Exam news and updates

We strongly recommend that you visit this page regularly before the September 2013 exams begin, so that you stay informed of any important news or updates that may affect your exam sitting.

Exam entry for the September 2013 session based exams is now closed. Late entries can not be accepted.

Exam centre changes | New exam centres | Exam centre requests | Exam start time changes | Amended exam schedules

 

Latest additions

Exam centres for September 2013 are now being confirmed, and details are available on the Exam centres page. You should check carefully, in case there are any changes to the centre you usually sit at.

Mumbai (added 2 October) For exams on 3 October only, the centre address is now amended to: World Trade Centre, Centre 1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400005, India. Full details

 

Important notice

Using an incorrect calculator will result in a zero mark in the exams. Full information.

Remember also that you must use black ballpoint pen for your exam script so it can be scanned.

 

Exam centre changes and confirmations

Exam centres for September 2013 are now being confirmed, and details are available on the Exam centres page. You should check carefully, in case there are any changes to the centre you usually sit at.

Details of any amendments to exam centre addresses etc will be given here when available.

Mumbai (added 2 October) For exams on 3 October only, the centre address is now amended to: World Trade Centre, Centre 1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400005, India. Full details
Seoul (added 27 September) 27 September exams only. Centre address amended to: British Council, 4F Hungkuk Life Insurance Building, 226 Shinmunno 1-ga, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-786, Korea. Full details
Dubai (added 25 September) 27 September exams only. Centre address amended to: British Council Dubai, Tariq Bin Ziad Road, Near Rashid Hospital, Behind Dubai Television, Dubai UAE. Full details
Canberra (added 24 September) Centre address now amended to: University of Canberra, Building 7, Level D, Bruce ACT, Australia. Full details
Prague (added 20 September) Centre address now amended to: Instituto Cervantes při Španělském velvyslanectví, Na Rybníčku 536/6, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Mumbai (added 17 September) For exams on 30 September only, the centre address is now amended to: World Trade Centre, Centre 1, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400005, India. Full details
Douglas (added 16 September) Centre address amended to: Isle of Man College of Further & Higher Education, Homefield Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 6RB. Full details
Durban (added 12 September) Centre address confirmed as: University of KwaZulu-Natal, The Innovation Centre, Room 111, Gate 9, Rick Turner Road, Glenwood, Durban, South Africa. Full details
Colombo (added 11 September) Centre address confirmed as: Asian Villa (Next to British Council main gate), 46 Alfred House Gardens, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka. Full details
Centre address amendments (added 9 September) Centre addresses have been amended for: Christchurch and Taipei. Full details
Centre address confirmations (added 9 September)  Centre addresses now confirmed for: Bristol, Copenhagen, Dhaka, Seoul. Full details
Lebanon (added 22 August) Addresses now confirmed as: Lebanon Exam Centre, Alameddine Building - 1st Floor, John Kennedy Street, Clemenceau Area, (Near Gefinor Center), Beirut
Istanbul (added 22 August) Addresses now confirmed as: Fatih Universitesi Surekli Egitim Merkezi (FUSEM), Esentepe Mahallesi Keskin Kalem Sokak no:13, 34394 Esentepe, Istanbul
Various centres (added 16 August) Addresses now confirmed for: Auckland, Bucharest, Bratislava, Fiji, Gurgaon, Islamabad, Kingston (Jamaica), Kolkata, Nepal, Rwanda, Riyadh, Seoul, Taipei.  Full details
Various centres (added 16 August) Addresses now amended for: Bermuda, Kuwait, Mumbai (30 September exams only), Paris.  Full details
Canberra (added 19 July) Address now confirmed as: University of Canberra, Scrivener Building, Dunlop Court, Bruce, ACT 2601, Australia
Singapore (added 16 July) Address now confirmed as: Singapore Management University, School of Economics and Social Sciences, Classroom 4.3, 90 Stamford Road, Singapore 178903

 

Access arrangements applications

The closing date for access arrangements applications (formerly known as special arrangements) is the same as the applicable exam entry closing date. The application form is available on the right of this page.
Late applications will not be accepted unless due to circumstances for which a valid reason could not be divulged by the published closing date.

 

New exam centres for September 2013

Details of any new exam centres for September 2013 will be given here when available.

Gurgaon (added 19 July) New centre in India - address now confirmed as: The Bristol Hotel, DLF Phase 1, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122002, India

 

Exam centre requests

Applications for alternative overseas exam centres must be submitted by 19 July 2013 (Application form).

 

Exam start time changes

The standard exam start times are 10.00 for morning exams and 14.30 for afternoon exams. If reading time is allowed the standard start times are 09.45 and 14.15.

Please note the changes to the exam start times for the following centres. All times are local times. If reading time is allowed the start time will be 15 minutes earlier than the times shown below.

  Morning exam (local start time) Afternoon exam (local start time)
UK Centres
Guernsey 09.00 13.30
Overseas centres
Addis Ababa 09.30 14.00
Adelaide 09.15 13.45
Auckland 09.00 13.00
Barbados 09.00 13.00
Bloemfontein 09.00 13.30
Brisbane 08.30 13.30
Cairo 10.00 13.00
Cape Town 09.00 13.30
Durban 09.00 13.30
Hanoi 09.00 14.00
Harare 09.00 13.30
Ho Chi Minh City 10.00 14.00
Hong Kong 09.15 13.45
Johannesburg 09.00 13.30
Lusaka 09.00 14.00
Mauritius 09.00 13.00
Melbourne 09.15 14.00
Perth 09.30 13.30
Port of Spain 09.00 13.00
Riyadh 08.30 12.00 (Monday-Thursday);
13.30 (Friday)
Rwanda 08.45 12.00
Seattle 10.00 13.15
Sydney 09.15 14.00
Taiwan 10.00 14.00
Wellington 09.30 14.00
Zurich 09.15 14.15

 

The standard schedule for the September 2013 exams is

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 ST9 ST6 ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 CT6 CT4 CT3  

Any schedule changes due to public holidays or other unavoidable factors will be given below when available.

Indian centres: Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune - amendments for 2 October

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 ST9 - CT4 / ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 CT6 - CT3 / ST6  

Hong Kong - amendments for 1 October

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 - CT6 / ST6 ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 - CT4 / ST9 CT3  

Lagos - amendments for 1 October

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 - CT6 / ST6 ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 - CT4 / ST9 CT3  

Lusaka - amendments for 27 September

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 / CT5 SA1-6 - CT6 / ST6 ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2

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CT7 - CT4 / ST9 CT3  

Nicosia - amendments for 1 October

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM CA1-1 ST8 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 - CT6 / ST6 ST1 ST2
PM CT1 CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 - CT4 / ST9 CT3  

Tokyo - amendments for 23 September

  23 Sep 24 Sep 25 Sep 26 Sep 27 Sep 30 Sep 1 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct
AM - CA1-1 ST5 ST7 ST4 SA1-6 ST9 ST6 ST1 ST2
PM - CA1-2 CT8 CT2 CT5 CT7 CT6 CT4 CT3