SQA · exam timetable
SQA National Qualifications 2027 exam timetable
203 papers in 60 subjects, from Monday 26 April 2027 to Wednesday 2 June 2027. Start times are as the timetable prints them.
Read by script from Qualifications Scotland's 2027 exam timetable, not checked by a person. Check your school's own exam timetable for your papers.
Published timetable: sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/nq-2027-exam-timetable.pdf
Subjects
- Accounting
- Administration and IT
- Applications of Mathematics
- Art and Design
- Biology
- Business Management
- Cantonese
- Care
- Chemistry
- Childcare and Development
- Classical Studies
- Computing Science
- Cruinn-eòlas
- Dance
- Design and Manufacture
- Drama
- Eachdraidh
- Economics
- Electronics
- Engineering Science
- English
- English for Speakers of Other Languages
- Environmental Science
- Eòlas Creideimh, Moraltachd agus Feallsanachd
- Fashion and Textile Technology
- French
- Gaelic (Learners)
- Gàidhlig
- Geography
- German
- Gnìomhachas Matamataigs
- Graphic Communication
- Health and Food Technology
- History
- Human Biology
- Italian
- Latin
- Mandarin Simplified
- Mandarin Traditional
- Matamataig
- Mathematics
- Mathematics of Mechanics
- Media
- Modern Studies
- Music
- Music Technology
- Music: Portfolio
- Nuadh-eòlas
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Politics
- Practical Cookery
- Psychology
- Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Statistics
- Urdu
Day by day
The paper number is given where a level is sat in more than one paper.
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Applications of Mathematics | National 5 | 1 | 50 min |
| 09:00 | Gnìomhachas Matamataigs | National 5 | 1 | 1 h |
| 10:30 | Applications of Mathematics | National 5 | 2 | 1 h 40 min |
| 10:30 | Gnìomhachas Matamataigs | National 5 | 2 | 1 h 50 min |
| 13:00 | Applications of Mathematics | Higher | 2 h 5 min | |
| 13:00 | Gnìomhachas Matamataigs | Higher | 2 h 20 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Eòlas Creideimh, Moraltachd agus Feallsanachd | National 5 | 2 h 40 min | |
| 09:00 | Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies | Higher | 1 | 2 h 15 min |
| 09:00 | Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies | National 5 | 2 h 20 min | |
| 11:45 | Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies | Higher | 2 | 45 min |
| 13:00 | Administration and IT | Higher | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Administration and IT | National 5 | 2 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Gàidhlig | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 11:00 | Gàidhlig | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 40 min |
| 13:10 | Gàidhlig | Higher | 1 | 1 h 50 min |
| 13:30 | Gàidhlig | Advanced Higher | 3 | 30 min |
| 15:30 | Gàidhlig | Higher | 2 | 40 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Gàidhlig | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 40 min |
| 11:10 | Gàidhlig | National 5 | 2 | 25 min |
| 13:00 | Practical Cookery | National 5 | 1 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | German | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | German | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 11:00 | German | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 20 min |
| 11:30 | German | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Care | Higher | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Care | National 5 | 1 h 10 min | |
| 13:00 | German | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 13:00 | Physical Education | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 15:00 | German | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Physics | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Physics | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Physics | National 5 | 2 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Graphic Communication | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Graphic Communication | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Graphic Communication | National 5 | 2 h | |
| 13:00 | Drama | Higher | 2 h | |
| 13:00 | Drama | National 5 | 1 h 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Cruinn-eòlas | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Cruinn-eòlas | Higher | 1 | 2 h 10 min |
| 09:00 | Geography | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Geography | Higher | 1 | 1 h 50 min |
| 11:20 | Geography | Higher | 2 | 1 h 10 min |
| 11:40 | Cruinn-eòlas | Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 13:00 | Cruinn-eòlas | National 5 | 2 h 40 min | |
| 13:00 | Geography | National 5 | 2 h 20 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | English | Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 11:00 | English | Higher | 2 | 1 h 45 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | English | National 5 | 1 | 1 h |
