How to Register for the CEnT-S

The admission notice (in Italian, bando di ammissione) is the official call for applications a university publishes for each degree. You’ll find it on the degree’s admissions page. You can sit the test at any university’s venue, as long as the result is valid for your degree. What the CEnT-S covers

1. 1

   Create your CISIA Student Area account

   Fill in the registration form on CISIA’s site:

   • Your name, surname, and date and place of birth.
   • A personal email address you check, not a school address or someone else’s. CISIA sends every update there.
   • No Italian tax code? Tick “I do not have a tax code”.
   • Your mobile number with the international code, starting with 00.
   • Under Select school, choose OTHER if your school isn’t Italian.
   • A disability or specific learning difficulty? Say so at the end of the form.
2. 2

   Activate the account

   CISIA emails you an activation link. Click it before you try to book. Nothing arrived? Check your spam folder and the spelling of your address.

3. 3

   Add a passport-style photo

   Upload it to your Student Area profile now. Without it, you can’t download the receipt that shows your entry time.

4. 4

   Pick a date in the CISIA calendar

   The CISIA calendar shows each test day, its university, whether seats are left, and its booking deadline. Choose one that fits your degree’s deadline. 2026–27 testing periods

   Not sure which period leaves you enough time? TuttoPrep’s free plan builds your personalized application checklist, so the CEnT-S sits in the right order with every other deadline. No card needed. Build your checklist free

5. 5

   Book the CEnT-S

   Log in to your CISIA Student Area, scroll down the home page, and click CEnT-S. Then:

   • Choose the format your admission notice accepts: CEnT@UNI or CEnT@HOME.
   • Read the rules and terms, and choose a payment method.
   • Use the region, city, and university menus to select your date.
   • Select your student status and click Continue.
   • Check the booking summary, then click Confirm.
6. 6

   Pay €55

   Pay by card and the payment completes right away. A MAV bank slip only works with Italian banks and must be paid by the deadline printed on it, or CISIA may not keep your seat.

7. 7

   Download your Payment and Enrolment Receipt

   Find it under Manage Bookings once your payment shows as Completed. Your booking is confirmed only when the receipt is there. It shows your entry time, and you need it to get into the test. CISIA’s receipt guide

   Taking CEnT@HOME? Three more things

   • Upload a photo of the front and back of a valid ID, in jpg, jpeg, or png, perfectly legible.
   • Install CISIA’s Horizon app from your Student Area by the day before the test, and put Webex on your phone.
   • Run a test simulation on both devices. CISIA recommends it, and it catches camera and connection problems early.

If a deadline falls on a public holiday, it moves to 14:00 on the next working day. CISIA could also cancel a date with fewer than 250 bookings nationwide, other than the last date of a period, and move you to another one.

If you miss your test

Under the 2025–26 rules, the day after a missed test you got a credit to book another CEnT, on another date, at another university, or in another format, up to the last test day of the cycle. Miss that one too and the fee is lost. Unused credit is not refunded.

Booking another attempt

You can take the CEnT-S once per testing period. From the day after your test, you can book one in a later period, as a new booking with a new fee.

A retake costs another €55 and a whole testing period. TuttoPrep’s CEnT-S prep is temporarily free during open beta (regular price: €14.99 a month): topic guides, the question bank, mock exams, and timed drills. Prepare once, properly

A specific learning difficulty (in Italian, DSA) covers conditions such as dyslexia. If you later book at another university, CISIA moves your certificates there automatically. Where the computer-based test can’t be used, CISIA provides a paper version or other suitable tools.

• Booking before reading the admission notice. You may book a format or a period your degree doesn’t accept.
• Translating the CISIA site automatically. CISIA asks you to use its English version, so form labels match its guides.
• Paying by MAV from abroad. MAV only works with Italian banks. Pay by card.
• Skipping the profile photo. No photo, no receipt, and no entry time.
• Waiting for the deadline. Seats on a date can run out, and booking closes about a week before.
• Using a VPN at CEnT@HOME, or sitting the test in a different country from the one you booked.

Your normalized score appears in your CISIA Student Area after your testing period ends. Your admission notice says how to send it to the university, or whether the university gets it from CISIA. While you wait for test day, build your score with TuttoPrep’s CEnT-S curriculum and question bank.