IB Diploma Programme and IB Career-related Programme

November 2018 examination schedule

Morning examinations must start after 0700 hours and finish by 1300 hours local time.
Afternoon examinations must start after 1200 hours and finish by 1800 hours local time.
An examination cannot be rescheduled without authorization from the Assessment Division, IB Global Centre,
Cardiff

Friday 26 October
Morning session Afternoon session
--- No Exams --- School-based syllabus SL paper 1

SBS
Week 1

Monday 29 October
Morning session Afternoon session
School-based syllabus SL paper 2 Spanish A Literature HL paper 1 2h
Spanish A Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m
Groups 1 & 2

Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h

Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m
SBS

Spanish B HL paper 1 1h 30m

Spanish B SL paper 1 1h 30m
Spanish ab initio SL paper 1 1h 30m

Tuesday 30 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Spanish A Literature HL paper 2 2h Physics HL paper 1 1h
Spanish A Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m Physics HL paper 2 2h 15m
Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 2 2h Physics SL paper 1 45m
Groups 1 & 2

Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m Physics SL paper 2 1h 15m

Group 4

Spanish B HL paper 2 1h 30m Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 1 1h

Spanish B SL paper 2 1h 30m Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 2 2h 15m
Spanish ab initio SL paper 2 1h Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 1 45m
Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 2 1h 15m

Wednesday 31 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Physics HL paper 3 1h 15m Economics HL paper 1 1h 30m
Physics SL paper 3 1h Economics SL paper 1 1h 30m
Group 4

Group 3

Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 3 1h 15m Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 1 1h
Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 3 1h Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 1 1h

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 Thursday 1 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Economics HL paper 2 1h 30m English A Literature HL paper 1 2h
Economics HL paper 3 1h English A Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m
Economics SL paper 2 1h 30m English A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h

Groups 1 & 2
English A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m
Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 2 2h
Group 3

Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 3 1h English B HL paper 1 1h 30m

Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 2 2h English B SL paper 1 1h 30m
English ab initio SL paper 1 1h 30m

Literature & performance SL paper 1 1h 30m

Inter
Friday 2 November
Morning session Afternoon session
English A Literature HL paper 2 2h Computer science HL paper 1 2h 10m

Group 4
English A Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m Computer science SL paper 1 1h 30m
English A Language & Literature HL paper 2 2h
Groups 1 & 2

English A Language & Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m

English B HL paper 2 1h 30m Environmental systems & societies SL paper 1 1h

English B SL paper 2 1h 30m
English ab initio SL paper 2 1h
Inter

Literature & performance SL paper 2 1h 30m

Inter

Week 2

Monday 5 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Computer science HL paper 2 1h 20m Excluding English and Spanish:
Group 4

Computer science HL paper 3 1h

Groups 1 & 2

Computer science SL paper 2 1h Language B HL paper 1 1h 30m

Language B SL paper 1 1h 30m
Language ab initio SL paper 1 1h 30m
Environmental systems & societies SL paper 2 2h
Inter

Latin HL paper 1 1h 30m

Latin SL paper 1 1h 15m

Tuesday 6 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Excluding English and Spanish: Geography HL/SL paper 1 1h 30m
Groups 1 & 2

Language B HL paper 2 1h 30m ITGS HL paper 1 2h 15m

Group 3

Language B SL paper 2 1h 30m ITGS SL paper 1 1h 30m

Language ab initio SL paper 2 1h
Philosophy HL paper 1 2h 30m
Latin HL paper 2 2h Philosophy SL paper 1 1h 45m
Latin SL paper 2 1h 30m

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 Wednesday 7 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Geography HL paper 2 2h Chemistry HL paper 1 1h
Geography HL paper 3 1h Chemistry HL paper 2 2h 15m
Geography SL paper 2 1h 20m Chemistry SL paper 1 45m
Chemistry SL paper 2 1h 15m
Group 3

