{"id":3755,"date":"2024-01-02T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toptaal.nl\/opleiding\/nt2-state-exam-programs-i-and-ii\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T01:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T23:19:18","slug":"nt2-state-exam-programs-i-and-ii","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/toptaal.nl\/en\/opleiding\/nt2-state-exam-programs-i-and-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"NT2 State Exam programs I and II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Program I: working or studying at MBO level 3 or 4. Program II: working or studying at HBO or university level. <\/p>\n<h3>For whom<\/h3>\n<p>With the State Exam, you demonstrate that you have sufficient command of the Dutch language to work or study in the Netherlands. State Exam program I is for people who want to work or study at MBO-3 or -4 level. With the State Exam program II (B2), you can work or study at HBO or university level.  <\/p>\n<h3>What<\/h3>\n<p>Our curriculum leads to language level B1 or B2. In this course, we work with the Link+ or Code+ method. <\/p>\n<h3>Level<\/h3>\n<p>It is possible to enter this course at various levels. To determine whether your language level and learning speed are suitable for this intensive trajectory, tests are administered during the intake. For levels 1 to 4, each level consists of 30 lessons of 3 hours, and level 5 consists of 14 lessons of 3 hours. Have you completed a level? Then you can proceed to the next level. After level 5, you are ready to take the State Exam program I at level B1. Do you want to continue learning to level B2 and take the State Exam program II? Then you can follow 2 additional levels, each with 20 lessons of 3 hours.       <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toptaal.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Niveaus-Staatsexamen-programma-I-en-II-640x329.png\" alt=\"Levels State Exam program I and II\" width=\"640\" height=\"329\"><\/p>\n<h3>Duration<\/h3>\n<p>Daytime lessons are held 3 times per week and evening lessons 2 times per week. In addition, you will have 5 to 10 hours of homework each week. The full trajectory to level B1 can be completed within 45 teaching weeks. The full trajectory to level B2 within 58 weeks.   <\/p>\n<h3>Location<\/h3>\n<p>The course is offered at three different locations: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. For all courses, lessons are delivered in a hybrid format: half of the lessons take place on-site in a classroom, and the other half are conducted online. <\/p>\n<h3>Costs<\/h3>\n<p>The lessons cost 15 euros per hour.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-green\" href=\"https:\/\/toptaal.nl\/en\/information-request-for-training-courses\/\">I would like more information<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program I: working or studying at MBO level 3 or 4. Program II: working or studying at HBO or university level. For whom With the State Exam, you demonstrate that you have sufficient command of the Dutch language to work or study in the Netherlands. 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