More than 77,000 students from 890 schools in New South Wales are participating in this years Higher School Certificate.

Overseen by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA), the HSC is the highest level of attainment you can reach at school in NSW. Participating students with plans to attend university will also receive an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR), a number used by universities to help them select students for their courses.

With major projects and oral and performance exams already completed, 123 written exams will be sat over the next five weeks, starting this Thursday, October 17.

Personal exam timetables, with a list of written exams and where students will sit for them (usually at their school), as well as any oral or performance exams and submitted works, are available from Students Online.

Here are the key exam times students need to know for each subject.

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WEEK 1

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17

English Studies: 9:50am 12:30pm

English Standard: 9:50am 11:30am

English Advanced: 9:50am 11:30am

English as an Additional Language or Dialect: 9:50am 11:30am

Primary Industries: 1:55pm 4pm

German Extension: 2pm 4pm

Japanese Beginners: 2pm 4:40pm

Japanese Extension: 2pm 4pm

Ja panese in Context: 2pm 4:40pm

Japanese and Literature: 2pm 5pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18

English Standard: 9:25am 11:30am

English Advanced: 9:25am 11:30am

English as an Additional Language or Dialect: 9:25am 11:10am

Music 1: 1:55pm 3pm

Music 2: 3:25pm 5pm

WEEK 2

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

Automotive: 9:25am 11:30am

German Continuers: 9:30am 12:30pm

Investigating Science: 9:25am 12:30pm

Italian Beginners: 9:30am 12:10pm

Food Technology: 1:55pm 5pm

Chinese Beginners: 2pm 4:40pm

German Beginners: 2pm 4:40pm

Indonesian Extension: 2pm 4pm

Indonesian in Context: 2pm 4:40pm

Indonesian and Literature: 2pm 5pm

Italian Extension: 2pm 4pm

Korean Continuers: 2pm 5pm

Latin Continuers: 1:55pm 5pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

Arabic Beginners: 9:30am 12:10pm

Dance Section 1: 9:25am 10:30am

Dance Section 2: 10:40am 12pm

Engineering Studies: 9:25am 12:30pm

Japanese Continuers: 9:30am 12:30pm

Business Services: 1:55pm 4pm

Earth and Environmental Science: 1:55pm 5pm

Tourism, Travel and Events: 1:55pm 4pm

Chinese in Context: 2pm 4:40pm

Indonesian Beginners: 2pm 4:40pm

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Modern History: 9:25am 12:30pm

Information and Digital Technology: 9:25am 11:30am

Aboriginal Studies: 1:55pm 5pm

Agriculture: 1:55pm 5pm

Financial Services: 1:55pm 4pm

Armenian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Chinese Continuers: 2pm 5pm

Croatian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Dutch Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Filipino Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Hindi Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Hungarian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

I ndonesian Continuers: 2pm 5pm

Khmer Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Korean Beginners: 2pm 4:40pm

Macedonian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Malay Background Speakers: 2pm 5pm

Maltese Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

P ersian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Polish Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Portugese Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Punjabi Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Russian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Serbian Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Swedish Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Tamil Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Turkish Continuers: 2pm 4:40pm

Vietnamese Continuers: 2pm 5pm

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: 9:25am 12:30pm

Latin Extension: 9:30am 11:40am

Entertainment Industry: 1:55pm 4pm

Software Design and Development: 1:55pm 5pm

Arabic Continuers: 2pm 5pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

Mathematics Standard 2: 9:20am 12pm

Mathematics Standard 1: 9:20am 11:30am

Mathematics: 1:55pm 5pm

Mathematics Extension 2: 1:55pm 5pm

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WEEK 3

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28

Biology: 9:25am 12:30pm

Classical Hebrew Continuers: 9:25am 12:30pm

History Extension: 1:50pm 4pm

Arabic Extension: 2pm 4pm

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29

Business Studies: 9:25am 12:30pm

Drama: 1:55pm 3:30pm

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