TestDaF-Institut
The TestDaF-Institut is an institute for language testing in Bochum, Germany. It runs the TestDaF.<ref name="Goethe">Goethe Institute</ref>
The institute is part of the Society for Academic Study Preparation and Test Development, Gesellschaft für Akademische Studienvorbereitung und Testentwicklung e. V.,<ref name="Goethe" /> based in Bonn, which was founded in 2000 by various German-language institutions including DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), the Goethe-Institut, the distance learning university in Hagen, and the Carl Duisberg Centre in Cologne.<ref name="Goethe" /> The idea for the society came from the DAAD and the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, HRK).