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Subject to confirmation by the IB in 2024, IB examinations in 2025 are initially scheduled to begin on Wednesday, April 23 and finish on Friday, May 16. M24 exams will be conducted across three time zones.
| Date | Session | Paper | Duration |
| April 28, 2025 | Morning | School-based syllabus SL paper 2 | |
| Language & culture SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Language A Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | |
| Language A Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| Language A Language & Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | ||
| Language A Language & Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| April 29, 2025 | Morning | Language A Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
| Language A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| Afternoon | Physics HL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 2h | |
| Physics SL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 2h | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 3 | 1h 15m | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 1 | 45m | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 3 | 1h | ||
| April 30, 2025 | Morning | Physics HL paper 2 | 2h 30m |
| Physics SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 2 | 2h 15m | ||
| Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 2 | 1h 15m | ||
| Afternoon | Business management HL/SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | |
| Business management HL paper 3 | 1h 15m | ||
| May 2, 2025 | Morning | Business management HL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
| Business management SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Computer science HL paper 1 | 2h 10m | |
| Computer science SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Environmental systems & societies SL paper 1 | 1h |
Week-1
| Date | Session | Paper | Duration |
| May 5, 2025 | Morning | Computer science HL paper 2 | 1h 20m |
| Computer science HL paper 3 | 1h | ||
| Computer science SL paper 2 | 1h | ||
| Environmental systems & societies SL paper 2 | 2h | ||
| Afternoon | History HL/SL paper 1 | 1h | |
| History HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| May 6, 2025 | Morning | History HL paper 3 | 2h 30m |
| Afternoon | Language B HL paper 1 | 1h 30m | |
| Language B HL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| Language B SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| Language B SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| Language ab initio SL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| Language ab initio SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| Latin HL paper 1 | 2h | ||
| Latin SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| May 7, 2025 | Morning | Language B HL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 1h |
| Language B SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Language ab initio SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Latin HL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Latin SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Psychology HL paper 1 | 2h | |
| Psychology SL paper 1 | 2h | ||
| May 8, 2025 | Morning | Psychology HL paper 2 | 2h |
| Psychology HL paper 3 | 1h | ||
| Psychology SL paper 2 | 1h | ||
| Afternoon | English A Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | |
| English A Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| English A Language & Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | ||
| English A Language & Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| English B HL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| English B HL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| English B SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| English B SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| English ab initio SL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| English ab initio SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| May 9, 2025 | Morning | English A Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
| English A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| English B HL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 1h | ||
| English B SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| English ab initio SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Literature & performance SL paper 1 | 1h 45m | ||
| Afternoon | Geography HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | |
| Geography SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Philosophy HL paper 1 | 2h 30m | ||
| Philosophy SL paper 1 | 1h 45m | ||
| Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 1 | 2h | ||
| Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Week-2
| Date | Session | Paper | Duration |
| May 12, 2025 | Morning | Geography HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
| Geography HL paper 3 | 1h | ||
| Philosophy HL/SL paper 2 | 1h | ||
| Philosophy HL paper 3 | 1h 15m | ||
| Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 2 | 2h 30m | ||
| Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Biology HL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 2h | |
| Biology SL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 1h 30m | ||
| May 13, 2025 | Morning | Biology HL paper 2 | 2h 30m |
| Biology SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Biology HL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 2h | |
| Biology SL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 1h 30m | ||
| May 14, 2025 | Morning | Economics HL paper 1 | 1h 15m |
| Economics HL paper 3 | 1h 45m | ||
| Economics SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| World religions SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Classical Greek HL paper 1 | 2h | |
| Classical Greek SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Spanish A Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | ||
| Spanish A Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | ||
| Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| Spanish B HL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Spanish B HL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| Spanish B SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| Spanish B SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| Spanish ab initio SL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| Spanish ab initio SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| May 15, 2025 | Morning | Classical Greek HL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
