IB Diploma Programme and IB Career-related Programme

November 2022 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

Legend of Subject Groups:

Interdisciplinary subjects Sciences

Studies in language and literature Mathematics

and Language acquisition

Individuals and societies The arts

Please note that for Studies in language and literature

and Language acquisition, English and Spanish are scheduled individually
from all other languages.

Examination Schedule

Friday 21 October
Morning session Afternoon session
--- No Exams --- School-based syllabus SL paper 1
SBS

Week 1

Monday 24 October
Morning session Afternoon session
School-based syllabus SL paper 2 Business management HL paper 1 1h 15m
Business management SL paper 1 1h
SBS

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 Tuesday 25 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Business management HL paper 2 1h 45m Language B HL paper 1 1h 30m
Business management SL paper 2 1h 15m Language B HL paper 2
- Reading comprehension 1h
Global politics HL paper 2 1h 45m Language B SL paper 1 1h 15m
Global politics SL paper 2 1h 45m Language B SL paper 2
- Reading comprehension 1h
Language ab initio SL paper 1 45m
Language ab initio SL paper 2
- Reading comprehension 1h

* Except: English & Spanish

Latin HL paper 2 2h
Latin SL paper 2 1h 30m

Wednesday 26 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Language B HL paper 2 Economics HL paper 1 1h 15m
- Listening comprehension 1h Economics SL paper 1 1h 15m
Language B SL paper 2
- Listening comprehension 45m Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 1 2h
Language ab initio SL paper 2 Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 1 1h
- Listening comprehension 45m
* Except: English & Spanish

Thursday 27 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Economics HL paper 2 1h 45m Language A Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
Economics HL paper 3 1h Language A Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
Economics SL paper 2 1h 45m Language A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
Language A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
Social & cultural anthropology HL paper 2 1h
Social & cultural anthropology SL paper 2 45m * Except: English & Spanish

Friday 28 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Biology HL paper 1 1h Computer science HL paper 1 2h 10m
Biology HL paper 2 2h 15m Computer science SL paper 1 1h 30m
Biology SL paper 1 45m
Biology SL paper 2 1h 15m
Environmental systems & societies SL paper 1 1h

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 Week 2

Monday 31 October
Morning session Afternoon session
Computer science HL paper 3 1h Mathematics:
analysis and approaches HL paper 1 2h
analysis and approaches SL paper 1 1h 30m

Environmental systems & societies SL paper 2 2h Mathematics:

applications and interpretation HL paper 1 2h
applications and interpretation SL paper 1 1h 30m

Tuesday 1 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Mathematics: Spanish A Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
analysis and approaches HL paper 2 2h Spanish A Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
analysis and approaches SL paper 2 1h 30m Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
Mathematics:
applications and interpretation HL paper 2 2h Spanish B HL paper 1 1h 30m
applications and interpretation SL paper 2 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 45m
Spanish ab initio SL paper 2
- Reading comprehension 1h

Wednesday 2 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Spanish B HL paper 2 History HL/SL paper 1 1h
- Listening comprehension 1h History HL/SL paper 2 45m
Spanish B SL paper 2
- Listening comprehension 45m
Spanish ab initio SL paper 2
- Listening comprehension 45m

Thursday 3 November
Morning session Afternoon session
History HL paper 3 1h 45m Physics HL paper 1 1h
Physics HL paper 2 2h 15m
Physics SL paper 1 45m
Physics SL paper 2 1h 15m

Friday 4 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 1 1h Geography HL paper 1 45m
Sports, exercise & health science HL paper 2 2h 15m Geography SL paper 1 45m
Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 1 45m
Sports, exercise & health science SL paper 2 1h 15m ITGS HL paper 1 2h 15m
ITGS SL paper 1 1h 30m

Philosophy HL paper 1 1h
Philosophy SL paper 1 1h

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 Week 3

Monday 7 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Geography HL/SL paper 2 1h English A Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
Geography HL paper 3 1h English A Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
English A Language & Literature HL paper 1 2h 15m
ITGS HL paper 3 1h 15m English A Language & Literature SL paper 1 1h 15m
Philosophy HL/SL paper 2 1h English B HL paper 1 1h 30m
Philosophy HL paper 3 1h 15m
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 45m
English ab initio SL paper 2
- Reading comprehension 1h

Literature & performance SL paper 2 1h 30m

Tuesday 8 November
Morning session Afternoon session
English B HL paper 2 Mathematics:
- Listening comprehension 1h analysis and approaches HL paper 3 1h
English B SL paper 2
- Listening comprehension 45m Mathematics:
English ab initio SL paper 2 applications and interpretation HL paper 3 1h
- Listening comprehension 45m

Wednesday 9 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Chemistry HL paper 1 1h Psychology HL paper 1 2h
Chemistry HL paper 2 2h 15m Psychology SL paper 1 2h
Chemistry SL paper 1 45m
Chemistry SL paper 2 1h 15m

Design technology HL/SL paper 2 1h 30m

Design technology HL paper 3 1h 30m

Thursday 10 November
Morning session Afternoon session
Psychology HL paper 2 1h --- No Exams ---

Friday 11 November
Morning session Afternoon session

Keep available for examinations as a contingency during the November 2022 session, awaiting instruction from IB

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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. Studies in language and literature and Language acquisition 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 Studies in language and literature or Language acquisition 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 and Spanish, 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 IB’s 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 Diploma Programme Assessment
procedures (formerly Handbook of procedures).

2023 Examination Schedule

• The exam schedule in 2023 will start on Friday 20 October, and end on Friday 10 November, subject to
confirmation in 2022.

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