2025 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM TIMETABLE Thursday 16 October to Friday 7 November Important information about your written exam timetable This document provides important information about your written HSC exams. NESA has already distributed details about oral exams for languages, performance exams and submitted works to schools. Find out more at: nsw.gov.au/education-andtraining/nesa/key-dates/hsc Your personal exam timetable Your personal exam timetable is available from studentsonline. nesa.nsw.edu.au. This timetable lists your written exams and where you will sit for them (usually at your school). It also lists any other exams you are entered for, including oral exams for languages, performance exams and submitted works. Details of your performance exams or projects such as title of work or category (supplied by your school) are also available via Students Online. If you are undertaking oral or performance exams, we will post the time and venue on Students Online later this year. If there are errors or omissions in the exams you are entered for, contact your school immediately to supply us with the correct information. Take special care if you are entered for a VET course that has an HSC exam. If the exam does not appear on your personal timetable, you have not been entered for it. You must be entered separately for the exam if you expect to sit for it. Preparing for your exams When preparing for your exams, find out what to expect in the exam room and the exam paper, including where to write your answers. For each course you are studying, know the rules and requirements, and what to expect in each exam. More information can be found at: nsw.gov.au/education-andtraining/nesa/hsc/student-guide/preparing-for-exams Information about the HSC exams Make sure you have read and understand the 2025 Higher School Certificate Rules and Procedures guide. You should have received a guide from your school and can also access it at: nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/nesa/hsc/rules-andprocedures/2025-guide There are serious consequences for: • cheating in an exam • disobeying NESA’s rules for exam conduct • making a serious attempt across a range of questions in not each exam. Any of these offences may result in reduced marks, course cancellation or loss of your HSC. The exam starting time in the timetable is when reading time begins. Arrive at your exam venue well before the time specified. Further information about your HSC exams is available on Students Online. Disability provisions If you have a disability that affects reading exam questions or responding to them under exam conditions, your school can submit an application for provisions to help you. If you have not already done so, speak to your school if you think this applies to you.
It is expected that you come prepared to the exam room with the required approved equipment in working order: if you wish. Only those exams that require specific equipment are listed. See the list of approved calculators for the HSC examinations. Agriculture ✓ black pens to write with (recommended) – ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ water in a clear label-free bottle. Automotive (VET) ensure to bring spare pens to each exam ruler highlighters pencils (at least 2B) sharpener You can wear a watch, but it should be taken off and placed in clear view on your desk once you sit down for your exam. Please note that programmable watches (eg. Smart watches) are not permitted in the exam room. All equipment you bring is subject to inspection on entry. Make sure any equipment you are allowed to bring, such as a calculator, is in good working order because an appeal under misadventure provisions for equipment failure will not be upheld. What you cannot bring into your exam room ✗ A mobile phone. Mobile phones are not permitted in an exam room under any circumstances. ✗ A programmable watch, eg. a smart watch. ✗ Other electronic devices (except a calculator or wired headphones where permitted). This includes any other communication devices, organisers, tablets (eg. iPads), wireless earphones/headphones (eg AirPods), electronic dictionaries, and music players. ✗ Paper or any printed or written material. You can ask your presiding officer for working paper. ✗ Print dictionaries, except where permitted in language exams. ✗ Correction fluid. You are not allowed to borrow equipment during exams. Equipment for specific HSC exams The following list shows the exams for which you are to bring specific equipment, as there may be some exam questions that require the use of this equipment. If an item is listed as optional, it means that there will be no exam questions for which the item is essential, however you may bring and use it ✓ Wired headphones (no Bluetooth allowed) to listen to audio stimulus for questions ✓ A wired or wireless physical keyboard ✓ A mouse For more information see Online HSC exams. Entertainment Industry (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator Financial Services (VET) Biology ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Business Services (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Business Studies ✓ NESA-approved calculator Chemistry ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Construction (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Earth and Environmental Science ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares Economics ✓ NESA-approved calculator Electrotechnology (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Engineering Studies ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares ✓ Circle templates ✓ Isometric/ellipse templates Enterprise Computing ✓ A supported device (desktop or laptop) with ✓ the NESA lockdown browser pre-installed Full battery life to last the entire exam (for laptops) Geography ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of dividers ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Protractor ✓ Coloured pencils and/or coloured felt pens ✓ Ruler ✓ (Optional) a handheld magnifying glass ✓ (Optional) a piece of string or thread for measuring Hospitality (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Human Services (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Industrial Technology Dictionaries are not permitted in Classical Greek or Classical Hebrew exams. Specialist dictionaries such as grammar dictionaries, dictionaries of idioms or syllabary dictionaries are not permitted. Digital dictionaries are not permitted. Mathematics Standard 1, Mathematics Standard 2 ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Ruler Mathematics Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2 ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Ruler Physics ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Primary Industries (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Retail Services (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator Science Extension ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓A supported device (desktop or laptop) with the NESA lockdown browser pre-installed ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pair of compasses ✓ Pencil ✓ Protractor ✓ Set squares ✓Full battery life to last the entire exam (for Information and Digital Technology (VET) For more information, see Science Extension online exam. ✓ NESA-approved calculator Investigating Science ✓ NESA-approved calculator ✓ Pencil Languages ✓ Unannotated monolingual and/or bilingual print dictionaries are permitted in the HSC external examination for all Modern languages courses and Latin. This includes Beginners, Continuers, Extension, [Language] in Context and [Language] and Literature courses. Bilingual print dictionaries of any language combination are permitted. laptops) ✓Wired headphones (no Bluetooth allowed) to listen to audio stimulus for questions ✓ A wired or wireless physical keyboard ✓ A mouse Software Engineering ✓A supported device (desktop or laptop)with the NESA lockdown browser pre-installed ✓Full battery life to last the entire exam (for laptops) ✓Wired headphones (no Bluetooth allowed) to listen to audio stimulus for questions ✓A wired or wireless physical keyboard ✓ A mouse For more information see Online HSC exams. Tourism, Travel and Events (VET) ✓ NESA-approved calculator
