AP Exam Schedule 2027: Dates, Digital Exams and What's Changing

Each subject’s day and session is in the schedule below, and the biggest format changes for 2027 land on calculus, precalculus, physics, statistics, the three history exams and the world languages. We make Aripsy, which writes AP practice questions from your class notes, and the course table further down comes from the AP course profiles it uses.

2027 AP exam schedule

Each exam day has two sessions. Session 1 is typically the morning and Session 2 the afternoon. In the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Washington, D.C., they start at 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. local time. The late-testing week is May 17 to 21, 2027, and your AP coordinator arranges any late exam.

Schools must order exams for full-year and fall courses by November 13, 2026, and for courses that start later by March 12, 2027, so ask your AP coordinator how and when to sign up. Hybrid exams are marked below, and to find one subject quickly, the course table further down lists 21 common exams from A to Z with their date, mode and sections.

Date	Morning (Session 1)	Afternoon (Session 2)
Monday, May 3	Human Geography. Physics C: Mechanics (hybrid)	Biology (hybrid). Italian Language and Culture
Tuesday, May 4	Business with Personal Finance. United States Government and Politics	European History. Microeconomics (hybrid)
Wednesday, May 5	Cybersecurity. English Literature and Composition	Physics 1: Algebra-Based (hybrid). Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (hybrid)
Thursday, May 6	French Language and Culture. Physics 2: Algebra-Based (hybrid). World History: Modern	African American Studies. Chemistry (hybrid)
Friday, May 7	German Language and Culture. United States History	Macroeconomics (hybrid). Networking (2026-27 pilot schools only)
Monday, May 10	Calculus AB (hybrid). Calculus BC (hybrid)	Music Theory (hybrid). Seminar
Tuesday, May 11	Japanese Language and Culture. Precalculus (hybrid)	Statistics
Wednesday, May 12	English Language and Composition	Art History. Computer Science A
Thursday, May 13	Spanish Language and Culture	Chinese Language and Culture. Environmental Science
Friday, May 14	Comparative Government and Politics. Computer Science Principles. Spanish Literature and Culture	Latin. Psychology

Some subjects also have work due in the AP Digital Portfolio, each by 11:59 p.m. ET.

Deadline	What is due
April 30, 2027	AP Computer Science Principles Create performance task. AP Seminar and AP Research performance tasks. The Personalized Project Reference for the six world language and culture courses (new for 2027).
May 7, 2027	AP Art and Design portfolios (2-D, 3-D and Drawing)

What’s new for 2027

• New for 2027, the world language exams and AP Statistics move fully into Bluebook, AP Music Theory becomes hybrid, and AP Business with Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity hold their first exams.
• Calculus AB and BC, Precalculus and all four physics exams have new question counts or timings. The US, European and World History exams drop the choice of short-answer question and of long-essay prompt.
• Released exams from before 2027 still help with content, but time yourself to the 2027 sections.

Which AP exams are digital, hybrid or portfolio-only in 2027

College Board says all AP Exams are digital from 2027, in one of three modes.

Mode	How you answer	Exams
Fully digital	Multiple choice and free response in Bluebook, submitted automatically at the end	Every exam not listed in the two rows below (26 in total), including English Language, English Literature, Psychology, the three history exams, Statistics and all the world language exams
Hybrid	Multiple choice in Bluebook. You read the free-response questions in Bluebook (in Music Theory, in the booklet) and handwrite your answers in a paper booklet.	Biology, Chemistry, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Precalculus, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics 2, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Portfolio only	No exam in Bluebook. Your work goes through the AP Digital Portfolio.	2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Drawing, Research

College Board mentions paper only for “accommodated paper AP Exams”, for students with approved testing accommodations. Your AP coordinator confirms how you test.

