Advanced Placement Program
The AP Program offers college-level courses and exams you can take in high school. With qualifying AP Exam scores, students can earn credit and/or advanced placement or both.
College Board's Advanced Placement Program is recognized by universities around the world as a standard of academic excellence.
Launched in 1955, originally designed as a means for students in the U.S. to earn college credit and/or advanced placement for learning university-level material while in secondary school. Today, secondary students worldwide can complete university- level coursework in 40 subjects and demonstrate proficiency by taking standardized end-of-course AP Exams.
Nearly all colleges and universities in the United States and more than 4000 universities in 100 countries, (such as the U.K., Canada, Singapore, the Middle East, etc.), consider AP participation favorably for admission and have policies around AP credit and placement.
In This Section
Advanced Placement Exam
AP Exams are administered once every year during the first two weeks of May.
Students are strongly encouraged to register during the first window, between September and November (prior to the testing year), to ensure they have ample time to prepare.
For more information, visit the College Board's website: Click here
Find International Universities Recognizing AP and SAT: Click here
AP enable motivated students like you to:
- Stand out to Colleges
- An Edge in College
- Earn College Credit and Placement
- Keep Your Options Open
- Skip introductory university classes
- Save money on tuition
A Head Start in High School: Research consistently shows that AP students are better prepared for college than students who don’t take AP, regardless of their exam score. They’re more likely to enroll and stay in college, do well in their classes, and graduate in four years.
- Get a Taste of College
- Develop College Skills
- Discover your Passion
- Boost your GPA
Review the AP course descriptions for the subject(s) you want to test in. Each description explains which topics are covered in the AP course and what might be on the exam.
Authorized AP Test Center
Kodaikanal International School is authorized by the AP Program to administer the 2026 AP Exams. The exams are administered only in May each year and require advance registration.
Authorized AP test centers manage AP Exam registration in India. Students will follow registration and payment instructions provided by their preferred testing location. Because test centers operate independently, their exam offerings, deadlines, fees, exam cancellation and refund policies and procedures may vary.
2026 AP Exam Scheduler fund
The 2026 AP Exams will be administered in schools over two weeks in May: May 4–8 and May 11–15. Early testing or testing at times other than those published by College Board is not permitted under any circumstances. Late-testing dates are available if students cannot test during the first two weeks of May.
| Week 1 | 8:00 AM IST | 12:00 PM IST |
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Monday, May 4, 2026 |
Biology (Hybrid) | |
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026 |
Chemistry (Hybrid) Human Geography (Digital) |
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026 |
Comparative Government and Politics Physics 1: Algebra-Based (Hybrid) |
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Thursday, May 7, 2026 |
Physics 2: Algebra-Based (Hybrid) World History: Modern (Digital) |
Statistics (Hybrid) |
| Friday, May 8, 2026 | ||
| Art and Design: Friday, May 8, 2026 (8 p.m. ET), is the deadline for AP Art and Design students to submit their three portfolio components as final in the AP Digital Portfolio. |
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| Week 2 | 8:00 AM IST | 12:00 PM IST |
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Monday, May 11, 2026 |
Calculus AB (Hybrid) Calculus BC (Hybrid) |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026 |
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 |
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Thursday, May 14, 2026 |
Art History (Digital) | |
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Friday, May 15, 2026 |
Late Testing
If you’re unable to take your AP Exam on the scheduled date due to unforeseen circumstances, or if you have two exams that fall at the same time, our center provides the option of late testing. These exams are administered in line with the official late-testing dates and times published by AP.
Below are the late-testing subjects available at our center:
| Late Testing | 8:00 AM IST | 12:00 PM IST |
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Monday, May 18, 2026 |
Comparative Government and Politics World History: Modern |
Human Geography |
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026 |
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026 |
Statistics | Biology Chemistry |
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Thursday, May 21, 2026 |
Art History Calculus AB Calculus BC Physics 2: Algebra-Based |
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Friday, May 22, 2026 |
Physics 1: Algebra-Based |
2026 AP Exam Eligibility
Students in any of the categories below are eligible to take AP Exams at the secondary school where they're enrolled or at other AP-authorized schools or test centers:
- Students actively enrolled in secondary school.
- Secondary school-level students who are homeschooled, participate in independent study, or attend a virtual school.
- Actively enrolled students who may be prepared to take an AP Exam prior to the ninth grade. Recent secondary school graduates who need a specific AP Exam for university admission.
