VCE examination timetable
VCAA rules for the conduct of VCE external assessments
All students must read the VCAA examination rules for VCE and the GAT. It is also their responsibility to be familiar with materials and equipment authorised for use in the GAT and VCE written examinations.
2025 VCE examination timetable
- Students should check the starting time of each examination and arrive at least 30 minutes earlier and be familiar with rules about late admission to examinations.
- The start time for the afternoon session on Friday 31 October, Monday 3 November, Monday 10 November, Wednesday 12 November – when only two sessions are scheduled is 2:00 pm.
- The start time for the afternoon session on all other days when three sessions are scheduled is 3:00 pm.
- The reading period is included in the times shown in the timetable. Each examination commences with a 15-minute reading period unless otherwise specified.
- All written responses must be in English, unless otherwise instructed in the question book for that particular examination.
- If students are presenting for Performance examinations, Languages oral examinations or the Extended Investigation oral presentation they will be issued with individual examination advice slips. Photo identification and examination advice slips must be presented for entry to their assessment.
- The following written examinations have an audio component: Music Composition, Music Contemporary Performance, Music Inquiry, Music Repertoire Performance, VET Music (Sound Production) and all Languages including Chinese Language, Culture and Society, except Auslan, Aboriginal Languages of Victoria, Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew and Latin.
| Tuesday 17 June | GAT Section A – Literacy (Reading and Writing) and Numeracy 9:00 am – 9:15 am Reading time | |||
GAT Section B – General knowledge and skills 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Reading time Download: | ||||
| Wednesday 30 July | 10:00 am – 11:30 am Extended Investigation: Critical Thinking Test (computer-based) |
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| Monday 6 October to Monday 27 October | Languages oral examinations Auslan Interactive Sign examination Performance examinations:
Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 28 July. | |||
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| Monday 6 October to Sunday 2 November | Performance examinations:
Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 28 July. | |||
| Monday 13 October to Friday 24 October | Extended Investigation oral presentation Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 28 July. | |||
| Thursday 16 October | 1:55 pm – 5:00 pm Classical Hebrew This examination commences with a 5-minute reading period. | 2:00 pm – 4:10 pm Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chin Hakha, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Karen, Khmer, Macedonian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish Each examination commences with a 10-minute reading period. |
8:00 am–6:00 pm Auslan Sign Comprehension and Sign Production examination Students are scheduled in one two-hour session. Each session is preceded by 10 minutes reading/viewing time. | ||
| Tuesday 21 October | 1:55 pm – 5:00 pm Classical Greek This examination commences with a 5-minute reading period.
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| Tuesday 28 October | 9:00 am – 12:15 pm English English as an Additional Language (EAL) | ||
| Wednesday 29 October | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Agricultural and Horticultural Studies Drama VET Business | 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Music Composition | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm English Language |
| Thursday 30 October | 9:00 am – 10:45 am VET Community Services | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Economics Indonesian First Language Japanese First Language | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Chinese First Language Literature |
| Friday 31 October | 9:00 am – 11:45 am Psychology | 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm General Mathematics Examination 1 | |
| Monday 3 November | 9:00 am – 11:45 am Biology | 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm General Mathematics Examination 2 | |
| Tuesday 4 November |
Melbourne Cup public holiday
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| Wednesday 5 November | 9:00 am – 10:15 am Mathematical Methods Examination 1 | 11:45 am – 1:30 pm VET Hospitality (Cookery) VET Music (Sound Production) | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Applied Computing Data Analytics Classical Studies Health and Human Development |
| Thursday 6 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am VET Furnishing VET Health VET Integrated Technologies | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Industry and Enterprise Mathematical Methods Examination 2 Texts and Traditions | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Business Management |
| Friday 7 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Music Inquiry Specialist Mathematics Examination 1 | 11:45 am – 1:00 pm History: Revolutions | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Accounting Outdoor and Environmental Studies VET Creative and Digital Media |
| Monday 10 November | 9:00 am – 11:45 am Chemistry | 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm Arabic Korean First Language Legal Studies Vietnamese Second Language | |
| Tuesday 11 November | 9:00 am – 10:15 am VET Equine Studies VET Information and Communication Technology Visual Communication Design | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm History: Australian History Philosophy Specialist Mathematics Examination 2 | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Physical Education |
| Wednesday 12 November | 9:00 am – 11:45 am Physics
| 2:00 pm – 4:15 pm Aboriginal Languages of Victoria History: Ancient History Latin Media | |
| Thursday 13 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Art Making and Exhibiting VET Hospitality VET Laboratory Skills | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Algorithmics Geography | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Applied Computing Software Development Sociology |
| Friday 14 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Art Creative Practice Dance Systems Engineering VET Sport and Recreation | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Environmental Science Politics Vietnamese First Language | 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Music Contemporary Performance |
| Monday 17 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Food Studies | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Product Design and Technologies | 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Music Repertoire Performance 3:00 pm – 5.15pm Greek Religion and Society |
| Tuesday 18 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am Theatre Studies | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm Chinese Language Culture and Society Foundation Mathematics Korean Second Language | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Indonesian Second Language Japanese Second Language |
| Wednesday 19 November | 9:00 am – 10:45 am VET Engineering Studies | 11:45 am – 2:00 pm French Italian | 3:00 pm – 5:15 pm Chinese Second Language Chinese Second Language Advanced German Spanish |