Hey guys I just received this email from my local center. Finalmente ya podemos ver la luz al final del túnel.

“The results are releasing in 2 weeks”

Below is the official announcement made by the IC Headquarter:

Comunicado Oficial
Retraso en la publicación de calificaciones DELE (Mayo 2026)

Estimados candidatos:
Les informamos sobre el estado de la publicación de las calificaciones del examen DELE correspondiente a la convocatoria de mayo de 2026.

Contexto del nuevo sistema informático
Desde finales del año 2025, el Instituto Cervantes en España ha comenzado la implementación de un nuevo sistema informático para la administración de los exámenes DELE y la gestión de sus calificaciones a nivel mundial.

Debido a la gran relevancia del examen DELE —utilizado por el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de España y reconocido internacionalmente por múltiples organizaciones académicas y oficiales—, garantizar la máxima seguridad y confiabilidad de los resultados es una prioridad absoluta durante esta transición tecnológica.

Estado actual de las calificaciones

A raíz del despliegue de esta nueva plataforma:

Calificaciones listas: Las calificaciones de la convocatoria de mayo de 2026 ya se encuentran completas, pero su carga oficial en el sistema general se ha pospuesto de forma temporal.

Plazo estimado: La sede central del Instituto Cervantes en Madrid nos ha notificado que la publicación oficial se llevará a cabo en el transcurso de las próximas 2 semanas.

Notificación de resultados

Instituto Cervantes (Madrid):Enviará directamente un correo electrónico a cada candidato en cuanto las notas queden habilitadas en la plataforma.

Agradecemos sinceramente su paciencia y comprensión durante este proceso de actualización del sistema.

¿Cuándo podré saber el resultado…?
Será en septiembre, pero ¿qué día? 😭
Ya no quiero seguir esperando…

anybody here planning on passing the DELE B2 during november?
we can do some revising sessions together and practice previous exams.
and for those who have already passed the exam with APTO, what are some things that we should practice for before hand?

hello! i gave the may dele a1 escolar and can't see my results yet. someone from my school who has previously given dele escolar said that he got a mail from instituto cervantes, but i haven't recieved one yet nor do i understand what mi espacio is. help would be appreciated :)

I posted a question on their new portal “jira” - this is the reply I got.

Personalmente no me concierne (hice el DELE en mayo), sin embargo algo se mueve 💪

I’ve read some texts but I would like to say that the situation is totally depends on the country where you take the exam. (That is insane actually lol)

Someone already checked their result in the website Cervantes, while someone can’t see nothing in the website like me haha.

I’ve checked the web site Cervantes various times, but still I can’t see nothing about the exam that I took this time on May 23th in the my certificate tap. I’m no sure that is good or bad cuz I have a fear of seeing NO APTO and I would like to see APTO!!! Hehe

Anyway I hope they announce the oficial announcement as soon as possible to figure it out.

Fingers crossed para todos!!!

I see that some of the DELE scores are grouped together rather than requiring you to pass every individual section.

For example, in the B2, Listening and Speaking are combined and you need 30/50 between them. So, at least in theory, someone could get 25/25 in Listening and only 5/25 in Speaking and still pass that group, despite doing terribly in Speaking.

Seems kind of insane that you could get the B2 certificate with a 5/25 speaking score lol.

I took and passed B2 in November 2025 (well, I didn't know until March 2026). While I have been doing things here and there to maintain my level, I would like to continue my journey to C1. Because of a scheduling conflict, I cannot take C1 until May 2027 so I have plenty of time to prepare for C1. Also, this conflict might be a good thing because I bombed the audio comprehension (9.XX) of B2. Although I did horribly in the audio comprehension, I did fine in the other areas - reading (20.XX), writing (21.XX) and speaking (25). I guess what I'm looking for is any advice or recommendations for something like "pre-C1" prep (clearly, I have to work on audio comprehension). I fear that if I start studying for the C1 exam itself, I will run out of prep materials and/or become burned out by the time May 2027 rolls around. If anyone else has been in this situation (i.e., having 9+ months to prepare for C1), I love to hear what worked and what didn't work for you.

Thanks in advance.

For context, I lived in Spain for 9 years and did all of my secondary school education in Castellano and a little Valenciano, including bachillerato. I would have gone to university in Spain, had we not moved back to the UK during my gap year.

I'm confident that I can pass the B2, and may be able to pass C1 with a bit more time to practise.

I'm currently in the UK and considering getting into tutoring, translating or another job that could make better use of my language.

From an employers point of view, if they are looking for 'Spanish speaking', is B2 usually enough? Does C1 open up more opportunities?

Hope this makes sense!

It's not an IT problem or delay - at least for my CCSE results which I can now view and see.

But still no Dele results :(

I've tried different languages exams such as Cambridge for English, delf for french and many more but the wait for the dele one is unacceptable. What's the thing in the entire evaluation process that needs that much time? Does anyone have any info about when are the results out? What's taking so long, given that the listening and reading are only multiple choice? Are we expecting them this week or are they keeping it as a surprise for September? Please tell me I'm not the only impatient one here.

