2025 VCE Exam Timetable

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
9:15 am – 11:15 am Writing time

GAT Section B – General knowledge and skills

1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Reading time
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Writing time

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Wednesday 30 July

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Extended Investigation: Critical Thinking Test (computer-based)

Monday 6 October to Monday 27 October

Languages oral examinations
(except Classical Greek, Classical Hebrew, Aboriginal Languages of Victoria)

Auslan Interactive Sign examination

Performance examinations:

• Dance
• VET Dance
• Drama: Solo
• Theatre Studies: Monologue  

Students will be notified of dates, times and locations via advice slips from Monday 28 July.

Monday6 OctobertoSunday2 November

Performance examinations:

• Music Repertoire Performance
• Music Contemporary Performance
• VET Music Performance

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 readingperiod.

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.

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

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 – 10:15 am

Music Inquiry

Specialist Mathematics Examination 1

11:45 am – 2:00 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 – 10:45 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 – 1:30 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

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