| 10:30 | English | National 5 | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 13:00 | English | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 15:00 | English | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Music | National 5 | 45 min | |
| 10:15 | Music | Higher | 1 h | |
| 11:45 | Music | Advanced Higher | 1 h 15 min | |
| 11:45 | Music: Portfolio | Advanced Higher | 1 h 15 min | |
| 13:30 | Economics | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:30 | Economics | Higher | 2 h | |
| 13:30 | Economics | National 5 | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:30 | Photography | Higher | 1 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Biology | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Biology | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Human Biology | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Biology | National 5 | 2 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Business Management | Advanced Higher | 2 h 45 min | |
| 09:00 | Business Management | Higher | 2 h 15 min | |
| 09:00 | Business Management | National 5 | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Music Technology | National 5 | 1 h | |
| 14:30 | Music Technology | Higher | 1 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Matamataig | Higher | 1 | 1 h 15 min |
| 09:00 | Mathematics | Higher | 1 | 1 h 15 min |
| 10:45 | Matamataig | Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 10:45 | Mathematics | Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Matamataig | National 5 | 1 | 1 h |
| 09:00 | Mathematics | National 5 | 1 | 1 h |
| 10:30 | Matamataig | National 5 | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 10:30 | Mathematics | National 5 | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 12:30 | Matamataig | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h |
| 12:30 | Mathematics | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h |
| 14:00 | Matamataig | Advanced Higher | 2 | 2 h 30 min |
| 14:00 | Mathematics | Advanced Higher | 2 | 2 h 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Dance | Higher | 2 h | |
| 09:00 | Dance | National 5 | 1 h | |
| 09:00 | French | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | French | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 11:00 | French | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 20 min |
| 11:30 | French | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | French | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 15:00 | French | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Eachdraidh | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | Eachdraidh | Higher | 1 | 1 h 50 min |
| 09:00 | History | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | History | Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 11:00 | History | Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 11:20 | Eachdraidh | Higher | 2 | 1 h 50 min |
| 13:00 | Eachdraidh | National 5 | 2 h 40 min | |
| 13:00 | History | National 5 | 2 h 20 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | Higher | 1 | 1 h 10 min |
| 09:00 | Media | Higher | 1 | 1 h 45 min |
| 09:00 | Media | National 5 | 1 h 40 min | |
| 10:40 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | Higher | 2 | 1 h 40 min |
| 11:15 | Media | Higher | 2 | 1 h |
| 13:30 | Design and Manufacture | Advanced Higher | 2 h 15 min | |
| 13:30 | Design and Manufacture | Higher | 2 h 15 min | |
| 13:30 | Design and Manufacture | National 5 | 1 h 45 min | |
| 13:30 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | Higher | 3 | 45 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Chemistry | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Chemistry | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Chemistry | National 5 | 2 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 10 min |
| 09:00 | Politics | Higher | 1 | 1 h 45 min |
| 10:40 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | National 5 | 2 | 35 min |
| 11:15 | Politics | Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 11:45 | English for Speakers of Other Languages | National 5 | 3 | 1 h 10 min |
| 13:30 | Art and Design | Higher | 2 h | |
| 13:30 | Art and Design | National 5 | 1 h 20 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Environmental Science | Higher | 1 | 45 min |
| 09:00 | Environmental Science | National 5 | 2 h 15 min | |
| 09:00 | Spanish | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Spanish | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 10:15 | Environmental Science | Higher | 2 | 2 h |
| 11:00 | Spanish | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 20 min |
| 11:30 | Spanish | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Spanish | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 15:00 | Spanish | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Modern Studies | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | Modern Studies | Higher | 1 | 1 h 45 min |
| 09:00 | Nuadh-eòlas | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | Nuadh-eòlas | Higher | 1 | 2 h 5 min |
