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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 November 2026 IB session to help you stay organized and ready.
IB Exam Dates - November 2026
The IB November 2026 exam session will take place from the 23rd of October to the 13th of November.
The exact examination timetable is as follows:
Friday 23 October
- Morning session
- No exams
- Afternoon session
- School-based syllabus SL paper 1
Monday 26 October
- Morning session
- School-based syllabus SL paper 2
- Afternoon session
- Langauge A: Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- Language A: Literature SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- Langauge A: Language and Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- Language A: Language and Literature SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
Tuesday 27 October
- morning session
- Language A: Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- Language A: Language and Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- afternoon session
- Biology HL paper 1 (1a & 1b) (2h)
- Biology SL paper 1 (1a & 1b) (1h 30m)
Wednesday 28 October
- morning session
- Biology HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- Biology SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Business Management HL/SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
- Business Management HL paper 3 (1h 15m)
Thursday 29 October
- morning session
- Business Management HL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- Business Management SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Spanish A: Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- Spanish A: Literature SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- Spanish A: Language and Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- Spanish A: Language and 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)
Friday 30 October
- morning session
- Spanish A: Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- Spanish A: Language and 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 session
- Computer Science HL paper 1 (2h 10m)
- Computer Science SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
- ESS HL paper 1 (2h)
- ESS SL paper 1 (1h)
Monday 2 November
- morning session
- Computer Science HL paper 2 (1h 20m)
- Computer Science HL paper 3 (1h)
- Computer Science SL paper 2 (1h)
- ESS HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- ESS SL paper 2 (2h)
- afternoon session
- History HL/SL paper 1 (1h)
- History HL/SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
Tuesday 3 November
- morning session
- History HL paper 3 (2h 30m)
- afternoon session
- 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)
Wednesday 4 November
- 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)
- Latin HL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- Latin SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Physics HL paper 1 (1a &1b) (2h)
- Physics SL paper 1 (1a &1b) (1h 30m)
- SEH HL paper 1 (1a &1b) (1h 45m)
- SEH SL paper 1 (1a &1b) (1h 30m)
Thursday 5 November
- morning session
- Physics HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- Physics SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- SEH HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- SEH SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- English A: Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- English A: Literature SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- English A: Language and Literature HL paper 1 (2h 15m)
- English A: Language and 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)
Friday 6 November
- morning session
- English A: Literature HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- English A: Language and 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 and Performance SL paper 1 (1h 45m)
- afternoon session
- 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)
- Global Politics HL/SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology HL paper 1 (2h)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
Monday 9 November
- morning session
- 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)
- Global Politics HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- Social and Cultural Anthropology SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Mathematics AA HL paper 1 (2h)
- Mathematics AA SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
- Mathematics AI HL paper 1 (2h)
- Mathematics AI SL paper 1 (1h 30m)
Tuesday 10 November
- morning session
- Mathematics AA HL paper 2 (2h)
- Mathematics AA SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- Mathematics AI HL paper 2 (2h)
- Mathematics AI SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Economics HL/SL paper 2 (1h 45m)
- Global Politics HL paper 3 (1h 30m)
Wednesday 11 November
- morning session
- Economics HL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- Economics HL paper 3 (1h 45m)
- Economics SL paper 1 (1h 15m)
- afternoon session
- Chemistry HL paper 1 (1a & 1b) (2h)
- Chemistry SL paper 1 (1a & 1b) (1h 30m)
- Design Technology HL paper 1 (1h)
- Design Technology SL paper 1 (45m)
- Design Technology HL/SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
Thursday 12 November
- morning session
- Chemistry HL paper 2 (2h 30m)
- Chemistry SL paper 2 (1h 30m)
- Design Technology HL paper 3 (1h 30m)
- afternoon session
- Philosophy HL paper 1 (2h 30m)
- Philosophy SL paper 1 (1h 45m)
- Psychology HL paper 1 (2h)
- Psychology SL paper 1 (2h)
Friday 13 November
- morning session
- Philosophy HL/SL paper 2 (1h)
- Philosophy HL paper 3 (1h 15m)
- Psychology HL paper 2 (2h)
- Psychology HL paper 3 (1h)
- Psychology SL paper 2 (1h)
- afternoon session
- Mathematics AA HL paper 3 (1h 15m)
- Mathematics AI HL paper 3 (1h 15m)
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