Testing Policies
- You can take any or all of the 4 physics exams in the same year.
- You cannot retake an exam in the same year, although you may retake it in a subsequent year.
- You cannot take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in the same year.
- You cannot take 2 exams scheduled at the same date and time. Decide which exam you wish to take first and then take the other exam during the next testing window.
ID Policies For Testing Centers In India
Please plan any ID processing and applications in advance. Ensure you have acceptable ID to bring to the test site on exam day or you will not be able to test.
- AP-authorized test centers in India will only accept original, valid passport as ID for entry to the AP Exam administration.
- The ID must bear a recent, recognizable photograph that clearly matches the student's appearance on test day and the photo submitted at registration.
- If original, valid passport is not available, then student must have the Aadhaar in either original Letter format or the PVC version with hologram only (both received from UIDAI). No other Aadhaar versions will be accepted.
- A sample of the letter version is shown on the left; it's the entire piece of paper and not just the card portion at the bottom. The PVC card sample is on the right.
- No Digital copies or paper copies of ID Proof will be accepted
Students must have a College Board account to register and take digital exams.
Link to My AP account: https://myap.collegeboard.org/login
(Create an account only if you do not already have one you use for SAT, PSAT, AP.)
Important: Each year, students face issues on exam day because they did not use their legal name on their College Board account and AP Profile. To avoid such problems, always create and update your College Board account using your legal first name (given name) and legal last name (family, surname) as it appears on the passport or ID you will bring to the test center.
AP Exams Calculator Policy : Get details on what types and brands of calculators you can and can’t use, which AP Exams you can use calculators on, and essential tips.
Digital AP Exam Policies
- The student must bring their OWN APPROVED TESTING DEVICE to the test center on exam day, or else will not be able to test. Device requirements - https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students/approved-devices
- To learn more about testing on Bluebook and their digital testing requirements, - click - https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students
- Download Bluebook on the approved testing device prior to exam day.
- Practice exams in Bluebook are available.
Additional Testing Policies:
- You can take any or all of the 4 physics exams in the same year.
- You cannot retake an exam in the same year, although you may retake it in a subsequent year.
- You cannot take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in the same year.
- You cannot take 2 exams scheduled at the same date and time. Decide which exam you wish to take first and then take the other exam during the next testing window.
Registration Instructions
Students must complete their AP Exam registration by using the preferred Test Center’s join code for each subject, following the steps outlined in the AP Exam registration instructions within the specified deadlines and paying the exam fee to the AP test center (Check registration Policy above for join codes). Please note that deadline extensions will not be granted.
Please find detailed information about our Test Center's AP Exam policy and Registration process, including the Exam Fee, at the Registration Policy tab.
Registration Timeline
| Registration Start Date: | September 15, 2025 |
| Registration End Date | November 1, 2025 |
| AP Exam Fee (INR) per subject - Regular Exam | Rs. 13500/- |
| AP Exam Fee (INR) per subject Late - Exam |
Rs. 17100/- |
Student Acknowledgements
- I acknowledge that in order to take AP Exams, I meet at least one of the eligibility categories below:
- Students who are actively enrolled in secondary school.
- Secondary school-level students who are homeschooled, participate in independent study, or attend a virtual school.
- Actively enrolled students who may be prepared to take an AP Exam prior to the ninth grade.
- Recent secondary school graduates who need a specific AP Exam for university admission.
- I acknowledge that I meet the student eligibility criteria and have a legitimate need for AP testing.
- I acknowledge that I will need to pay the test center directly AND register online with the College Board by the stated test center deadlines to complete my AP Exam registration and receive an Admission Ticket from the test center, or I will not be
- able to test.
- I acknowledge that I have read and agree to test center policies above, with respect to ID Policy, Payment deadline, payment instructions, refunds and cancellations, digital testing policies.
Registration Policy
ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS 2026 - REGISTRATION POLICY
Students must ensure that they have registered for all AP exams, paid the exam fee to the AP test center and completed the entire process mentioned in the AP exam registration policy by the deadlines listed. Please note that deadlines are final, and no extensions will be provided.
