely with universities, professional associations, language schools and responsible governmental departments as well as other relevant organisations in Austria.

At the moment, more than 20,000 exams take place worldwide per year in about 300 licensed examination centres. The Foreign Language Centre of the University of West Hungary, in Sopron, is a licensed examination centre of ÖSD Central Office, Vienna.

 

Advantages of ÖSD:

If you want to work or study in Austria, ÖSD language competence certificate is the most competitive proof of your knowledge recognised by the Austrian authorities.

In the range of the written examination systems, ÖSD is the only monolingual one where you can use a dictionary.

ÖSD also offers exams for children.

 

For further information on the exams see HERE.