Instituto Cervantes test for obtaining Spanish nationality (CCSE) 

General Information Calendar and exam dates How to enrol Prices  Publishing results  Support materials available Information and questions

 

General Information

What is the CCSE test?

The constitutional and sociocultural knowledge of Spain test (CCSE test) is an exam, prepared by the Instituto Cervantes, which uses a variety of tasks to evaluates candidates’ knowledge of the Spanish Constitution and Spain’s social and cultural reality. It is one of the requirements established by law for granting Spanish nationality to Sephardim originally from Spain, and for residents in Spain to acquire Spanish nationality as appropriate.

Who is the test intended for?

The CCSE test is intended for any people who wish to obtain Spanish nationality. Candidates of any nationality aged 18 and over and with legal capacity to contract can register to sit the CCSE tests.

Exemptions and Dispensations 

• For the purposes of the process of obtaining Spanish nationality, minors and people whose legal capacity has been modified by the courts are exempt from taking the constitutional and sociocultural knowledge of Spain test.
• Illiterate people, people with learning difficulties and people who were educated in Spain and have successfully completed compulsory secondary education (ESO) can be given dispensation. 

2017 CCSE calendar and exam dates

EXAMINATION PERIODS	DATE OF EXAM	ENROLMENT END DATE
January 2017	Thursday, 26 January	Thursday, 5 January
February 2017	Thursday, 23 February	Thursday, 2 February
March 2017	Thursday, 30 March	Thursday, 9 March
April 2017	Thursday, 27 April	Thursday, 6 April
May 2017	Thursday, 25 May	Thursday, 4 May
June 2017	Thursday, 29 June	Thursday, 8 June
July 2017	Thursday, 27July	Thursday, 6 July
September 2017	Thursday, 28 September	Thursday, 7 September
October 2017	Thursday, 26 October	Thursday, 5 October
November 2017	Thursday, 30 November	Thursday, 9 November

 

How to enrol?

Enrolling and the corresponding payment for the CCSE test must be done online, after registering, in the private user area of the official website of the Instituto Cervantes for the CCSE tests.

1. Visit the page: https://examenes.cervantes.es/

2. Then click on “CCSE test”:

3. You must register as a new user. If you have already registered, you can access the application with your username and password:

4. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with a link to start the session. This link will direct you to a page where you can set your password. 

5. After setting your password, you can start the session by clicking on new enrolment.

 

(In future, you can start a session by identifying yourself at http://examenes.cervantes.es/ using the username and password with which you registered).

6. You must then carry out the 3 steps necessary to complete the enrolment.

Step 1 – Select exam centre and date

Select the exam centre and the date you want for sitting the exam.

Once you have clicked on search, the centre(s) that meet the search criteria will appear.

Next, select the ENROL option for the corresponding centre.

Step 2 – User´s enrolment details

Check your enrolment details before continuing with the process.

Step 3 – Payment

Payment is done online.

You can select one of the following suggested payment methods: PayPal, Visa or MasterCard.

7. When the process is complete, you can print a receipt for the enrolment in the “MY ENROLMENTS” section.

8. A few days before the start of the course you will receive an email with the official call for the exam which will list the place, date and time of the test

 

CCSE test at the UIMP

The Las Llamas Campus, the Santander location of the UIMP (Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo), is a certified centre for taking the CCSE test.

If you want to sit the test in our centre, you can register through the link:

Registration for the CCSE-UIMP test 

 

How much does the CCSE test cost? 

• Enrolling for the CCSE test in 2017 costs 85 €uros. This price includes examination fees, issuing the qualification certificate and access to all of the preparation materials, including the handbook for preparing for the CCSE test.
• Enrolling for the CCSE test entitles a candidate to sit it on a maximum of two occasions if a candidate does not pass it on the first attempt or does not sit it at the first call. In this case, the candidate must attend the second call in the same exam centre where he/she sat the first. There is a maximum period of 18 months from the date the exam was first sat.

 Publishing results 

• The results will be published about 20 days after the test.
• Candidates can consult their results electronically in their private space on the CCSE portal, using the personal access details (username and password) they provided when they registered.
• In this private space, the electronic qualification certificate, electronically signed by the Instituto Cervantes, can be downloaded at any time. The certificate has a Secure Verification Code (CSV) that makes it possible to verify the authenticity of the paper copy.

