IB Exam Dates (May 2025)

Knowing your IB exam dates can help you plan your revision and prepare with confidence. In this post, we’ll share the exam dates for the May 2025 IB session to help you stay organized and ready. 

IB Exam Dates (May 2025)

The IB May 2025 exam session will take place from the 25th of April to the 21st of May.

The exact examination timetable is as follows:

Firday 25 April

• Morning session 
  • No exams
• Afternoon session 
  • School-based syllabus paper 1 
  • Language & culture SL paper 1 (1h 30m)

Monday 28 April

• Morning Session 
  • School-based syllabus SL paper 2 
  • Language & culture SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • 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

Tuesday 29 April

• Morning Session 
  • Language A Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
  • Language A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
  • *Except: English, French, Spanish
• Afternoon sesion 
  • Physics HL paper 1 1a and 1b (2h)
  • Physics SL paper 1 1a and 1b (1h 30m)
  • 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)

Wednesday 30 April

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • Business management HL/SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
  • Business management HL paper 3 (1h 15m)

Thursday 1 May

• Morning Session 
  • No exams
• Afternoon sesion 
  • No exams

Friday 2 May

• Morning Session 
  • Business management HL paper 2 (1h 45m)
  • Business management SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • Computer science HL paper 1 (2h 10m)
  • Computer science SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
  • Environmental systems & societies SL paper 1 (1h)

Monday 5 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • History HL/SL paper 1 (1h) 
  • History HL/SL paper 2 (1h 30m)

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Grade received: 7

Investigating the relationship between scoring average and putts per round average on the PGA Tour

Grade received: 6

Is there a correlation between the height of a basketball player (in cm) and their shooting ability measured in true shooting percentage (TS%)?

Grade received: 7

How does the mass of a marble (0.0050, 0.0100, 0.0150, 0.0200, 0.0250 kg) affect its vertical terminal velocity in a water container when dropped from a constant height measured using video analysis software?

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Grade received: 7

Employing optimization to minimize amount of packaging material

Grade received: 7

To what extent did the end of the password sharing influence Netflix brand image and sales?

Grade received: 7

Exploring the method of calculating the surface area of solid of revolution and estimating the lateral surface area of the vase

Grade received: 7

What is the effect of increasing iron (III) chloride concentration (0 mg/L, 2mg/L, 4mg/L, 6mg/L, 8mg/L, 10mg/L) on the growth of duckweed (Lemna minor) in terms of change in number of leaves over 5 days?

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Grade received: 6

Investigating the effect of coffee on the rate of protein digestion

Grade received: 7

Plastic Water Bottle: Finding Surface Area, Volume and Possible Optimal Shape

Grade received: 7

Modelling the surface area of a ceramic pot

Grade received: 7

Investigating the relationship between scoring average and putts per round average on the PGA Tour

Grade received: 6

Is there a correlation between the height of a basketball player (in cm) and their shooting ability measured in true shooting percentage (TS%)?

Grade received: 7

How does the mass of a marble (0.0050, 0.0100, 0.0150, 0.0200, 0.0250 kg) affect its vertical terminal velocity in a water container when dropped from a constant height measured using video analysis software?

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Grade received: 7

Employing optimization to minimize amount of packaging material

Grade received: 7

To what extent did the end of the password sharing influence Netflix brand image and sales?

Grade received: 7

Exploring the method of calculating the surface area of solid of revolution and estimating the lateral surface area of the vase

Grade received: 7

What is the effect of increasing iron (III) chloride concentration (0 mg/L, 2mg/L, 4mg/L, 6mg/L, 8mg/L, 10mg/L) on the growth of duckweed (Lemna minor) in terms of change in number of leaves over 5 days?

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Grade received: 6

Investigating the effect of coffee on the rate of protein digestion

Grade received: 7

Plastic Water Bottle: Finding Surface Area, Volume and Possible Optimal Shape

Grade received: 7

Modelling the surface area of a ceramic pot

Grade received: 7

Investigating the relationship between scoring average and putts per round average on the PGA Tour

Grade received: 6

Is there a correlation between the height of a basketball player (in cm) and their shooting ability measured in true shooting percentage (TS%)?

Grade received: 7

How does the mass of a marble (0.0050, 0.0100, 0.0150, 0.0200, 0.0250 kg) affect its vertical terminal velocity in a water container when dropped from a constant height measured using video analysis software?

Tuesday 6 May

• Morning Session 
  • History HL paper 3 (2h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • 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)

Wednesday 7 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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)
  • *Except: English, French, Spanish 
  • Latin HL paper 2 (1h 30m)
  • Latin SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • Psychology HL paper 1 (2h)
  • Psychology SL paper 1 (2h)

Thursday 8 May

• Morning Session 
  • Psychology HL paper 2 (2h)
  • Psychology HL paper 3 (1h)
  • Psychology SL paper 2 (1h)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • 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)

Firday 9 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • 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)

Monday 12 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • Biology HL paper 1 1a and 1b (2h)
  • Biology SL paper 1 1a and 1b (1h 30m)

Tuesday 13 May

• Morning Session 
  • Biology HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
  • Biology SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion
  • Economics HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
  • World religions paper 1 (1h 15m)

Wednesday 14 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • 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)

Thursday 15 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • 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)

Friday 16 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 sesion 
  • 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)

Monday 19 May

• Morning Session 
  • Chemistry HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
  • Chemistry SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
  • Design technology HL paper 3 (1h 30m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • Digital society HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
  • Digital society SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
  • Global politics HL/SL paper 1 (1h 15m)

Tuesday 20 May

• Morning Session 
  • 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 45)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • 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)

Wednesday 21 May

• Morning Session 
  • French A Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
  • French A Language & Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45)
  • French B HL paper 2 - Listening comprehension (1h)
  • French B SL paper 2 - Listening comprehension (45m)
  • French ab initio SL paper 2 - Listening comprehension (45m)
• Afternoon sesion 
  • Mathematics: analysis and approaches HL paper 3 (1h 15m)
  • Mathematics: applications and interpretation HL paper 3 (1h 15m)

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