{"id":8567,"date":"2023-10-30T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/?page_id=8567"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:28:20","slug":"number-of-exams-taken-by-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/en\/universities\/number-of-exams-taken-by-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of exams taken by students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1920px + 30px );margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Since 2003, the German Testing Board has been offering courseware for Certified Tester Foundation Level courses. The program was reworked and systematized in 2007, and has since been regularly used by lecturers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/en\/universities\/list-of-universities\/\">72 different universities and colleges<\/a>. With this offer, the GTB makes a significant contribution to the teaching of quality assurance concepts and methods at German Universities, Universities of Applied Sciences and vocational colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Year by year, the number of ISTQB<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certified Testers amongst students has continually increased: More than 1,700 students have already realized how important it is, both for the start and as a comprehensive preparation for a professional career, to furnish proof of industry-relevant training and qualifications undertaken during the university studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:35px;margin-bottom:50px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_4);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:15px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:20;line-height:var(--awb-custom_typography_10-line-height);\">CTFL Participants (2006 to Q2\/2026)<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1434\" height=\"548\" alt=\"Studentengrafik Q2 2026\" title=\"Studentengrafik Q2 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-20081\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271434%27%20height%3D%27548%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201434%20548%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271434%27%20height%3D%27548%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN-200x76.png 200w, https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN-400x153.png 400w, https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN-600x229.png 600w, https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN-800x306.png 800w, https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN-1200x459.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Studentengrafik_Q2_26-EN.png 1434w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 1434px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>After passing the ISTQB<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certified Tester Foundation Level examination, the students acquire a globally recognized certificate that is proof of their knowledge in the field of software testing and quality assurance.<\/p>\n<p>The German Testing Board is committed to support the students on their way to becoming Certified Testers and has made generous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gtb.de\/en\/universities\/refund-of-examination-fees\/\">funds for examination fees incurred<\/a> available.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":8539,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8567","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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