Dutch as a Second Language State Exam (NT2): Results and Resits

For Staatsexamen NT2 (Dutch as a Second Language State Exam), your result date is shown in the official exam schedule. On that date the result is available from 15:00 in Mijn DUO, the portal of the Education Executive Agency (DUO), if you can log in with DigiD (Dutch digital ID). DUO also sends the result by email and post. You pass a component with a score of 500 or higher. If you pass all four components, DUO sends the Staatsexamen NT2 diploma to your home address. If you fail one component, you may register again for that component only after the result is known.

• The NT2 schedule gives the exact online result date for each exam date and component.
• Results are available in Mijn DUO from 15:00 on that date when you log in with DigiD.
• If you do not have DigiD, DUO says you receive the result only by email and post.
• Lezen (reading) and Luisteren (listening) are assessed by computer. Schrijven (writing) and Spreken (speaking) are assessed by two trained assessors.
• You need a score of at least 500 to pass a component.
• After passing one component, you can request a certificate extract in Mijn diploma's (My diplomas).
• After passing all four components, DUO sends the NT2 diploma automatically.
• You cannot book a resit for a component while you are still waiting for that component's result.

Start with the official NT2 schedule. It has a column called uitslag online vanaf 15.00 uur, which means the result is online from 15:00. Do not use a general five-week estimate if the schedule gives a specific date for your component.

• Log in to Mijn DUO with DigiD on the result date after 15:00.
• Check the email address you used when you registered for the exam.
• Watch your post at the address you gave during registration.
• If you moved house, check whether DUO has your current address before assuming the result is missing.
• If you cannot use DigiD, wait for the email and postal result route instead of trying to use Mijn DUO.

The official NT2 score is not a school grade from 1 to 10. The points you get on the exam are converted into a score. For every component, 500 is the passing boundary: 500 or higher is passed, and lower than 500 is failed.

Herkansen means retaking an exam. For NT2, you retake only the component you failed. You do not need to repeat components you already passed. You may not register for a new exam for that component before the result has been published.

• Wait until DUO has published or sent the result for the failed component.
• Check the next Programma I or Programma II schedule for available dates.
• Register again for the same component through the normal DUO route.
• Use the score information to decide what to practise before the next attempt.
• If the failed component blocks a civic integration deadline, also check your DUO letter, gemeente (municipality) plan or extension options.

A passed component and a full NT2 diploma are different. Passing Lezen alone proves only that component. DUO says the diploma is sent automatically after you pass all four parts: Lezen, Luisteren, Schrijven and Spreken.

• A certificate proves that you passed one NT2 component.
• A diploma proves that you passed all four components of Programma I or Programma II.
• An uittreksel is an official DUO extract that you can download from Mijn diploma's.
• The NT2 diploma and certificates are valid without an expiry date.
• For the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND), a school, or an employer, check which proof they ask for before sending documents.

If you need to book another exam, use the Staatsexamen NT2 registration guide. If you are preparing for the next sitting, check the NT2 exam-day rules. For proof after passing, read the diploma, certificates and uittreksel guide. For a broader comparison with A1 and A2 result timelines, use the inburgering results timeline.