Please be aware that we cannot advise you about your exam choice. For more information visit the CIEP’s website .

The TCF is a multiple-choice test with 80 items that cover reading comprehension, command of grammatical structures and listening comprehension (duration: 1h30). It also includes optional tests for written (1h45) and oral expressions (15 minutes).

The TCF has three compulsory tests and two optional ones :

• Compulsory tests: listening comprehension, language structures, reading comprehension (1h30).
• Optional tests: oral expression (15 minutes), written expression (1h45).

TCF DAP

Test pour la demande d’admission préalable / preliminary admission application

If you wish to apply, in France, as a first year undergraduate (L1) or as an architecture school student and you do not have the DELF B2 or DALF, you must apply for a TCF specific to the preliminary admission application, called “TCF for DAP”.

The new 60-minute-long writing task is composed of 3 exercises.  More information.

TCF Canada

TCF Canada was specifically created in response to the standards of the IRCC (Immigration, réfugiés et citoyenneté Canada). The TCF Canada is comprised of four mandatory tests:

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression

Prices are subject to change according to the value of the Euro at the time of the exam.

You may pay by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) in person or over the phone, or by check to AFD/FIM.

Payments must be made in full at the time of registration. No refund or credit will be made under any circumstances once the registration is processed, unless the Alliance Française must cancel a session of tests (in which case you will be fully refunded).