Monday 13 October Tuesday 14 October Wednesday 15 October Thursday 16 October Friday 17 October No exams No exams No exams HSC Day 1 HSC Day 2 English Advanced Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experiences AM English Standard Paper 1 – Texts and Human Experiences English Studies English EAL/D Paper 1 – Module A and Focus on Writing 9.50 am – 11.30 am 9.50 am – 12.30 pm † Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL) 9.25 am – 11.30 am English Standard Paper 2 – Modules 9.25 am – 11.30 am English EAL/D Paper 2 – Module B and Module C Listening Paper 9.25 am – 10.30 am 10.40 am – 11.10 am* 9.50 am – 11.30 am Classical Hebrew Continuers 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm Classical Greek Extension 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm German Beginners 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm German Continuers 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Japanese Beginners 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Japanese Extension 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Japanese in Context 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Armenian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Croatian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Dutch Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Filipino Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Hindi Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Hungarian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Khmer Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Macedonian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Persian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Polish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Portuguese Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Punjabi Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Russian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Serbian Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Swedish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Tamil Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Turkish Continuers † 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm PM * Approximate finishing time 9.50 am – 11.30 am English Advanced Paper 2 – Modules Music 1 Aural Skills 1.55 pm – 3.00 pm* Music 2 Musicology and Aural Skills 3.25 pm – 5.00 pm*
Monday 20 October PM Wednesday 22 October Thursday 23 October Friday 24 October HSC Day 3 AM Tuesday 21 October HSC Day 4 HSC Day 5 HSC Day 6 HSC Day 7 Studies of Religion I 9.25 am – 11.00 am Studies of Religion II 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Vietnamese Continuers 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Latin Extension Design and Technology Chinese Extension German Extension 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Modern History Aboriginal Studies Classical Greek Continuers Investigating Science Classical Hebrew Extension Japanese Continuers 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Mathematics Advanced Mathematics Standard 1 Mathematics Standard 2 Mathematics Extension 2 9.20 am – 12.30 pm 9.20 am – 11.30 am 9.20 am – 12 noon 1.50 pm – 5.00 pm Ancient History Arabic Continuers Chinese and Literature Modern Hebrew Continuers 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Hospitality (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Kitchen Operations and Cookery Food and Beverage Latin Continuers Chinese Beginners Biology 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm History Extension 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm Primary Industries (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Tourism, Travel and Events (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Chinese Continuers 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Chinese in Context 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm
Monday 27 October PM Wednesday 29 October Thursday 30 October Friday 31 October HSC Day 8 AM Tuesday 28 October HSC Day 9 HSC Day 10 HSC Day 11 HSC Day 12 Legal Studies Mathematics Extension 1 Business Services (VET) 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Construction (VET) Financial Services (VET) Indonesian Extension Korean and Literature Korean Continuers Korean in Context Science Extension Economics Entertainment Industry (VET) 9.25 am – 11.30 am Business Studies 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 11.30 am 9.30 am – 11.30 am 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.30 pm 9.30 am – 12.10 pm 9.50 am – 12 noon 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Software Engineering Human Services (VET) Arabic Extension Modern Greek Beginners Modern Greek Continuers Automotive (VET) Chemistry 9.25 am – 11.30 am 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 1.50 pm – 4.20 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Electrotechnology (VET) 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm Visual Arts Art Criticism and Art History 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Spanish Extension 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm Personal Development, Health and Physical Education 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Indonesian Continuers 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Enterprise Computing Indonesian Beginners Italian Continuers Korean Beginners Modern Greek Extension 1.50 pm – 4.20 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Monday 3 November PM Wednesday 5 November Thursday 6 November Friday 7 November HSC Day 13 AM Tuesday 4 November HSC Day 14 HSC Day 15 HSC Day 16 HSC Day 17 Geography French Extension 9.25 am – 12.35 pm 9.30 am – 11.30 am Industrial Technology 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm Automotive Technologies Electronics Technologies Graphics Technologies Metal and Engineering Technologies Multimedia Technologies Timber and Furniture Technologies French Beginners 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Italian Beginners 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Agriculture Textiles and Design English Extension 1 Retail Services (VET) Spanish Continuers 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 11.00 am 1.50 pm – 4.00 pm 1.55 pm – 4.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Engineering Studies Society and Culture Drama Spanish Beginners 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 11.30 am 1.55 pm – 3.30 pm 2.00 pm – 4.40 pm Earth and Environmental Science 9.25 am – 12.30 pm Information and Digital Technology (VET) 9.25 am – 11.30 am Italian Extension 9.30 am – 11.30 am Physics Dance Section I Core Appreciation Community and Family Studies French Continuers Food Technology 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Dance Section II Major Study Appreciation 9.25 am – 12.30 pm 9.25 am – 10.30 am 10.40 am – 12 noon 1.55 pm – 5.00 pm
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