Tag: EQE2012


  • EPO has now made the latest version of the EQE exam regulation (REE) here. The only real change seems to be the inclusion of the latest Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the examination. Read this document before going to the exam so that you know what is allowed and what is not. In…

  • The Examination Board has updated the Instructions to candidates concerning the conduct of the European qualifying examination to include the details for the Pre-Exam : http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj011/11_11/11_5851.pdf Important are the instructions relating to the pencil for the pre-exam. Also important to realise that you are only allowed to bring a wrist-watch with an analog display to…

  • After successfully completing our first Pre-Exam Methodology training, and being about to complete our 12-day integrated training and distance training courses specifically for the Pre-Exam, we are now putting the finishing touches to a new Question and Answer book . We have identified about 250 questions that cover the core subjects that candidates may need to deal…

  • On the EQE page of the EPO’s website, the times for all the 2012 exams have been published, including the pre-exam

  • Buried on the EPO web site, a new mock pre-exam has been made available for extra practice. Most importantly, the answering scheme is given – you fill in a true-false answer sheet with a pancil, so that answers may be corrected. So bring a black medium soft HB pencil, and an eraser to the pre-exam…

  • This week, candidates receive the official EQE results, confirming the results published last week. Included is a marking sheet, showing the number of points per question. Candidates who unfortunately need to resit C and/or D will be trying to figure out how to do it differently in 2012. The marking sheets and the Examiner’s Reports…

  • The Mock exam from last year has now been updated – the Examination Board has updated the multiple choice format to a true/false format. There are no negative marks, but the positive marks are not linear to encourage attempting all questions. This is a major improvement over the earlier format – the amount of text…

  • There is an announcement for EQE 2012 The very first pre-exam will be held on Monday 5 Mar 2012. The last day to enrol will be 27 June 2011 The old-style EQE will be held for the last time on 6 – 8 Mar 2012 The last day to enrol for first-time sitters is 16…

  • The exam committee has made an announcement yesterday on the EPO website that the pre-exam will go ahead in 2012. The only thing that is not in the REE is the confirmation that the exam will be multiple choice. This was always the most likely because they need to keep the marking workload as low…

  • We are the first in Europe to offer a training program for those who want to do the pre-exam in 2012, and the full EQE in 2013. Some background details on what is required can be found here in a presentation I gave at CEIPI.tutors’ meeting in June. We are offering a 4x 3-day combined…