| Classical Greek SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Spanish A Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| Spanish A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| Spanish B HL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 1h | ||
| Spanish B SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Spanish ab initio SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Afternoon | Mathematics analysis and approaches HL paper 1 | 2h | |
| Mathematics analysis and approaches SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Mathematics applications and interpretation HL paper 1 | 2h | ||
| Mathematics applications and interpretation SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| May 16, 2025 | Morning | Mathematics analysis and approaches HL paper 2 | 2h |
| Mathematics analysis and approaches SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Mathematics applications and interpretation HL paper 2 | 2h | ||
| mathematics applications and interpretation SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Chemistry HL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 2h | |
| Chemistry SL paper 1 (1a and 1b) | 1h 30m | ||
| Design technology HL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| Design technology SL paper 1 | 45m | ||
| Design technology HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Week-3
| Date | Session | Paper | Duration |
| May 19, 2025 | Morning | Chemistry HL paper 2 | 2h 30m |
| Chemistry SL paper 2 | 1h 30m | ||
| Design technology HL paper 3 | 1h 30m | ||
| Afternoon | Digital society HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | |
| Digital society SL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| Global politics HL/SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| May 20, 2025 | Morning | Digital society HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
| Digital society HL paper 3 | 1h 15m | ||
| Global politics HL paper 2 | 2h 45m | ||
| Global politics SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| Afternoon | French A Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | |
| French A Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| French A Language & Literature HL paper 1 | 2h 15m | ||
| French A Language & Literature SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| French B HL paper 1 | 1h 30m | ||
| French B HL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| French B SL paper 1 | 1h 15m | ||
| French B SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| French ab initio SL paper 1 | 1h | ||
| French ab initio SL paper 2 – Reading comprehension | 1h | ||
| May 21, 2025 | Morning | French A Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
| French A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m | ||
| French B HL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 1h 30m | ||
| French B SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| French ab initio SL paper 2 – Listening comprehension | 45m | ||
| Afternoon | Mathematics analysis and approaches HL paper 3 | 1h 15m | |
| Mathematics applications and interpretation HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Week-4
Local start times for the examination session
- Schools must ensure that they are aware of their allocated exam zone, which does not change between examination sessions.
- The local start times for all zones are detailed in the table below. There is no variance in start times within morning or afternoon sessions.
- The local start times indicated are based on the local time and do not need to be adjusted for daylight saving.
| Exam Zone | Morning session start time | Afternoon session start time | |
| A | 12 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A | 11 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A | 10 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| A | 9 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 8 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 7 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 6 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 5 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 4 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | 3 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| B | 3 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| B | 2 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| B | 1 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| B | 0 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -3 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A | -4 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| A | -5 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -6 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -7 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -8 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -9 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| A | -10 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
Principles used in creating the IB Examination Schedule:
- It is not possible to take into account public, national or school holidays (apart from 01 May) because of the number of countries in which the IB Diploma Programme is offered.
- Registration data has been used to ensure that the minimum number of students globally are impacted by subject timetable clashes.
- Where there are subjects with particular regional or cultural links the IB will endeavour to take these into account, for example Arabic literature/language examinations will not be scheduled on a Friday.
- Almost all subjects are scheduled on consecutive days. This is to minimise the impact of absence on any given day, whilst maintaining continuity for students.
- Subjects with the highest candidature are not scheduled consecutively and are spread as evenly as possible over 4 weeks to try and distribute the workload for students. Language examinations and science examinations are scheduled on each of the 4 weeks for the same reason.
- The examination schedule is as short as possible to maintain an acceptable balance between the number of conflicts in the schedule.
Rescheduling Policy
- Rescheduling of an exam for a student requires approval from IB.
- The criteria and the process for applying for a reschedule can be found in the Diploma Programme/Careerrelated Programme Assessment procedures.
2026 Examination Schedule
- The exam schedule in 2026 will start on Friday 24 April 2026, and end on Wednesday 20 May 2026 (with no exams on 1 May).