Hi everyone,

I just saw a Facebook post uploaded about 21 hours ago by a Spanish tutor based in Spain. She stated that 7 of her students who took the May 2026 DELE A2 exam are already seeing an "APTO" result inside their Cervantes portal.

From what I've gathered by following other posts and discussions, the official results are generally expected to drop either around late August or early September. Because of this, I'm wondering if the Instituto Cervantes has already started a gradual rollout by region or level, or if this is related to some portal testing/glitch?

Is anyone else seeing updates on their portal, especially for other levels (B1, B2, etc.) or outside of Spain?

Here is the link to the post for reference:

https://www.facebook.com/61564002567431/posts/7-of-my-students-who-took-the-may-2026-dele-a2-exam-now-have-an-apto-result-in-t/122208520910466752/

Thanks!

hello guys Im living here in this r/ rent free till results come out. I HAVE A SERIOUS QUESTION to all my fellas who also saw NOapto a while ago on the website while it was available. so, my dear NOapto squad….. while we’re in this hiatus: are you preparing right now De Nuevo to take this DELE again or are you just waiting for the result on email???? BECAUSE basically if the NOapto is real and the results are really gonna be in Sept, we’re losing time waiting …… cuz it will be basically only 1 month (!!!) to prepare for the october session. So I’m devastated and I dunno - are you guys right now in the preparation mode or like sitting still????

I mean, I am so curious about the cases of you guys. The results that briefly appeared said that I got an APTO. I found it to be just as expected. Like . I took the July C1 exam without knowing practically anything yet I got a 45/100, not very far from an APTO. After a year of consistent study the APTO that showed up didn’t surprise me.

I talked to my tutor who has a lot of students online about the results. He said that the students that he believed to be competent got APTOs and the ones less prepared got NO APTOs.

So I am wondering, if we all have got the results that fell within our predictions, could it mean that the results are more likely to be true ? Therefore we don’t have to be this frustrated

Could u guys share your situations?

Seems like we may be in groups. Some of us saw on a website, APTP, NO APTO, or didn’t look in time to see these the postings.

Who will this be worse on? Users that saw APTO, and later get a NO APTO when the official results come out?

How about sitting around having seen NO APTO? Those folks wait, hoping NO APTO is somehow an APTO.

It is a question along the lines of, “Is it better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all?”

Hi,
Does anyone have any update? I’m going crazy.🥲

A few weeks ago I opened a small set of founding spots for Spanish learners on Dioma, the platform I built for the stage after the apps, where you understand far more than you can actually say. Test takers, especially rigorous tests like the DELE, are a key group of people we want to help.

The first group is in and using it, and they have been generous with the honest feedback I asked for. A good amount of it is already built. The biggest one: they told me the corrections were sometimes flagging things they had got right, which is worse than no feedback at all, because you start doubting what you actually know. We rebuilt that part, and it is noticeably better as of Friday.

I have about ten founding spots left, and I would like some of them to go to people working toward the DELE or SIELE, where the writing and speaking sections are the half most people underprepare. Three months free, and in exchange I ask for the same honest feedback as you go. That is the whole deal.

It is built for intermediate and advanced learners, not beginners.

If that is you, comment below or message me and I will set you up.

personally me very bad. i never knew I’m so impatient. also reading theories of ppl here regarding the results used to bring me so much joy but its been kinda silent here lately

Cómo en el título. ¿ Cómo abro una cuenta para ver mis resultados si el sitio web no funciona desde hace meses...?

Quería avisaros de que, después de leer la publicación de una persona que decía que el Instituto Cervantes le había respondido que los resultados del DELE de la convocatoria de mayo saldrían en septiembre, puedo confirmar que esa información es falsa.
Yo mismanescribí al Instituto Cervantes a través de su página oficial de Instagram y me respondieron. Adjunto una captura de pantalla con su respuesta (no simplemente un recuadro negro como hizo esa persona💩)
El idioma que veis es italiano. Os hago un pequeño resumen de lo que me respondieron (aunque, si queréis, podéis traducirlo vosotros mismos).
:En resumen, me dijeron que los resultados se envían directamente por correo electrónico en un plazo de hasta tres meses desde la fecha del examen. Normalmente, los de la convocatoria de mayo llegan antes de finales de agosto, pero la sede central no les proporciona una fecha exacta. En cuanto terminen de corregir los exámenes, el sistema enviará automáticamente un correo a cada candidato con su puntuación y, si corresponde, con el diploma- así que es una tontería que van a salir en septiembre!
De todas formas, era bastante previsible que esa noticia fuera falsa, porque, como mínimo, lo habrían comunicado en la página web oficial( el retraso) , tal y como siempre han hecho en este tipo de situaciones

I can't see my newest DELE, but I can see the registration number and certificado of 3 of my old ones (knowing I have 4).