PD3 is the final exam in the Danish Language Course 3.

A passed exam in PD3 is one of the requirements when you apply for Danish citizenship.

The written and the oral examination

PD3 consists of an oral and a written part. The written test consists of Reading Comprehension 1, Reading Comprehension 2 and Written Presentation (two parts).

The oral part consists of two parts – a conversation about a known topic and a conversation about an unknown topic. You will receive your topic in your e-boks approx. 5 week days before the exam.

You will be shown pictures that relate to the unknown topic, and the examiner will ask you questions related to it.

Here, you kan learn more about the written and the oral part of PD3.

Once you have registered for Prøve i Dansk, you will be informed about time and place for the examinations. You will also be informed about what you need to do before the examination and what to bring.

Time and place

The written examinations are held either at our language school in Glostrup, Skolevej 6 or at a location nearby. You will be notified about time and place both before the written examination and before the oral examination.

Photo ID

For both the written and the oral examination, you must bring photo identification in the form of:

• Passport, residence card, foreign passport or convention passport issued by the Danish authority
• Passport or identity card or issued by a public authority in an EU/EEA country or in Switzerland
• Passport or other valid travel identification with photo issued by a public authority in a country other than the countries mentioned above

If you cannot show valid photo ID before attending the examination, we will have to reject you and you will not be able to participate in the examination.

What to bring

For the written examination, please remember to bring dictionaries and maybe food and drink. The dictionaries must be “clean” and without handwritten notes.

Special conditions

If you are disabled, dyslexic or have other conditions that make you want to take the examination under special conditions, you must inform us when registering. You do this by writing in the field “Special conditions”. We will contact you about what kind of help we can offer, what documentation we need and what you need to do to be able to get help.

Illness

If you fall ill for either the oral or the written examination, you can ask your doctor for a medical certificate. You must present it to the language school, which will issue an attestation. If you have an attestation, you do not need to sit the whole examination again at the next term, but only the partial examination where you were absent due to illness.

Complaints

You can complain about the content of the examination, the examination process or the assessment. The complaint must be in writing and substantiated. The appeal deadline is 4 weeks after the test has taken place.

If you want to apply for permanent residence permit you must, among other tings, pass Medborgerskabsprøven (sometimes called The Active Citizenchip Exam). The exam consists of 25 written questions (multiple choice). You must answer 20 questions correctly to pass. The test duration is 30 minutes.

Tid og sted

Once you are registered, you will receive information about time and place. Arrive well in advance for the test. It might take time to get registered.

Photo ID

Please, remember to bring valid photo identification in form of:

• Passport, residence card, foreign passport or convention passport issued by the Danish authority
• Passport or identity card issued by a public authority in an EU / EEA country or in Switzerland
• Passport issued by a public authority outside Denmark, EU / EEA country or in Switzerland, in which a residence sticker or a visa sticker for a Schengen country is located.

If you cannot show valid photo ID before attending the examination, we will have to reject you and you will not be able to participate in the examination.

This is what you can bring

In general, you are not allowed to bring aids. You must hand in your phone before the examination. You will of course get your phone back after you have left the examination room.

If you obtain a residence permit in Denmark based on family reunification, you are generally required to pass a Danish language test at A1 level and at A2 level or another Danish language test at the same level or a higher level.

⭢ Overview of exams that you can use as documentation that you have passed a Danish exam at a minimum A1 level, appendix 1 (in Danish)

⭢ Overview of exams that you can use as documentation that you have passed a Danish exam at minimum A2 level, appendix 2 (in Danish)

You must pass A1 and A2 within a time limit.

⭢ Read more about deadlines for passing A1 and A2