• To sit an exam in May, you must register as a CIOT student by the last day of December.
• To sit an exam in November, you must register as a CIOT student by the last day of June.

You must be registered with the CIOT at least four months before you sit your first exam.

Please note you’ll need to enrol for exams separately. You can enrol for the Professional Responsibilities and Ethics exam any time after you’ve been accepted as a CIOT student. 

This exam can be sat remotely (with a remote proctor supervising the exam online) or in a test centre. More details can be found on the CIOT website.

CTA exam policies are set by CIOT and should be confirmed with them, which includes all requests for reasonable adjustments.

Important: Registrations for the existing CA CTA Joint Programme will close after 31 December 2025. You’ll then have until the May 2026 exam session to sit your Advanced Technical specialist paper. To sit exams in May, you’ll need to be registered by February 2026. If you have not sat your first CTA paper under this existing Joint Programme by May 2026, you will be transferred to the new CA CTA Joint Programme.