International exam start times

Examination times essential information

The documents below detail the start times for examinations in each country, in the local time of each time zone, using the 24-hour clock. To allow some flexibility, centres can start examinations up to 30 minutes earlier or later than the published time below without authorisation from Pearson, and one hour after the published exam start time students may be allowed to leave the exam room without supervision. 

Permission must be requested in advance if a centre wishes to vary the start time of exams by more than 30 minutes. This request must be emailed to uk.special.requirements@pearson.com with the message title "Request for variation to exam start time", no later than 6 weeks before the date of the exam. 

If a country or time zone is not listed, you should contact us for information about when to schedule exams - Contact Support 

You can download the exam start time documents below.