The health licensing exam finished on its third day

Ethiopia's national licensing examination for health professionals, which opened on Nehase 13, 2018 E.C., finished on Nehase 15, which is 21 August 2026. The examination was administered at centres inside 31 public universities. Nursing was the only field left on the final day and filled both the morning and afternoon sittings, closing a three-day round taken by first-degree graduates from 17 health fields.

Published: 21 August 2026
Ethiopian calendar: Nehase 15, 2018
Updated: 2 September 2026
Reading time: 1 min read

A large hall of candidates seated at desktop computers in rows, with an invigilator standing in the aisle. — Tikvah University

How big the round was

public universities hosted centres

Tikvah University, 21 August 2026

health fields sat the examination

First-degree graduates

days, Nehase 13 to 15

19 to 21 August 2026

The field groups were split so that eight sat on the first day and eight on the second, which left nursing alone on the third. That is why the last day used both sittings for one profession rather than two.

The schedule by field, the orientation session and the rules on what candidates could carry in are in Health professionals sit the licensing exam from 19 to 21 August.

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