What changes for May 2027

What changes	Exams	Details
Fully digital for the first time	Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish Language and Culture. Spanish Literature and Culture.	You hear the audio in Bluebook through a wired headset. In the six language and culture exams you also record spoken answers through its microphone, and free response now comes before multiple choice. Spanish Literature keeps multiple choice first.
New course project	The six language and culture courses	Two speaking questions on exam day, the Project Presentation and Project Q&A, are based on a project you complete beforehand. The project packet comes out in January, and your Personalized Project Reference is due April 30.
Fully digital and revised	Statistics	The whole exam is in Bluebook, with no free-response booklet. 42 multiple-choice questions and four free-response questions, each section 90 minutes. The old exam had six free-response questions.
Moves to hybrid	Music Theory	Multiple choice and listening in Bluebook. The free-response questions and sight-singing melodies come in a paper booklet, and you record your singing in Bluebook.
First exams	Business with Personal Finance, Cybersecurity	Both are new courses with fully digital exams, on May 4 and May 5.
Shorter multiple choice	Calculus AB and BC	42 multiple-choice questions in 100 minutes, down from 45 in 105. College Board says course content has not changed.
New timings	Precalculus	42 multiple-choice questions in 105 minutes (was 40 in 120) and free response in 70 minutes (was 60). Free-response questions 1 and 2 are revised.
New timings	Physics 1, Physics 2 and both Physics C exams	42 multiple-choice questions in 85 minutes (was 40 in 80) and four free-response questions in 95 minutes (was 100).
No choice of prompts	US, European and World History	All three short-answer questions are required, and there is a single long-essay prompt. The document-based question (DBQ) covers a wider span of history. Multiple choice is unchanged.
Later deadline time	Art and Design	Portfolios are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on May 7 instead of 8 p.m. ET.

2027 sections, timing and what to practice for 21 AP exams

These 21 common exams come from Aripsy’s source-checked profiles for more than 30 AP courses, built from College Board’s own pages. “New” marks a 2027 change.

Exam	Date	Mode	2027 sections	What to practice
Biology	Mon, May 3, afternoon	Hybrid	60 multiple choice in 90 min. 6 free response in 90 min.	Reading and graphing experimental data by hand
Calculus AB and BC	Mon, May 10, morning	Hybrid	42 multiple choice in 100 min (new). 6 free response in 90 min.	Section I at the new length, with and without a calculator
Chemistry	Thu, May 6, afternoon	Hybrid	60 multiple choice in 90 min. 7 free response in 105 min.	Calculations with units, written out on paper
Computer Science A	Wed, May 12, afternoon	Fully digital	42 multiple choice in 90 min. 4 free response in 90 min.	Writing Java methods and code for ArrayLists and 2D arrays
Computer Science Principles	Fri, May 14, morning	Fully digital, plus your Create task	70 multiple choice in 120 min. 2 written responses in 60 min about your own Create task.	Explaining what your own program does and why
English Language and Composition	Wed, May 12, morning	Fully digital	45 multiple choice in 60 min. 3 essays in 135 min, including a 15 min reading period.	Typed synthesis, rhetorical analysis and argument essays
English Literature and Composition	Wed, May 5, morning	Fully digital	55 multiple choice in 60 min. 3 essays in 120 min.	Poetry and prose analysis in about 40 minutes each, typed
Environmental Science	Thu, May 13, afternoon	Fully digital	80 multiple choice in 90 min. 3 free response in 70 min.	Designing an investigation and calculations with units
Human Geography	Mon, May 3, morning	Fully digital	60 multiple choice in 60 min. 3 free response in 75 min.	Questions built on maps, data and images
Macroeconomics and Microeconomics	Macro Fri, May 7, afternoon. Micro Tue, May 4, afternoon.	Hybrid	60 multiple choice in 70 min. 3 free response in 60 min, including a 10 min reading period.	Labeled graphs drawn by hand
Physics 1	Wed, May 5, afternoon	Hybrid	42 multiple choice in 85 min (new). 4 free response in 95 min (new).	Experimental design and moving between graphs, diagrams and equations
Precalculus	Tue, May 11, morning	Hybrid	42 multiple choice in 105 min (new). 4 free response in 70 min (new).	Modeling questions with and without a graphing calculator
Psychology	Fri, May 14, afternoon	Fully digital	75 multiple choice in 90 min. 2 free response in 70 min.	Reading a study summary for its method, variables and ethics
Spanish Language and Culture	Thu, May 13, morning	Fully digital (new)	Free response first, about 65 to 70 min (project presentation, project Q&A, argumentative essay). 55 multiple choice in 80 min.	Speaking about your project into a headset, and typing accented characters
Statistics	Tue, May 11, afternoon	Fully digital (new)	42 multiple choice in 90 min. 4 free response in 90 min (new).	Typing statistical notation and full inference answers
US Government and Politics	Tue, May 4, morning	Fully digital	55 multiple choice in 80 min. 4 free response in 100 min.	Supreme Court case comparisons and the argument essay
US, European and World History	US Fri, May 7, morning. European Tue, May 4, afternoon. World Thu, May 6, morning.	Fully digital	55 multiple choice in 55 min. 3 short answers in 40 min, all required (new). A DBQ and one long essay in 100 min, with no choice of prompt (new).	All three short answers, and a long essay on whatever prompt you get

