SPM 2026 Timetable: Every Paper, Date and Time

SPM 2026 opens with the Bahasa Melayu speaking test on Monday, 26 October 2026 and closes at 5:00 pm on Thursday, 17 December 2026, when Additional Mathematics Paper 2 ends. In between come the English speaking test, three days of science practicals and sixteen days of written papers, starting on Monday, 23 November.

Every date and time below comes from Lembaga Peperiksaan's official timetable, the Jadual Waktu Peperiksaan SPM 2026. ^[?] Schools hand it to their candidates, private candidates get it through their state education department (JPN), and Lembaga Peperiksaan publishes it on its portal at lp.moe.gov.my. If your school's copy ever differs from this page, follow the school's copy.

Your SPM 2026 timetable

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SPM 2026 from 26 October to 17 December

Speaking tests from 26 to 29 October and 2 to 5 November, science practicals from 16 to 18 November, written papers on sixteen days from 23 November to 17 December.

Speaking tests from 26 to 29 October and 2 to 5 November, science practicals from 16 to 18 November, written papers on sixteen days from 23 November to 17 December.

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Written papers, day by day

Each table gives the time of the paper, the paper itself and its length. The time under each slot is when the timetable asks candidates to be present (Calon Hadir), 30 minutes before the paper starts. The rules also require you to be in your seat 20 minutes before the start, and the Chief Invigilator reads the exam instructions 10 minutes before it.

Speaking test sessions (Ujian Bertutur)

Both speaking tests run in three sessions a day. Your school tells you the day and session. Arrive 10 minutes early to report in and have your attendance confirmed.

Bahasa Melayu Paper 3 (1103/3), 26 to 29 October

Candidates go to the quarantine room after the group test. Session 1 candidates stay there until 11:00 am; Session 2 and Session 3 candidates may leave once their turn is over.

English Paper 3 (1119/3), 2 to 5 November

Each English session is a two-hour block in which candidates are tested in turn. As with Bahasa Melayu, Session 1 candidates wait in quarantine until 11:00 am, and later sessions may leave after their turn.

Science practical sessions (Ujian Amali Sains)

The Physics, Chemistry and Biology practicals share one set of session times on three days in a row: 16, 17 and 18 November. Each test lasts 40 minutes after a five-minute apparatus check. Additional Science, also on 18 November, runs 90-minute sessions.

Physics (4531/3), Chemistry (4541/3) and Biology (4551/3)

Additional Science (4561/3), 18 November

Candidates in the earlier sessions wait in the quarantine room until the time shown. Candidates in the last session leave when they finish.

What the timetable means for a science-stream student

Take a typical pure-science candidate who sits Bahasa Melayu, English, Pendidikan Islam or Pendidikan Moral, Sejarah, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Additional Mathematics. Their written papers fall like this.

Biology and Physics come on consecutive days, 2 and 3 December. The evening of 2 December is too short to revise Physics from scratch, so plan to have Physics revised by the weekend of 28 and 29 November.

After Physics on 3 December, a pure-science candidate has eleven days without a single paper before Chemistry on 15 December. That is the last long revision block of the exam, and it is where Chemistry and Additional Mathematics get their final push.

Additional Mathematics is the last paper of all, on 17 December. Paper 1 runs from 8:15 to 10:15 am and Paper 2 from 2:30 to 5:00 pm, which leaves more than four hours between them. Plan that break too.

Commerce students face heavier single days. Perniagaan Papers 1 and 2 are on Wednesday, 2 December, and private candidates also sit Paper 4 that afternoon. Prinsip Perakaunan follows the same pattern on Monday, 14 December, with Paper 4 from 2:30 to 5:00 pm for private candidates. Ekonomi is on Monday, 7 December.

Candidates taking a literature paper and Geografi have a long Wednesday on 16 December: literature from 8:15 to 10:45 am, Geografi Paper 1 from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm and Geografi Paper 2 from 2:30 to 5:00 pm.

Details that are easy to miss

• Visual Arts candidates (2611/2, drawing test) collect their question paper from the Chief Invigilator on Tuesday, 24 November, a week before the paper on 1 December. Bring it on the day with no sketches, scribbles or notes on it.
• Every other SPM 2026 paper is handled as a closed paper, and candidates may not take a closed paper out of the hall. Do not plan on bringing question papers home.
• Calculators are allowed for the papers where they apply.
• No paper falls on a Friday, and Friday, 11 December is marked in the timetable as a holiday for the Sultan of Selangor's birthday.
• Missing any component of a subject, the speaking test or the practical included, counts as absent for the whole subject unless you hand in supporting documents.

Frequently asked questions

When does SPM 2026 start?

The first part is the Bahasa Melayu speaking test, from Monday 26 October to Thursday 29 October 2026. The written papers start on Monday, 23 November 2026 with Bahasa Melayu Paper 4, the listening test, at 9:00 am.

When does SPM 2026 end?

The last paper is Additional Mathematics Paper 2, from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm on Thursday, 17 December 2026.

When are the SPM 2026 speaking tests?

The Bahasa Melayu speaking test (1103/3) runs from 26 to 29 October 2026 and the English speaking test (1119/3) from 2 to 5 November 2026. Each runs in three sessions a day, and schools assign every candidate a day and a session.

When are the SPM 2026 science practicals?

Physics (4531/3) is on 16 November, Chemistry (4541/3) on 17 November, and Biology (4551/3) and Additional Science (4561/3) on 18 November 2026.

When is the SPM 2026 Add Maths paper?

Additional Mathematics Paper 1 (3472/1) runs from 8:15 am to 10:15 am and Paper 2 (3472/2) from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm, both on Thursday, 17 December 2026.

Are there SPM papers on Fridays?

No. Every written paper falls on a Monday to Thursday. Friday, 11 December 2026 is also marked in the timetable as a holiday for the Sultan of Selangor's birthday.

Where can I get the official SPM 2026 timetable?

From your school, from your state education department (JPN) if you are a private candidate, or from Lembaga Peperiksaan's portal at lp.moe.gov.my.

What time should I arrive for an SPM paper?

The timetable lists a time to be present 30 minutes before each paper, for example 7:45 am for papers that start at 8:15 am. You must be in your seat at least 20 minutes before the paper begins.

If Lembaga Peperiksaan revises the timetable, its notice to schools takes precedence over this page.