What changed in 2026 — by exam.
Multiple major exams refreshed their blueprints, content outlines, or test plans in 2026. This hub summarizes the changes per exam — what shifted, what stayed the same, and what to do based on whether you sit before or after the transition window.
Per-exam summaries
One page per refreshed exam. Itemized change list with impact ratings, old-vs-new tables, source citations to the official outline.
Before / after branches
Concrete advice based on whether your sitting falls before, after, or exactly at the transition date. Overlap-case advice for retakers.
Action checklists
Short, concrete checklists. What to verify, what to update, what to push to your prep vendor.
NextGen Bar Exam (NextGen UBE) — first sitting July 2026
The NCBE's NextGen Bar Exam is the first material structural overhaul of the UBE in decades, with first administration in July 2026.
PMP Exam Content Outline (July 9, 2026)
PMI is updating the PMP Exam Content Outline effective July 9, 2026.
2026 NCSBN NCLEX Test Plan
NCSBN updates the NCLEX Test Plan every three years.
CPA 2026 Blueprints + 30-month credit window
AICPA refreshed the CPA Blueprints effective January 1, 2026 across all six sections — three Core (AUD, FAR, REG) and three Discipline (BAR, ISC, TCP).
FRM Part II 2026 syllabus: 12 new chapters, 9 deleted
GARP refreshed the FRM Part II syllabus for the 2026 exam cycle — 12 new chapters added across AI/ML in risk management, private credit, digital assets and tokenization, and crypto market risk.
CAIA 2026 Ethics overhaul — proprietary principles replace CFA Code
For the first time, the CAIA Association is testing a proprietary Ethics framework — the CAIA Principles — replacing the CFA Institute Code and Standards that CAIA had borrowed for decades.
Don't see your exam?
If your exam refreshed in 2026 and isn't covered yet, the public source on the issuing body's site is the canonical reference. Cycles we're tracking and may add: PHR/SPHR HRCI updates, COMLEX-USA Step 1 ungraded-pilot transition, CIA 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards rollout.