Cameroon HND Examination 2026-2027 Dates

Important dates for the examinations. The April – June 2026 session of the Higher National Diploma (HND 2026 Cameroon) exam have been launched and shall take place in the following four (04) centres: Bamenda, Buea, Douala and Yaounde. Other exam centres could be created if conditions allow.

Candidates to the HND Cameroun national exam may be either internal candidates or external candidates.

The Exam dates shall be organized in two phases:

• Practical exam in April (19th to 24 April 2026).
• Written exam in June (07th to 12th June 2026).

External candidates shall submit their complete application files at the Ministry of Higher Education, Department of University Accreditations and Quality, Sub-Department of Academies Evaluations and Certifications, Service in charge of Evaluations, 13th floor, latest Friday 26 March 2026.

The penalty for the late submission of application files shall amount to a sum of ten thousand (10 000) CFAF per file, for files deposited between Monday 29 March and Thursday 01 April 2025.

Unsuccessful candidates, who have obtained mark(s) equal to/or above 10/20 in one or many papers for the 2025 session of the HND exam, shall automatically keep the advantage of the above marks for the 2026 session exclusively.

After the study of files, the final lists of the candidates authorized to sit for the exam will be published, as from Friday 17 May 2026. Candidates registered in fields that are not authorized by the supervisory ministry in the establishments concerned will not be allowed to take the exam.

Only the candidates who have done their online registration validation and who have completed their registration file and who have their National Identity Card will be allowed to write the entrance examination.

More info

• HND cameroon results PDF (complete).
• HPD, DESP, BTS, HND syllabuses Cameroon: syllabus revised