IGCSE Syllabus

Cambridge IGCSEs are international in outlook, but retain a local relevance. The syllabuses provide opportunities for contextualised learning and the content has been created to suit a wide variety of schools, avoid cultural bias and develop essential lifelong skills, including creative thinking and problem-solving. Our aim is to balance knowledge, understanding and skills in our programmes and qualifications to enable students to become effective learners and to provide a solid foundation for their continuing educational journey.

Through our professional development courses and our support materials for Cambridge IGCSEs, we provide the tools to enable teachers to prepare learners to the best of their ability and work with us in the pursuit of excellence in education. Cambridge IGCSEs are considered to be an excellent preparation for Cambridge International AS & A Levels,
the Cambridge AICE (Advanced International Certificate of Education) Diploma, Cambridge Pre-U, and other education programmes, such as the US Advanced Placement program and the International Baccalaureate
Diploma programme. Guided learning hours Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses are designed on the assumption that learners have about 130 guided learning hours per subject over the duration of the course. As this is a double award, the guided learning hours are about 260 hours, but this is for guidance only. The number of hours required to gain the qualification may
vary according to local curricular practice and the learners’ prior experience of the subject.

IGCSE Subjects

  • Accounting – 0452
  • Accounting (9-1) – 0985
  • Afrikaans – Second Language – 0548
  • Agriculture – 0600
  • Arabic – First Language – 0508
  • Arabic – First Language (9-1) – 7184 New
  • Arabic – First Language (9-1) – 7184
  • Arabic – Foreign Language – 0544
  • Art & Design – 0400
  • Art & Design (9-1) 0989
  • Bahasa Indonesia – 0538
  • Biology – 0610
  • Biology (9-1) – 0970
  • Business Studies – 0450
  • Business Studies (9-1) – 0986
  • Chemistry – 0620
  • Chemistry (9-1) – 0971
  • Chinese – First Language – 0509
  • Chinese – Second Language – 0523
  • Chinese (Mandarin) – Foreign Language (0547)
  • Computer Science – 0478
  • Computer Science (9-1) – 0984
  • Design & Technology – 0445
  • Design & Technology (9-1) – 0979
  • Development Studies – 0453
  • Drama – 0411
  • Drama (9-1) – 0994
  • Dutch – Foreign Language – 0515
  • Economics – 0455
  • Economics (9-1) – 0987
  • English – First Language – 0500
  • English – First Language (9-1) – 0990
  • English – First Language (US) – 0524
  • English – Literature (US) – 0427
  • English – Literature in English – 0475
  • English – Literature in English (9-1) – 0992
  • English – Second Language (9-1) – 0991 New
  • English (as an Additional Language) – 0472 New
  • English as a Second Language (Count-in speaking) – 0511
  • English as a Second Language (Count-in Speaking) (9-1) – 0991
  • English as a Second Language (Speaking endorsement) – 0510
  • English Second Language (Speaking Endorsement) (9-1) – 0993
  • Enterprise – 0454
  • Environmental Management – 0680
  • Food & Nutrition – 0648
  • French – First Language – 0501
  • French – Foreign Language – 0520
  • French (9-1) – 7156
  • Geography – 0460
  • Geography (9-1) – 0976
  • German – First Language – 0505
  • German – Foreign Language – 0525
  • German (9-1) – 7159
  • Global Perspectives – 0457
  • Greek – Foreign Language – 0543
  • Hindi as a Second Language – 0549
  • History – 0470
  • History – American (US) – 0409
  • History (9-1) – 0977
  • Indonesian – Foreign Language – 0545
  • Information & Communication Technology – 0417
  • Information & Communication Technology (9-1) – 0983 New
  • IsiZulu as a Second Language – 0531
  • Islamiyat – 0493
  • Italian – Foreign Language – 0535
  • Italian (9-1) – 7164
  • Japanese – Foreign Language – 0519
  • Korean (First Language) – 0521
  • Latin – 0480
  • Malay – First Language – 0696 New
  • Malay – Foreign Language – 0546
  • Marine Science (Maldives only) – 0697 New
  • Mathematics – 0580
  • Mathematics – Additional – 0606
  • Mathematics – Additional (US) – 0459
  • Mathematics – International – 0607
  • Mathematics (9-1) – 0980
  • Mathematics (US) – 0444
  • Music – 0410
  • Music (9-1) – 0978
  • Pakistan Studies – 0448
  • Physical Education – 0413
  • Physical Education (9-1) – 0995 New
  • Physical Science – 0652
  • Physics – 0625
  • Physics (9-1) – 0972
  • Portuguese – First Language – 0504
  • Portuguese – Foreign Language – 0540
  • Religious Studies – 0490
  • Russian – First Language – 0516
  • Sanskrit – 0499
  • Science – Combined – 0653
  • Sciences – Co-ordinated (9-1) – 0973
  • Sciences – Co-ordinated (Double) – 0654
  • Sociology – 0495
  • Spanish – First Language – 0502
  • Spanish – Foreign Language – 0530
  • Spanish – Literature – 0488
  • Spanish (9-1) – 7160
  • Swahili – 0262 New
  • Thai – First Language – 0518
  • Travel & Tourism – 0471
  • Turkish – First Language – 0513
  • Urdu as a Second Language – 0539
  • World Literature – 0408

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