IB 2024 Exam Schedule - Final Dates
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IB Diploma Programme and IB Career-related Programme
May 2024 examination schedule FINAL VERSION All exam zones (A, B, C)
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Please note that for Studies in language and literature and Language acquisition, English, French and Spanish are scheduled individually from all other languages.
Week One
Wednesday 24 April
Morning session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
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 |
*Except: English, French & Spanish |
Thursday 25 April
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Language A Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 2h 15m |
Language A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
*Except: English, French & Spanish |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Nature of science SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Physics HL paper 1 | 1h |
Physics HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Physics SL paper 1 | 45m |
Physics SL paper 3 | 1h |
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 1 | 1h |
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 1 | 45m |
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 3 | 1h |
Friday 26 April
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Nature of science SL paper 2 | 1h |
Physics HL paper 2 | 2h 15m |
Physics SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 2 | 2h 15m |
Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Business management HL/SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Business management HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Global politics HL/SL paper 1 | 1h 15m |
Philosophy HL paper 1 | 2h 30m |
Philosophy SL paper 1 | 1h 45m |
Week Two
Monday 29 April
Morning session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Afternoon session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Tuesday 30 April
Morning session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Afternoon session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Wednesday 1 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Business management HL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
Business management SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Global politics HL paper 2 | 2h 45m |
Global politics SL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
Philosophy HL/SL paper 2 | 1h |
Philosophy HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Mathematics: | |
analysis and approaches HL paper 1 | 2h |
analysis and approaches SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Mathematics: | |
applications and interpretation HL paper 1 | 2h |
applications and interpretation SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Wednesday 1 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Mathematics: | |
analysis and approaches HL paper 2 | 2h |
analysis and approaches SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Mathematics: | |
applications and interpretation HL paper 2 | 2h |
applications and interpretation SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Computer science HL paper 1 | 2h 10m |
Computer science SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Environmental systems & societies SL paper 1 | 1h |
Friday 3 May
Morning session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Afternoon session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session
Week Three
Monday 6 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
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 session
Subject | Time |
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 |
* Except: English, French & Spanish | |
Latin HL paper 1 | 2h |
Latin SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Mathematics: | |
analysis and approaches HL paper 3 | 1h |
Mathematics: | |
applications and interpretation HL paper 3 | 1h |
Tuesday 7 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Language B HL paper 2: | |
listening comprehension | 1h |
Language B SL paper 2: | |
reading comprehension | 45m |
Language ab initio SL paper 2: | |
listening comprehension | 45m |
* Except: English, French & Spanish | |
Latin HL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Latin SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
History HL/SL paper 1 | 1h |
History HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 30h |
Wednesday 8 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
History HL paper 3 | 2h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Chemistry HL paper 1 | 1h |
Chemistry HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Chemistry SL paper 1 | 45m |
Chemistry SL paper 3 | 1h |
Design technology HL paper 1 | 1h |
Design technology SL paper 1 | 45m |
Design technology HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Thursday 9 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Chemistry HL paper 2 | 2h 15m |
Chemistry SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
Design technology HL paper 3 | 1h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
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 1: | |
reading comprehension | 1h |
English ab initio SL paper 1 | 1h |
English ab initio SL paper 2: | |
reading comprehension | 1h |
Friday 10 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
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: | |
reading comprehension | 45m |
English ab initio SL paper 2: | |
listening comprehension | 45m |
Literature & performance SL paper 1 | 1h 45m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Digital Society HL paper 1 | 2h 15m |
Digital Society SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Geography HL paper 1 | 2h 15m |
Geography SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Psychology HL paper 1 | 2h |
Psychology SL paper 1 | 2h |
Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 1 | 2h |
Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 1 | 1h 30m |
Week Four
Monday 13 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Digital Society HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
Digital Society HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Geography HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 15m |
Geography HL paper 3 | 1h |
Psychology HL paper 2 | 2h |
Psychology HL paper 3 | 1h |
Psychology SL paper 2 | 1h |
Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 2 | 2h 30m |
Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 2 | 1h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Biology HL paper 1 | 1h |
Biology HL paper 3 | 1h 15m |
Biology SL paper 1 | 45m |
Biology SL paper 3 | 1h |
Tuesday 14 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Biology HL paper 2 – 2h 15m | 2h 15m |
Biology SL paper 2 – 1h 15m | 1h 15m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
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 |
Wednesday 15 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
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: | |
reading comprehension | 45m |
Spanish ab initio SL paper 2: | |
listening comprehension | 45m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
Economics HL/SL paper 2 | 1h 45m |
World religions SL paper 1 | 1h 15m |
Thursday 16 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
Economics HL paper 1 – 1h 15m | 1h 15m |
Economics HL paper 3 – 1h 45m | 1h 45m |
Economics SL paper 1 – 1h 15m | 1h 15m |
World religions SL paper 2 – 1h 30m | 1h 30m |
Afternoon session
Subject | Time |
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 |
S School-based syllabus SL paper 1 |
Friday 17 May
Morning session
Subject | Time |
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 |
French B SL paper 2: | |
reading comprehension | 45m |
French ab initio SL paper 2: | |
listening comprehension | 45m |
School-based syllabus SL paper 2 |
Afternoon session
There Will Be No Exam In Morning Session