2025 VCE Exam Timetable

The 2025 VCE exam season is fast approaching. This page contains all examination dates as of 7 July 2025. Best of luck to all students sitting unit 3 and 4 exams this year!

VCAA rules for External Examination conduct

Students must be familiar with the rules for all external assessment. Students must also familiarise themselves with the permitted materials in examinations.

Important information: 2025 VCE Examinations

Here are a few tips recommended by VCAA to help you do your best on exam day.

• Make sure to check the starting time of your exam
• Arrive at least 30 minutes prior to the exam's start time
• Be familiar with the rules about late admission to exams
• Afternoon start times are mostly at 3:00pm. However, on days with only two exams, the start time may be 2:00pm
• The reading time is included in the times listed below for all exams. Unless otherwise stated, it is a 15 minute reading period
• All responses must be provided in English unless specifically stated otherwise in the particular question book
• For the following exams, students will be provided with an individual examination advice slip. This examination advice slip along with photo identification must be presented for the student to be admitted to the examination
  
  • Performance examinations
  • Languages oral examinations
  • Extended Investigation oral presentation
• There is an audio component for the following written examinations: 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

2025 VCE Examination Timetable

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, Latin)

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.

Monday 6 October to Sunday 2 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.

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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.

Tuesday‍ 28 October

9:00 am – 12:15 pm

English

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

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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

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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

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Friday ‍31 October

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Psychology

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm

General Mathematics Examination 1

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Monday ‍3 November

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Biology

2:00 pm – 3:45 pm

General Mathematics Examination 2

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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