Aripsy turns a unit of your class notes into practice questions with mark schemes, marks your short answers against them, and shapes the questions to your AP course when you choose AP as your exam board. Its marks are estimates, not AP scores, and it doesn’t reproduce Bluebook.

How to practice for the 2027 format

For the exam format itself, start with College Board’s own practice. Sign in to the Bluebook app with your College Board account and open the test previews, so the app is familiar before May.

• For hybrid exams, look at the sample free-response booklet on College Board’s hybrid exams page and practice writing answers by hand in that layout.
• For Statistics, practice typing statistical notation with College Board’s digital response guidelines, because your free-response answers are now typed.
• For a language and culture exam, practice with a wired headset and microphone, and learn one way to type accented characters (Bluebook lets you long-press a key or use a special-character button). Chinese and Japanese need an input method editor installed on the testing device.
• Past free-response questions still teach the content, but older papers use the pre-2027 timing. Time Calculus, Precalculus and Physics sections to the new lengths, and answer all three history short-answer questions.

To decide which units deserve that practice, our guide to building an AP study plan around your weakest units shows how to rank gaps from progress checks and released questions. If you want the weeks laid out, the free revision timetable generator builds a plan that counts down to the dates above.

FAQ

When are AP exams in 2027?

The 2027 AP Exams run May 3 to 7 and May 10 to 14, 2027, with late testing May 17 to 21. The schedule above gives each subject’s day and session.

Are all AP exams digital in 2027?

Yes. College Board says all AP Exams are digital from 2027. 26 are fully digital in Bluebook, 12 are hybrid with handwritten free-response answers, and four subjects are portfolio-only.

Which AP exams are hybrid in 2027?

Biology, Chemistry, Calculus AB and BC, Precalculus, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Music Theory, Physics 1, Physics 2 and both Physics C exams (Mechanics, and Electricity and Magnetism). Music Theory is new to the list, and Statistics has left it.

Can I still choose questions on the AP history exams?

Not between prompts. From 2027, AP US, European and World History students answer all three short-answer questions and a single long-essay prompt. College Board moved the choice inside each question, such as which developments you write about.

When is the deadline to sign up for 2027 AP exams?

Schools must order exams for full-year and fall courses by November 13, 2026 (11:59 p.m. ET), and for courses that start later by March 12, 2027. You sign up through your school, so ask your AP coordinator for its own date.

Are old AP exams still good practice for 2027?

Yes for content and skills. Papers from before 2027 use the older multiple-choice counts in Calculus, Precalculus and Physics and the older question choices in history, so time yourself to the 2027 sections.

Sources

• College Board, 2027 AP Exam Dates, checked 5 November 2026
• College Board, Important Updates for AP Coordinators (late testing, start times, ordering deadlines, world languages, Music Theory, Statistics, Art and Design), checked 5 November 2026
• College Board, How AP Exams Are Administered by Course, checked 5 November 2026
• College Board, Administering the AP World Language and Culture Exams, checked 5 November 2026
• College Board, AP Course and Exam Changes, checked 5 November 2026
• College Board exam pages for AP Statistics and AP Precalculus, checked 5 November 2026
• College Board exam pages for AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics 1, AP Psychology and AP US History, and the AP history exam updates, checked 1 November 2026
• Aripsy’s AP course profiles for the other exams in the table, built from College Board’s course and exam descriptions and exam pages and checked between 16 and 29 October 2026