Test Center: Kodaikanal International School
Centre Address: Kodaikanal International School, PO Box 25, Seven Roads Junction, Kodaikanal-624101
AP Coordinator: Neha Arora
AP Coordinator's Email Address: kiscareers@kis.in
AP Coordinator's Contact Phone: (91) 4542 247 Ext.260
Contact Hours: 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Registration & Payment Deadline: November 1, 2025
Registration opens on 15th September, 2025
Deadline to pay and register is November 1, 2025 (12 pm IST)
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Registration Start Date |
Registration End Date |
| September 15, 2025 | November 1, 12 PM IST |
AP EXAM FEE
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TESTING WINDOW-1 (September 15, 2025 to November 1, 2025) |
EXAM FEES (INR) |
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Regular testing (May 5 - 9 and May 12 - 16, 2025) |
Rs. 13500 (per exam) |
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Late testing (May 19 - 23, 2025) |
Rs. 17100(per exam) |
REFUND POLICYRegistration Window 1: September 15, 2025- November 1, 2025
- AP Exam Fee of INR 11700 (in case of regular testing) and INR 14400(in case of Late testing) will be refunded before November 10, 2025, 1.00 pm IST
- No fee will be refunded for any no-show cases or refund applications received after 10th November, 2025, 1.00 pm IST
- Kindly note, that the refund amount will be disbursed only after the May 2026 AP exams conclude. (All transactions will be in INR only).
- Please send an email to AP coordinator at kiscareer@kis.in to get AP exam refund application form.
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONSComplete all steps below (register online and pay test center) by November 1, 2025 to reserve your seat. The Test Center will provide an AP Admission Ticket by April 2026 as confirmation that your seat is reserved.
AP Registration Policy 2026
Students must ensure that they have registered for all AP exams, paid the exam fee to their AP Test Center, and completed the full process outlined in the AP Exam Registration Policy by the listed deadlines. There will be no extensions to these deadlines.
TO START: Use a phone, tablet, or computer to complete registration online with the College Board – Instructions are as follows:
Here’s the link to Tutorial
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Step 3: JOIN CODES FOR TEST CENTERYou’ll need our center’s join codes to complete online registration. Following are the joining codes for our center.
Regular testing (May 4-8 and May 11-15, 2026) (SELECT THE APPROPRIATE CODE)
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Course Name |
Section Name |
Section Type |
Active Join Code |
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AP Art History |
Regular |
Exam Only |
EZYJMM |
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AP Biology |
Regular |
Exam Only |
QJY7RN |
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AP Calculus AB |
Regular |
Exam Only |
NE4N7A |
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AP Calculus BC |
Regular |
Exam Only |
39JM39 |
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AP Chemistry |
Regular |
Exam Only |
ZR9LDW |
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AP Comparative Government and Politics |
Regular |
Exam Only |
2A7LD9 |
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AP Human Geography |
Regular |
Exam Only |
QA6QZW |
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AP Physics 1 |
Regular |
Exam Only |
W3WQRZ |
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AP Physics 2 |
Regular |
Exam Only |
L2L7G2 |
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AP Statistics |
Regular |
Exam Only |
DAN3ME |
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AP World History: Modern |
Regular |
Exam Only |
L9MPQG |
Late testing (May 18-22, 2026) - (SELECT THE APPROPRIATE CODE)
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Course Name |
Section Name |
Section Type |
Active Join Code |
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AP Art History |
Late |
Exam Only |
D3E94L |
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AP Biology |
Late |
Exam Only |
J44A6L |
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AP Calculus AB |
Late |
Exam Only |
9NMLQE |
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AP Calculus BC |
Late |
Exam Only |
Q94ZN4 |
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AP Chemistry |
Late |
Exam Only |
N2LJ42 |
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AP Comparative Government and Politics |
Late |
Exam Only |
V7W4X6 |
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AP Human Geography |
Late |
Exam Only |
JAZ2Z2 |
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AP Microeconomics |
Regular |
Exam Only |
9LJEPM |
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AP Physics 1 |
Late |
Exam Only |
NNY7X2 |
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AP Physics 2 |
Late |
Exam Only |
447LRJ |
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AP Psychology |
Regular |
Exam Only |
J2N7DL |
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AP World History: Modern |
Regular |
Exam Only |
L9MPQ |
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Receive admission ticket from test center
The test center will provide you with an admission ticket after they have ordered your exams. Tickets will be provided before or by April 30, 2025. This ticket is a confirmation that your seat has been reserved. You will need this ticket on exam day, along with an original, Valid Passport & PVC Aadhar Card, or you will not be able to take the test.
