IB Diploma Programme
IB exam schedule November 2026.
23 October to 13 November 2026. 126 papers across 16 examination days. The dates are the same worldwide; only the start times differ by exam zone.
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Friday 23 October
Morning
No exams
Afternoon
- School-based syllabus SL: Paper 1
Monday 26 October
Morning
- School-based syllabus SL: Paper 2
Afternoon
- Language A Literature HL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)2h 15m
- Language A Literature SL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h 15m
- Language A Language & Literature HL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)2h 15m
- Language A Language & Literature SL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h 15m
Tuesday 27 October
Morning
- Language A Literature HL/SL: Paper 2 (except English & Spanish)1h 45m
- Language A Language & Literature HL/SL: Paper 2 (except English & Spanish)1h 45m
Afternoon
- Biology HL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)2h
- Biology SL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)1h 30m
Wednesday 28 October
Morning
- Biology HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Biology SL: Paper 21h 30m
Afternoon
- Business management HL/SL: Paper 11h 30m
- Business management HL: Paper 31h 15m
Thursday 29 October
Morning
- Business management HL: Paper 21h 45m
- Business management SL: Paper 21h 30m
Afternoon
- Spanish A Literature HL: Paper 12h 15m
- Spanish A Literature SL: Paper 11h 15m
- Spanish A Language & Literature HL: Paper 12h 15m
- Spanish A Language & Literature SL: Paper 11h 15m
- Spanish B HL: Paper 11h 30m
- Spanish B HL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
- Spanish B SL: Paper 11h 15m
- Spanish B SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
- Spanish ab initio SL: Paper 11h
- Spanish ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
Friday 30 October
Morning
- Spanish A Literature HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- Spanish A Language & Literature HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- Spanish B HL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension1h
- Spanish B SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension45m
- Spanish ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension45m
Afternoon
- Computer science HL: Paper 12h 10m
- Computer science SL: Paper 11h 30m
- Environmental systems & societies HL: Paper 12h
- Environmental systems & societies SL: Paper 11h
Monday 2 November
Morning
- Computer science HL: Paper 21h 20m
- Computer science HL: Paper 31h
- Computer science SL: Paper 21h
- Environmental systems & societies HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Environmental systems & societies SL: Paper 22h
Afternoon
- History HL/SL: Paper 11h
- History HL/SL: Paper 21h 30m
Tuesday 3 November
Morning
- History HL: Paper 32h 30m
Afternoon
- Language B HL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h 30m
- Language B HL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension (except English & Spanish)1h
- Language B SL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h 15m
- Language B SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension (except English & Spanish)1h
- Language ab initio SL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h
- Language ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension (except English & Spanish)1h
- Latin HL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)2h
- Latin SL: Paper 1 (except English & Spanish)1h 30m
Wednesday 4 November
Morning
- Language B HL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension (except English & Spanish)1h
- Language B SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension (except English & Spanish)45m
- Language ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension (except English & Spanish)45m
- Latin HL: Paper 2 (except English & Spanish)1h 30m
- Latin SL: Paper 2 (except English & Spanish)1h 30m
Afternoon
- Physics HL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)2h
- Physics SL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)1h 30m
- Sports, exercise & health science HL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)1h 45m
- Sports, exercise & health science SL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)1h 30m
Thursday 5 November
Morning
- Physics HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Physics SL: Paper 21h 30m
- Sports, exercise & health science HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Sports, exercise & health science SL: Paper 21h 30m
Afternoon
- English A Literature HL: Paper 12h 15m
- English A Literature SL: Paper 11h 15m
- English A Language & Literature HL: Paper 12h 15m
- English A Language & Literature SL: Paper 11h 15m
- English B HL: Paper 11h 30m
- English B HL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
- English B SL: Paper 11h 15m
- English B SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
- English ab initio SL: Paper 11h
- English ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Reading comprehension1h
Friday 6 November
Morning
- English A Literature HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- English A Language & Literature HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- English B HL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension1h
- English B SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension45m
- English ab initio SL: Paper 2 - Listening comprehension45m
- Literature & performance SL: Paper 11h 45m
Afternoon
- Digital Society HL: Paper 12h 15m
- Digital Society SL: Paper 11h 30m
- Geography HL: Paper 12h 15m
- Geography SL: Paper 11h 30m
- Global politics HL/SL: Paper 11h 15m
- Social & cultural anthropology HL: Paper 12h
- Social & cultural anthropology SL: Paper 11h 30m
Monday 9 November
Morning
- Digital Society HL/SL: Paper 21h 15m
- Digital Society HL: Paper 31h 15m
- Geography HL/SL: Paper 21h 15m
- Geography HL: Paper 31h
- Global politics HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- Social & cultural anthropology HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Social & cultural anthropology SL: Paper 21h 30m
Afternoon
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL: Paper 12h
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL: Paper 11h 30m
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL: Paper 12h
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL: Paper 11h 30m
Tuesday 10 November
Morning
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL: Paper 22h
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches SL: Paper 21h 30m
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL: Paper 22h
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation SL: Paper 21h 30m
Afternoon
- Economics HL/SL: Paper 21h 45m
- Global politics HL: Paper 31h 30m
Wednesday 11 November
Morning
- Economics HL: Paper 11h 15m
- Economics HL: Paper 31h 45m
- Economics SL: Paper 11h 15m
Afternoon
- Chemistry HL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)2h
- Chemistry SL: Paper 1 (1a and 1b)1h 30m
- Design technology HL: Paper 11h
- Design technology SL: Paper 145m
- Design technology HL/SL: Paper 21h 30m
Thursday 12 November
Morning
- Chemistry HL: Paper 22h 30m
- Chemistry SL: Paper 21h 30m
- Design technology HL: Paper 31h 30m
Afternoon
- Philosophy HL: Paper 12h 30m
- Philosophy SL: Paper 11h 45m
- Psychology HL: Paper 12h
- Psychology SL: Paper 12h
Friday 13 November
Morning
- Philosophy HL/SL: Paper 21h
- Philosophy HL: Paper 31h 15m
- Psychology HL: Paper 22h
- Psychology HL: Paper 31h
- Psychology SL: Paper 21h
Afternoon
- Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL: Paper 31h 15m
- Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL: Paper 31h 15m
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Start times by exam zone.
Every school sits a paper on the same date; the hour depends on the zone the IB assigned it, which does not change between sessions. These are the local times for November 2026, from the IB schedule itself.
| Exam zone | Morning session | Afternoon session |
|---|---|---|
| A 12 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A 11 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A 10 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A 9 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| A 8 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| 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 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| B 3 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| B 2 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| B 1 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| B 0 | 09:00 | 13:00 |
| C -3 | 10:00 | 14:00 |
| C -4 | 09:30 | 13:30 |
| C -5 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
| C -6 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
| C -7 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
| C -8 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
| C -9 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
| C -10 | 08:30 | 12:30 |
Not sure which zone your school is in? Your coordinator knows, and our free tool shows your papers at the hour they start where you are.
How the timetable works
Every school sits a paper on the same date. What changes is the start time, which follows the school's exam zone: the IB assigns one and it stays the same from session to session. Your coordinator can tell you yours.
The start times for every zone are in the table above; our free tool applies yours to each of your papers.
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