 Support materials available

The Instituto Cervantes provides candidates with a range of free materials for preparing for the test. These are listed below.

Download related files 

• Specifications for the CCSE test
• List of contents
• CCSE sample test paper
• Preparation handbook for the CCSE test
• Multilingual glossary

 

Questions

Almost all questions can be answered by reading the information available from the website: https://ccse.cervantes.es

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Information

For any clarification or additional information, you can contact our centre´s Student Registry at the address provided below:
Secretaría de Alumnos
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo		Teléfono: +34 942 29 87 00
(Campus de las Llamas)
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39005 – Santander

 

 

 

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Combination of Spanish language classes at all levels established in the CEFR and subjects on Spanish culture. The programme is complemented by workshops and by cultural and sporting activities.

Courses will begin on 30 June, 4 July and 1 September 2014.

 

Weeks	Hours of Class	Content	Enrolment Fee €
4	100	A1-A2 Spanish Language 80 h. Spanish Culture 20 h	560
		(B1-B2/C1-C2) Spanish Language 60 h. Spanish Culture 40 h
3	75	A1-A2 Spanish Language 60 h. Spanish Culture 15 h	460
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2	50	A1-A2 Spanish Language 40 h. Spanish Culture 10 h.  (B1-B2/C1-C2) Spanish Language 30 h. Spanish Culture 20 h	350

 

• For Levels A1 and A2: Spanish Culture
• For Levels B1 to C2: Spanish Culture - Spanish and Latin American Literature; Spanish Art; Spanish History; Creative Writing in Spanish as a Foreign Language; Current Spanish Society.

 

* Guideline information. Courses may change due to programming criteria. Please consult the options which are due to take place during your stay with us.

 

• INTRODUCTION
• The 2014 Spanish Language and Culture Course in Seville runs from 6to 24 October 2014. Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) is the on-site university organisation for the Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport, specialising in the teaching of Spanish. Alongside its Spanish programme, UIMP is famous for its continuous training seminars for professionals from all areas and its complete programme of cultural activities. Created in 1932 and conceived as a centre for high culture, each year academics, scientists, politicians, creators and other highly prestigious national and foreign professionals from all knowledge disciplines are invited to teach at Santander – UIMP’s most emblematic site, with the Magdalena Palace and the Las Llamas Campus – and at other UIMP sites around Spain, including Seville.
• SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE COURSES
• LANGUAGE LEVELS
• The Spanish courses we offer are adapted to the levels established in the Common European Framework of Reference for Spanish (CEFR). On the first day of the course, there are written and oral tests to determine the students’ level of Spanish. Beginner students (Level A1/Beginner) are exempt from these tests.
• METHODOLOGY
  The methodology is based on learning by skills and the courses deal with aspects of both a linguistic and socio-cultural nature. The four skills are taught integrally: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral expression and written expression.
  Conscious of the fact that learning a language also involves immersing oneself in the country’s culture, the courses offer the opportunity to discover different aspects of Spanish culture, such as history, art, civilization, literature, cinema, etc., in the classroom and through trips, visits and direct contact with the students.
• FACULTY
• The teachers are qualified specialists in teaching Spanish to foreign students. The teaching team is dynamic, open, extrovert, friendly, and highly motivated, making the teaching/learning process especially attractive and fun for students.

These courses are mainly aimed at those in training and/or working Spanish native and overseas teachers interested in learning in a specific area. They are a response to the demand for continuous training arising from new education policies (linguistic and technological).
Several courses have been put together for these purposes, five in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes.

Training Courses for ELE Teachers         Courses in collaboration with the Instituto Cervantes

From 6 October to 12 December (10 weeks) 

 

Levels	Spanish Language (A)	Subjects in English* (B)	Total Teaching Hours	Enrolment Fee Fee (A+B) €
A1-A2	120 h.	90 135	210 255	1.570
		135	255	1.910
B1-B2	90 h.	90	180	1.360
		135	225	1.730

 

*Each subject has 45 hours of class.

Extra language subject (45h): 400€

Extra subject in English (45h): 500€