BY PAYING THE TEST CENTER, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL AP EXAM TEST CENTER POLICIES:
I acknowledge that:
- I will be under 21 years (born after May 31, 2004) at the time of taking any AP Exams in May 2025.
- I am currently studying in school.
- I will need to pay the test center and register online with the College Board by the stated deadline to complete my AP Exam registration and receive an Admission Ticket from the test center, or I will not be able to appear for the test.
- I have read and agree to the test center policies above, with respect to the payment deadline, payment instructions, refunds, and cancellations.
- I will bring my Admission Ticket, an APPROVED TESTING DEVICE along with an original, VALID PASSPORT or PVC AADHAR CARD to the test center on exam day, or I will not be able to test. For further details on the valid ID proofs, please read: Taking Advanced Placement (AP) in India
Please note that:
- Photocopies of the ID will not be accepted
- Visa applications or ID renewals should be planned in advance
- You have a valid ID in hand on test day
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
You must pay the test center within 7 business days of completing your online registration, or by November 1, 2025 whichever comes first, and send your payment details to the test center coordinator so your payment can be matched with your registration.
Click here to record your payment details and inform the test center coordinator.
Below are the bank details for payments:
HDFC Bank Ltd
No. 50-22/21, Anna Salai, Kodaikanal - 624101, Tamil Nadu, India
RTGS (IFSC) Code: HDFC0002365
Beneficiary Bank Account No: 12778640000047
Beneficiary Name: Kodaikanal International School
UPI ID: kodaikanalinternatio.40519314@hdfcbank
BY PAYING THE TEST CENTER, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL AP EXAM TEST CENTER POLICIES.ELIGIBILTY
- Students in any of the categories below are eligible to take AP Exams at the secondary school where they're enrolled or at other AP-authorized schools or test centers:
- Students who are actively enrolled in secondary school.
- Secondary school-level students who are home-schooled, participate in independent study, or attend a virtual school.
- Actively enrolled students who may be prepared to take an AP Exam prior to the ninth grade.
- Recent secondary school graduates who need a specific AP Exam for university admission.
- I acknowledge that I meet the student eligibility criteria and have a legitimate need for AP testing.
- I acknowledge that I have read and agree to test center policies above, with respect to Id Policy, Payment deadline, payment instructions, refunds and cancellations.
- I acknowledge that I will need to pay the test center and register online with the College Board by the stated deadline to complete my AP Exam registration and receive an Admission Ticket from the test center, or I will not be able to test.
- Students in any of the categories below are eligible to take AP Exams at the secondary school where they're enrolled or at other AP-authorized schools or test centers:
- Important ID Policy Update: our test center will only accept original, valid passport as ID for entry to the AP Exam administration. Please plan any passport processing applications in advance. Ensure you have the original, valid passport to bring to the test site on exam day or you will not be able to test.
ADDITIONAL TEST POLICY
- You can take any or all of the 4 physics exams in the same year.
- You cannot retake an exam in the same year, although you may retake it in a subsequent year.
- You cannot take both Calculus AB and Calculus BC in the same year.
- You cannot take 2 exams scheduled at the same date and time. Decide which exam you wish to take first and then take the other exam during the next testing window.
IMPORTANT POLICY UPDATE
DIGITAL AP EXAM UPDATE
- The student should bring their OWN APPROVED TESTING DEVICE to the test center on exam day, or else will not be able to test. Device requirements - https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students/approved-devices
- To learn more about testing on Bluebook and their digital testing requirements, - click, https://bluebook.collegeboard.org/students
ID POLICY FOR TEST CENTERS IN INDIA:
Please plan any ID processing and applications in advance. Ensure you have acceptable ID to bring to the test site on exam day or you will not be able to test.
- AP-authorized test centers in India will only accept original, valid passport as ID for entry to the AP Exam administration.
- If original, valid passport is not available, then student must have the Aadhaar in either original Letter format or the PVC version with hologram only (both received from UIDAI). No other Aadhaar versions will be accepted.
- A sample of the letter version is shown on the left; it's the entire piece of paper and not just the card portion at the bottom. The PVC card sample is on the right.
No soft copies of ID proof will be accepted
RECEIVE ADMISSION TICKET FROM TEST CENTER INFORMATION
The test center will provide an admission ticket to you after they have ordered your exams. Ticket will be provided no later than 30th April 2026 this ticket is confirmation your seat has been reserved. You will need this ticket on exam day, along with an original, valid Passport or you will not be able to test.