| 11:15 | Modern Studies | Higher | 2 | 1 h 15 min |
| 11:35 | Nuadh-eòlas | Higher | 2 | 1 h 35 min |
| 13:00 | Modern Studies | National 5 | 2 h 20 min | |
| 13:00 | Nuadh-eòlas | National 5 | 2 h 40 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Computing Science | Advanced Higher | 2 h | |
| 09:00 | Computing Science | Higher | 2 h | |
| 09:00 | Computing Science | National 5 | 1 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Gaelic (Learners) | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Gaelic (Learners) | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 09:00 | Gaelic (Learners) | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Latin | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 45 min |
| 09:00 | Latin | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 11:00 | Gaelic (Learners) | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 11:10 | Gaelic (Learners) | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 20 min |
| 11:30 | Gaelic (Learners) | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 11:30 | Latin | Higher | 2 | 1 h |
| 13:00 | Fashion and Textile Technology | Higher | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Fashion and Textile Technology | National 5 | 1 h | |
| 13:00 | Latin | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 30 min |
| 13:00 | Mathematics of Mechanics | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 13:00 | Psychology | Higher | 2 h | |
| 13:00 | Psychology | National 5 | 2 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Accounting | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Accounting | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 09:00 | Accounting | National 5 | 2 h | |
| 09:00 | Classical Studies | Advanced Higher | 3 h | |
| 09:00 | Classical Studies | Higher | 1 | 1 h 10 min |
| 09:00 | Classical Studies | National 5 | 2 h | |
| 10:40 | Classical Studies | Higher | 2 | 1 h 50 min |
| 13:00 | Childcare and Development | Higher | 1 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Engineering Science | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Engineering Science | Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Engineering Science | National 5 | 1 h 50 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Cantonese | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Cantonese | Higher | 1 | 2 h 40 min |
| 09:00 | Cantonese | National 5 | 1 | 2 h |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Simplified | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Simplified | Higher | 1 | 2 h 40 min |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Simplified | National 5 | 1 | 2 h |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Traditional | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Traditional | Higher | 1 | 2 h 40 min |
| 09:00 | Mandarin Traditional | National 5 | 1 | 2 h |
| 11:30 | Cantonese | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 11:30 | Mandarin Simplified | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 11:30 | Mandarin Traditional | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Cantonese | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 45 min |
| 13:00 | Cantonese | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Mandarin Simplified | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 45 min |
| 13:00 | Mandarin Simplified | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Mandarin Traditional | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 45 min |
| 13:00 | Mandarin Traditional | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:30 | Electronics | National 5 | 1 h |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Latin | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 20 min |
| 09:00 | Philosophy | Higher | 1 | 2 h 15 min |
| 09:00 | Philosophy | National 5 | 2 h 20 min | |
| 11:15 | Latin | National 5 | 2 | 1 h |
| 12:30 | Philosophy | Higher | 2 | 1 h 45 min |
| 13:00 | Health and Food Technology | Advanced Higher | 2 h 30 min | |
| 13:00 | Health and Food Technology | Higher | 2 h | |
| 13:00 | Health and Food Technology | National 5 | 1 h 50 min | |
| 13:00 | Urdu | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 13:00 | Urdu | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 15:00 | Urdu | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 15:30 | Urdu | Higher | 2 | 30 min |
| Start | Subject | Level | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Italian | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Italian | National 5 | 1 | 1 h 30 min |
| 09:00 | Sociology | Higher | 2 h 40 min | |
| 09:00 | Statistics | Advanced Higher | 1 | 1 h |
| 11:00 | Italian | National 5 | 2 | 30 min |
| 13:00 | Italian | Advanced Higher | 2 | 1 h 20 min |
| 13:00 | Italian | Higher | 1 | 2 h |
| 13:00 | Sociology | National 5 | 2 h | |
| 13:00 | Statistics | Advanced Higher | 2 | 2 h 45 min |
| 15:30 | Italian | Higher | 2 | 30 min |