Key dates and times for HSC written exams
Over 100 written exams will be sat by HSC students in NSW in the next five weeks. Here are the dates and times they need to know.
More than 77,000 students from 890 schools in New South Wales are participating in this year’s Higher School Certificate.
Overseen by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), the HSC is the highest level of attainment you can reach at school in NSW. Participating students with plans to attend university will also receive an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), a number used by universities to help them select students for their courses.
With major projects and oral and performance exams already completed, 123 written exams will be sat over the next five weeks, starting this Thursday, October 17.
Personal exam timetables, with a list of written exams and where students will sit for them (usually at their school), as well as any oral or performance exams and submitted works, are available from Students Online.
Here are the key exam times students need to know for each subject.
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WEEK 1
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
English Studies: 9:50am — 12:30pm
English Standard: 9:50am — 11:30am
English Advanced: 9:50am — 11:30am
English as an Additional Language or Dialect: 9:50am — 11:30am
Primary Industries: 1:55pm — 4pm
German Extension: 2pm — 4pm
Japanese Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
Japanese Extension: 2pm — 4pm
Ja panese in Context: 2pm — 4:40pm
Japanese and Literature: 2pm — 5pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
English Standard: 9:25am — 11:30am
English Advanced: 9:25am — 11:30am
English as an Additional Language or Dialect: 9:25am — 11:10am
Music 1: 1:55pm — 3pm
Music 2: 3:25pm — 5pm
WEEK 2
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21
Automotive: 9:25am — 11:30am
German Continuers: 9:30am — 12:30pm
Investigating Science: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Italian Beginners: 9:30am — 12:10pm
Food Technology: 1:55pm — 5pm
Chinese Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
German Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
Indonesian Extension: 2pm — 4pm
Indonesian in Context: 2pm — 4:40pm
Indonesian and Literature: 2pm — 5pm
Italian Extension: 2pm — 4pm
Korean Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
Latin Continuers: 1:55pm — 5pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22
Arabic Beginners: 9:30am — 12:10pm
Dance Section 1: 9:25am — 10:30am
Dance Section 2: 10:40am — 12pm
Engineering Studies: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Japanese Continuers: 9:30am — 12:30pm
Business Services: 1:55pm — 4pm
Earth and Environmental Science: 1:55pm — 5pm
Tourism, Travel and Events: 1:55pm — 4pm
Chinese in Context: 2pm — 4:40pm
Indonesian Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
Modern History: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Information and Digital Technology: 9:25am — 11:30am
Aboriginal Studies: 1:55pm — 5pm
Agriculture: 1:55pm — 5pm
Financial Services: 1:55pm — 4pm
Armenian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Chinese Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
Croatian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Dutch Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Filipino Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Hindi Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Hungarian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
I ndonesian Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
Khmer Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Korean Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
Macedonian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Malay Background Speakers: 2pm — 5pm
Maltese Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
P ersian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Polish Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Portugese Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Punjabi Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Russian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Serbian Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Swedish Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Tamil Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Turkish Continuers: 2pm — 4:40pm
Vietnamese Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Latin Extension: 9:30am — 11:40am
Entertainment Industry: 1:55pm — 4pm
Software Design and Development: 1:55pm — 5pm
Arabic Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
Mathematics Standard 2: 9:20am — 12pm
Mathematics Standard 1: 9:20am — 11:30am
Mathematics: 1:55pm — 5pm
Mathematics Extension 2: 1:55pm — 5pm
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WEEK 3
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
Biology: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Classical Hebrew Continuers: 9:25am — 12:30pm
History Extension: 1:50pm — 4pm
Arabic Extension: 2pm — 4pm
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
Business Studies: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Drama: 1:55pm — 3:30pm
Italian Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
Metal and Engineering: 1:55pm — 4pm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
Science Extension: 10:20am — 12:30pm
Information Processes and Technology: 1:55pm — 5pm
French Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
Korean in Context: 2pm — 4:40pm
Korean and Literature: 2pm — 5pm
Modern Greek Beginners: 2pm — 4:40pm
Modern Greek Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31
Ancient History: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Classical Greek Extension: 9:30am — 11:30am
Classical Hebrew Extension: 9:30am — 11:30am
Industrial Technology: 1:55pm — 3:30pm
C hinese Extension: 2pm — 4pm
Chinese and Literature: 2pm — 5pm
French Extension: 2pm — 4pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
Studies of Religion 1: 9:25am — 11am
Studies of Religion 2: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Construction: 1:55pm — 4pm
English Extension 1: 1:50pm — 4pm
Modern Greek Extension: 2pm — 4pm
WEEK 4
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Mathematics Extension 1: 9:25am — 11:30am
Geography: 1:55pm — 5pm
Spanish Extension: 2pm — 4pm
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Legal Studies: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Hospitality: 1:55pm — 4pm
Classical Greek Continuers: 1:55pm — 5pm
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Economics: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Human Services: 9:25am — 11:30am
Retail Services: 1:55pm — 4pm
French Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Chemistry: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Spanish Continuers: 9:30am — 12:30pm
Society and Culture: 1:55pm — 4pm
Modern Hebrew Continuers: 2pm — 5pm
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Community and Family Studies: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Electrotechnology: 1:55pm — 4pm
Visual Arts: 1:55pm — 3:30pm
WEEK 5
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Physics: 9:25am — 12:30pm
Spanish Beginners: 9:30am — 12:10pm
Design and Technology: 1:55pm — 3:30pm
Textiles and Design: 1:55pm — 3:30pm
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