Please note that the dates given below apply to all levels of the International Certificate test. For International Certificate Young Learners test dates, please see the International Certificate Young Learners page.

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Please note, for administrative reasons, it is not always possible to offer every test session to all centres. If you have a local representative please contact them for all test dates available to your region, if not, email pqs.internationaleo@pearson.com for details. These dates are for test centres' reference. Test takers please refer to your local test centre for further information.

International Certificate test sessions

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2021
February 2021 (PTE General only - Levels A1 & 1 not available)
Session February 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 11 Jan
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 11 Jan
Entry deadline 18 Jan
Test taker withdrawal deadline 05 Feb
Oral test period 06 Feb - 20 Feb
Written test 20 Feb
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 25 Feb
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 03 Mar
Results available via Edexcel Online 07 Apr
Results despatched by post from UK 07 Apr
Review of marking submission window 12 Apr - 26 Apr
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 12 Apr
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 12 Apr
March 2021 (Full suite)
Session March 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 01 Feb
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 01 Feb
Entry deadline 08 Feb
Test taker withdrawal deadline 26 Feb
Oral test period 27 Feb - 13 Mar
Written test 13 Mar
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 18 Mar
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 24 Mar
Results available via Edexcel Online 26 Apr
Results despatched by post from UK 26 Apr
Review of marking submission window 03 May - 17 May
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 04 May
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 04 May
May 2021
Session May 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 12 Apr
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 12 Apr
Entry deadline 19 Apr
Test taker withdrawal deadline 07 May
Oral test period 08 May - 22 May
Written test 22 May
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 27 May
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 02 Jun
Results available via Edexcel Online 05 Jul
Results despatched by post from UK 05 Jul
Review of marking submission window 12 Jul - 26 Jul
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 12 Jul
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 12 Jul
June 2021
Session June 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 10 May
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 10 May
Entry deadline 17 May
Test taker withdrawal deadline 04 Jun
Oral test period 05 Jun - 19 Jun
Written test 19 Jun
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 24 Jun
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 30 Jun
Results available via Edexcel Online 02 Aug
Results despatched by post from UK 02 Aug
Review of marking submission window 23 Aug - 06 Sep
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 09 Aug
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 09 Aug
July (Levels 2-5 only)
Session July 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 14 Jun
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 14 Jun
Entry deadline 21 Jun
Test taker withdrawal deadline 09 Jul
Oral test period 10 Jul - 24 Jul
Written test 24 Jul
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 29 Jul
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 04 Aug
Results available via Edexcel Online 06 Sep
Results despatched by post from UK 06 Sep
Review of marking submission window 13 Sep - 27 Sep
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 13 Sep
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 13 Sep

Key Points:

*The July series will ONLY run PTE General (levels 2-5)
October 2021
Session October 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 30 Aug
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 30 Aug
Entry deadline 06 Sep
Test taker withdrawal deadline 24 Sep
Oral test period 25 Sep - 09 Oct
Written test 09 Oct
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 14 Oct
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 20 Oct
Results available via Edexcel Online 22 Nov
Results despatched by post from UK 22 Nov
Review of marking submission window 29 Nov - 13 Dec
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 29 Nov
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 29 Nov
November 2021
Session November 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 04 Oct
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 04 Oct
Entry deadline 11 Oct
Test taker withdrawal deadline 29 Oct
Oral test period 30 Oct - 13 Nov
Written test 13 Nov
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 18 Nov
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 24 Nov
Results available via Edexcel Online 05 Jan 22
Results despatched by post from UK 05 Jan 22
Review of marking submission window 12 Jan 22 - 26 Jan 22
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 12 Jan 22
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 12 Jan 22
December 2021
Session December 2021
Access arrangements request deadline 01 Nov
Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms
 01 Nov
Entry deadline 08 Nov
Test taker withdrawal deadline 26 Nov
Oral test period 27 Nov - 11 Dec
Written test 11 Dec
Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson
 16 Dec
Deadline for special consideration requests to be received by Pearson 22 Dec
Results available via Edexcel Online 07 Feb 22
Results despatched by post from UK 07 Feb 22
Review of marking submission window 14 Feb 22 - 28 Feb 22
Performance Reports sent by email from the UK 14 Feb 22
Certificates dispatched by post from UK 14 Feb 22