CEnT-S Exam Dates 2026

The official 2025–2026 exam calendar and result-release dates from the research document are summarised in the table below.

Source: the CISIA 2025–2026 exam calendar as described in the research document. The "by ..." phrasing reflects that the document presents these as deadlines, not guaranteed exact publication timestamps.

According to the research document, CEnT-S was designed with a different philosophy from exams like TOEFL or IELTS that can be taken whenever a candidate chooses — it is not an unlimited, always-available testing model. Instead, the calendar is divided into four separate macro periods.

The exact start/end boundaries of these four periods are expressed in the source document only through the exam session dates above; we have not invented a separate period range the document doesn't state.

This period crosses the calendar-year boundary: the first two sessions fall in 2025, and the third in 2026. According to the research document, all three belong to the same first macro period.

According to the research document, the final official result is produced after the normalization process completes at the end of the relevant macro period. Candidates should distinguish between two different pieces of information:

• The immediate response information shown right after the test (counts of correct, incorrect and blank answers)
• The official, normalized result document released at the end of the macro period

The official result date for each macro period is given in the table above and in each period's own section. For the full explanation of how normalization works, see the normalization section on What Is CEnT-S?; this page doesn't repeat that explanation.

According to the research document, candidates may take the same CEnT type once in each macro period. This doesn't automatically mean an unlimited right to test four times a year — the rule is defined at the level of macro periods.

• You cannot retake the exam within the same macro period.
• You regain the right to test once the next macro period begins.
• According to the source document, a new booking for the following period can be made right after completing the previous test.

When preparing for a later macro period, you can review your syllabus gaps on the CEnT-S syllabus page and strengthen your preparation strategy through the CEnT-S Study Guide.

According to the research document, Non-EU candidates need to plan the exam calendar around more than just CEnT-S session dates — they also need to coordinate with:

• University application and admission deadlines
• The Universitaly pre-enrollment process run by the Italian Ministry of Education
• The visa process at Italian consulates

The source document warns that waiting until later macro periods may create timing pressure.

For details on the CEnT@HOME and CEnT@UNI formats and the technical requirements involved, see CEnT-S test centres and test formats.

The supplied research document provides exact exam-session dates through October 2026. It also discusses the 2026/2027 academic-year admissions cycle. However, the document does not contain a separate, official list of CEnT-S sessions taking place in calendar year 2027.

For this reason, this page does not publish unsupported 2027 exam dates.