August 05, 2024 Schedule for Foundation paper at EQE 2025 available

The Schedule for EQE 2025 has been made available on the EPO website last week (dated 31 Juy 2024), including the schedule for the Foundation paper on 21 March 2025:

July 27, 2024 EQE Mock F paper available

The EQE has made a Mock Foundation paper available last week.

See the message from the EQE Examination Board dated 23 July 2024 on the EQE website (https://link.epo.org/elearning/EQE_mock_paper_F_EN), which provides:

July 12, 2024 Reminder: Registered candidates may enrol for paper F from 8 July to 23 September 2024.

Please be reminded that:

• The first foundation paper F will be held on 21 March 2025.
  
• Candidates who wish to enrol for paper F must already have registered by 28 May 2024.
  
• Registered candidates may enrol for paper F from 8 July to 23 September 2024 via the European Qualification and Certification Portal (EQC portal).
  
• Only enrol to the Foundation paper F if you want to continue in the New EQE system.
  
• Do not enrol to the Foundation paper if you intend to sit paper A, B, C or D of the "Old" EQE in 2026! See Rule 25(7) New REE: " Once candidates have enrolled for a paper under this Regulation, they can no longer enrol for a paper under the Regulation of 2009".
• Also be reminded that to sit paper A, B, C or D in 2026, no Pre-Exam PASS is required, whereas a Pre-Exam PASS is required for A, B, C or D in 2025 (see here).

Refer to the EQE website, OJ 2024, A26 and the European Qualification and Certification Portal (EQC Portal) and our earlier blog posts on F.

Enjoy your preparation (also see the references at the end of this earlier blog, courses and material)!

Good luck with your Foundation paper in 2025!

July 05, 2024 EPO-epi publication "EQE Guide for preparation" (June 2024) available - Information on the Foundation Paper

The EQE Guide for preparation, June 2024, is available on the EPO website since yesterday (here).

June 10, 2024 (Not very much) Information from the Examination Board about the Foundation Paper 2025 -- updated version 5 August

At the end of last week (6 June 2024), a Communication from the Examination Board for the European qualifying examination concerning paper F 2025 was published on the EQE website (as EQE 2025: Paper F) with some -but unfortunately not very much- information about the Foundation Paper of the New EQE taking place on Friday 21 March 2025

February 02, 2024 First New EQE exam announced: Foundation 2025! (Updated 29/2/2024: registration and enrolment deadlines published)

The date for the first New EQE exam, Foundation 2025, has been announced today on the EQE website!

Foundation 2025 will be on Friday, 21.03.2025.

For our courses: see our EQE webpages (Foundation courses here).

For the New REE: see OJ 2024, A4 ; see also our earlier blog post.

For the New IPREE: expected soon. Update 29/2/2024: published today in OJ 2024, A25.

Please refer to the EQE website (EPO) for details and for information on registration and enrolment (currently, 2 Feb 2024, not yet available) to the Foundation exam.

Update 29/2/2024: registration and enrolment information is given in the "Announcement of the EQE 2025" in  OJ 2024, A26, which provides:

• The foundation paper F will be held on 21 March 2025.
• Candidates who wish to enrol for paper F must register by 28 May 2024.
• Registered candidates may enrol for paper F from 8 July to 23 September 2024.
• All further relevant information is published on the European qualifying examination website (eqe.org).

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