ICT AD7 Four field banks Documents due 1 Oct

ICT AD7. Four fields. One exact curriculum.

12 source-backed modules. 320 deterministic field questions. Separate banks for infrastructure, project management, clouds and networks, and data science. Exact 30-question, 40-minute field mock.

12 modules 320 field questions 782 reserve targets Verified 11 Aug 2026

Published test profile

Train every component on its official clock

Reasoning is the gate. Field MCQ ranks candidates inside each field. EUFTE remains a final pass gate.

Official notice

Verbal20 · 35 min · 10/20 Numerical10 · 20 min · combined Abstract10 · 10 min · combined Field MCQ30 · 40 min · ranking EUFTE40 min · 5/10

Choose application field

Four independent 80-question banks

204 reserve places

Field 1 · 80 questions

ICT infrastructure

Compute, storage, databases, workplace, identity, security, operations, automation and HPC.

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228 reserve places

Field 2 · 80 questions

ICT project management

PM², requirements, architecture, delivery, testing, quality, contracts, resources and portfolios.

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166 reserve places

Field 3 · 80 questions

Clouds and networks

Cloud models, landing zones, protocols, zero trust, identity, resilience and incident operations.

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184 reserve places

Field 4 · 80 questions

Data science

Data engineering, statistics, machine learning, evaluation, MLOps, governance, visualisation and HPC.

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Official thresholds

Verbal 10/20. Numerical + abstract 10/20 combined. Field 15/30. EUFTE 5/10.

Ranking gate

The field score ranks candidates separately. A pass mark alone does not secure one of the 782 total reserve places.

Current status

Applications closed 10 June 2026. Supporting documents due 1 October 2026 at midday Brussels time.

Part 1

Competition map and shared foundations

01Free

Competition profile

Competition guide: four ICT fields and exact selection logic

Four fields, 782 reserve places, eligibility, language rules, exact test sequence, clocks, pass marks and ranking logic.

Study module

02Free

Shared ICT foundations

Shared ICT governance, security and EU institutional delivery

Enterprise architecture, interoperability, service governance, security, privacy, accessibility, procurement and EU institutional constraints.

Study module

Part 2

Field 1 — ICT infrastructure

03Free

Field 1 — ICT infrastructure

Infrastructure platforms, data services and digital workplace

Compute, virtualisation, containers, storage, database platforms, backup, digital workplace and lifecycle architecture.

Study module

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Field 1 — ICT infrastructure

Infrastructure operations, identity, security and automation

Identity, privileged access, hardening, observability, IT service management, infrastructure as code, resilience, HPC and quantum readiness.

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Part 3

Field 2 — ICT project management

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Field 2 — ICT project management

ICT project lifecycle, requirements and solution architecture

PM² lifecycle, governance, business analysis, requirements, solution architecture, planning, estimation and decision gates.

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Field 2 — ICT project management

ICT project delivery, quality, contracts and portfolios

Agile delivery, testing, quality, security, compliance, contracts, procurement, resources, stakeholders, programmes and portfolios.

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Part 4

Field 3 — Clouds and networks

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Field 3 — Clouds and networks

Cloud architecture, platforms and provider governance

Cloud service and deployment models, landing zones, shared responsibility, containers, orchestration, portability, FinOps and provider governance.

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Field 3 — Clouds and networks

Networks, zero trust, resilience and cloud operations

IP, DNS, routing, transport, TLS, segmentation, zero trust, identity, availability, observability, incident response and continuity.

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Part 5

Field 4 — Data science

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Field 4 — Data science

Data architecture, engineering and integration

Data architectures, batch and streaming pipelines, APIs, metadata, quality, lineage, lakehouse patterns and distributed processing.

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Field 4 — Data science

Statistics, machine learning and evaluation

Sampling, inference, experimental design, feature engineering, supervised and unsupervised learning, metrics, leakage and explainability.

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Field 4 — Data science

MLOps, data governance, visualisation and HPC

MLOps lifecycle, reproducibility, monitoring, drift, responsible AI, data protection, access governance, visualisation and high-performance computing.

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Part 6

EUFTE and final revision

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EUFTE and final revision

EUFTE and four-field revision map

40-minute EUFTE method, four-bank revision sequence, official syllabus boundary, mock cadence and final-week checklist.

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Source boundary

The Notice publishes professional duties rather than a closed textbook. EPSOHQ maps those duties to stable, vendor-neutral professional principles and primary sources. Official notice, corrections and candidate messages prevail.

Notice of Competition Current EPSO page

Connected preparation

EPSO/AD/429/26 preparation resources

Connect ICT infrastructure, projects, cloud, networks and data science knowledge with timed practice, written-test method and nearby EPSO specialist competitions. Use one route from first diagnostic to final simulation.

Competition guide