Group 4
ITGS HL/SL paper 2 1h 15m
ITGS HL paper 3 1h 15m Design technology HL paper 1 1h
Design technology SL paper 1 45m
Philosophy HL/SL paper 2 1h Design technology HL/SL paper 2 1h 30m
Philosophy HL paper 3 1h 15m

Thursday 8 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Chemistry HL paper 3 1h 15m Business management HL paper 1 2h 15m
Group 4

Group 3
Chemistry SL paper 3 1h Business management SL paper 1 1h 15m

Design technology HL paper 3 1h 30m Global politics HL/SL paper 1 1h 15m

Friday 9 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Business management HL paper 2 2h 15m History HL/SL paper 1 1h
Business management SL paper 2 1h 45m History HL/SL paper 2 1h 30m
Group 3

Group 3

Global politics HL paper 2 2h 45m

Global politics SL paper 2 1h 45m

Week 3

Monday 12 November
Morning session Afternoon session
History HL paper 3 2h 30m Mathematical studies SL paper 1 1h 30m
Group 3

Group 5

Mathematics HL paper 1 2h

Mathematics SL paper 1 1h 30m

Tuesday 13 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Mathematical studies SL paper 2 1h 30m Excluding English and Spanish:
Groups 1 & 2
Group 5

Mathematics HL paper 2 2h Language A Literature HL paper 1 2h

Language A Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m
Mathematics SL paper 2 1h 30m Language A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h
Language A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 30m

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 Wednesday 14 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Excluding English and Spanish: Biology HL paper 1 1h
Biology HL paper 2 2h 15m
Groups 1 & 2

Language A Literature HL paper 2 2h Biology SL paper 1 45m

Language A Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m Biology SL paper 2 1h 15m

Group 4
Language A Language & Literature HL paper 2 2h
Language A Language & Literature SL paper 2 1h 30m

Music HL paper 1 2h 30m

G6

Music SL paper 1 2h

Thursday 15 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Biology HL paper 3 1h 15m Psychology HL/SL paper 1 2h

Group 3
Biology SL paper 3 1h
World religions SL paper 1 1h 15m
Group 4

Mathematics HL paper 3 1h

G5

Friday 16 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Psychology HL paper 2 2h --- No Exams ---
Psychology HL paper 3 1h
Group 3

Psychology SL paper 2 1h

World religions SL paper 2 1h 30m

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Principles used in creating the IB Examination Schedule

1. It is not possible to take into account public, national or school holidays, or religious festivals because
of the number of countries in which the IB Diploma Programme is offered.
2. Registration data has been used to ensure that the minimum number of candidates globally are
impacted by subject timetable clashes.
3. Group 1 and Group 2 language subjects are not scheduled on the same day so a candidate does not
have to be examined in two different language subjects on the same day.
4. Arabic examinations in either group 1 or group 2 will not be scheduled on a Friday out of respect for
candidates of the Islamic faith.
5. Almost all subjects are scheduled in an afternoon and morning pattern on consecutive days. This is to
minimise the impact of absence on any given day, whilst maintaining continuity for candidates.
6. Subjects with the highest candidature are not scheduled consecutively and are spread as evenly as
possible over 3 weeks to try and distribute the workload for candidates. Language examinations and
science examinations are scheduled on each of the 3 weeks for the same reason.
7. Except for English, Spanish and French, Language A examinations are scheduled separately from
Language B.
8. The examination period remains three weeks long. This is to maintain an acceptable balance between
the number of conflicts in the schedule, the school overheads in running an examination schedule, the
time available to teach, and the IBs responsibility to get the marking done on time to the required
quality.

Rescheduling Policy
Rescheduling of an exam for a candidate requires approval from IB.
The criteria and the process for applying for a reschedule can be found in the 2018 Diploma
Programme Assessment procedures (formerly Handbook of procedures).

2019 Examination Schedule

The November exam schedule in 2019 will start on Friday 1 November 2019, and end on Friday 22
November 2019.

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