The main EPSO exam of 2026. One route to every component.
EPSO/AD/427/26 is a generalist competition. It is also listed inside the Specialist Training tunnel so candidates cannot miss it. Practice still uses normal EPSO configuration and question banks.
What is fixed. What is still pending.
Competition published for permanent AD5 administrators.
Brussels time. EPSO later confirmed 174,727 final applicants.
Diploma and certificate upload deadline in the Single Candidate Portal.
EPSO will confirm the test week and give instructions. The letter will not show your individual test date or time.
Complete the required technical check on TAO. The platform will show your individual test date and time.
Verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning take place during this week. Check TAO for your individual session.
EU knowledge, digital skills and EUFTE for candidates who pass Part 1. EPSO has not announced exact dates.
Check your test time on TAO
The 19 October portal letter confirms the week only. From 20 October to 6 November, complete the prerequisite test on TAO and check your individual session there.
EU knowledge sources come later
EPSO plans to publish the official EU knowledge source references approximately two months before the Part 2 test date.
Train all six notice components
Language 1: reasoning. Language 2: EU knowledge, digital skills and EUFTE.
Verbal reasoning
20 questions · 35 minutes · pass 10/20
35% final weightNumerical reasoning
10 questions · 20 minutes
Combined 10/20 with abstractAbstract reasoning
10 questions · 10 minutes
Combined 10/20 with numericalEU knowledge
30 questions · 40 minutes · pass 15/30
25% final weightDigital skills
40 questions · 30 minutes · pass 20/40
25% final weightEUFTE
40 minutes · pass 5/10
15% final weightScoring sequence matters
Part 1 gates entry to Part 2. Preliminary ranking uses verbal reasoning 40%, EU knowledge 30% and digital skills 30%. Final ranking uses verbal 35%, EU knowledge 25%, digital skills 25% and EUFTE 15%. Numerical and abstract remain pass/fail after their combined threshold.
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