About the NEBOSH International Diploma exams

When can I sit the NEBOSH International Diploma exams?

  • Unit IA, IB and IC written exams take place twice a year, in January and July.
  • Unit DNI written assignment can be submitted several times in a year.

The exam and assignment submission dates are published on the NEBOSH website every year.

PLEASE NOTE: You must register and pay for the exams and Unit DNI submission by a certain date:

  • January exams – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in November
  • July exams – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in May
  • February Unit DNI – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in January
  • May Unit DNI – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in April
  • August Unit DNI – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in July
  • November Unit DNI – REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT DEADLINE: 1st week in October

Where can I sit these exams?

We have NEBOSH International Diploma exam venues in a range of international locations. Contact our International Team for more information.

What do I have to do to sit a NEBOSH International Diploma exam or submit my assignment with Astutis?

The NEBOSH International Diploma exams and assignment submission only happen a few times during the year so everything you have to do in preparation has deadlines. As an overview, there are 2 things for you to do:

  1. You need to advise us which of the 3 exams you want to sit, when and in which location, so we can register this with NEBOSH.
  2. You need to let us know which date you are going to submit your Unit DNI assignment by, so we can register this with NEBOSH.

For full details of how to book an exam, including the deadlines when you must do this by and the cost, contact our International Team.

Please note: If you require us to make special arrangements for your exams, we need to apply to NEBOSH beforehand, so please let us know when you are booking the course. Information about NEBOSH exam access arrangements and reasonable adjustments can be found on their website.

Important things to remember:

Once you have been enrolled as a Diploma student with NEBOSH, you have 5 years to successfully complete the Unit IA, IB and IC exams and the Unit DNI written assignment. If you are not enrolled as a Diploma student with NEBOSH you cannot sit the exams or submit your Unit DNI assignment.

The Astutis certificate process

Once you have sat your exam -

NEBOSH:

  • gather and mark papers and practical scripts
  • notify you of your results by email, which can take up to 12 weeks
  • post certificates in batches to Astutis

Astutis

  • will then sort and post your certificate(s) to you at the address that you have provided on the NEBOSH candidate registration form
  • use the Royal mail's signed and tracked service

Royal mail are able to track each package until it leaves the UK. Once the package arrives in your country, the local postal service takes control of delivery.

Please note: Astutis do not take responsibility for any packages that go through the Royal Mail process. If you do not have confidence in your local mail carrier, please contact us and we will arrange for your certificates to be delivered by a courier service. The courier service costs between £60 and £80.

You can expect to receive your certificate 4 – 6 months after sitting your exam.

If you haven't received your certificate after 6 months, please contact Astutis.

Re-ordering a certificate from NEBOSH costs £15 per certificate, £25 postage, £20 administration and either £10 postage or courier at £60 to £80.

So for example if you had successfully completed IGC 1, GC2 and GC3 in a single sitting here is the breakdown:

£60 Ordering replacement certificates (IGC1, GC2 and GC3 certificates, IGC completion certificate)
£25 Postage from NEBOSH to Astutis
£20 Administration handling at Astutis
£10 Postage via Royal Mail (or £60 - £80 via courier)
£115 Total when sent with Royal Mail postage