Applicants will be notified of their application status by 31 March 2025.
2025 Sleep Medicine Examination
The European Sleep Research Society is pleased to announce the 14th Sleep Medicine Examination for Somnologist Certification and the 12th Sleep Medicine Examination for Somnologist-Technologist Certification will be offered as an online only examination on Saturday, 27 September 2025.
Physicians, psychologists, sleep scientists, physician assistants and sleep-technologists from all over the world are invited to submit their applications between 1 December 2024 and 31 January 2025.
2024 EXAMINEE UPDATE
This post above will be updated by 4 October 2024 with successful ONLINE and ONSITE examinees.
Certificates that have not already been picked up at the ESRS booth will be sent by post.
ONSITE DIRECTIONS FOR 2024 EXAMINEES
Who can apply?
- You must be a Full or Reduced ESRS Individual Member to apply for the Sleep Medicine Examination.
- You may select between the examinations for Somnologist Certification (for physicians, psychologists, sleep scientists or physician assistants) or Somnologist-Technologist Certification (for sleep technologists, nurses...).
- You may only submit your application once but you can edit afterwards as often as you like during the application period.
Please read the Sleep Medicine Examination Requirements before you apply.
How can I apply?
ESRS has summarised the examination application procedure in 10 simple steps to help you guide through the application submission process.
Ten Steps to Apply for the ESRS Sleep Medicine Examination
Sleep Medicine Examination Over The Years
Successful Participants
Previous Sleep Medicine Examination Announcements
2024 Sleep Medicine Examination
The European Sleep Research Society conducted the 13th Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine and the 11th Examination of Certification in Sleep Medicine for Sleep Technologists in September 2024.
For the first time the Somnologist-Technologist examination was offered both in English and Spanish. The Spanish edition was supported and sponsored by SES (Sociedad Española del Sueño).
The on-site examination took place Tuesday, 24 September and the online examination took place on Wednesday, 25 September.
2023 Sleep Medicine Examination
Quick Facts
- Participants may sit the examinations on-site on 30-September or online on 1-October
- The examination fee for the on-site edition is € 400.- EUR (included is a non-refundable 90.- EUR administration fee, payable on submission of the application)
- The examination fee for the online edition is € 600.- EUR (included is a non-refundable 90.- EUR administration fee, payable on submission of the application)
- The ESRS Board supports the examinations by offering six grants to support eligible examinees. Applications for this program will be accepted together with your application until January 31, 2022. For grant requirements please visit sleep examination grants page.
APPLICATION CLOSED FOR 2022
Application for the September 2023 online examination will open 1 December 2022!