International General Certificate of Secondary Education

The International General Certificate of Secondary Education, or IGCSE, is an international exam for school students, offered by Cambridge Assessment International Education. It is typically taken by 14 to 16-year-olds, and it makes students ready for more academic work, including moving to A-Level and AS-Level study. The IGCSE is recognised as the same quality as the UK GCSE.

IGCSE courses cover subjects from a variety of areas: Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Creative, Technical and Vocational.

Most subjects can be studied at two levels of ability, either an easier level or a harder level. This is so that the IGCSE is appropriate for students with different levels of ability. It is planned to be appropriate for students whose first language may not be English, and this is seen in all the tests for the IGCSE.

Subjects available
The following is a list of subjects for which IGCSEs are available:

 Accounting
 Afrikaans as a first language
 Afrikaans as a second language
 Agriculture
 Arabic as a first language
 Arabic as a second language
 Art
 Art and Design
 Bangladesh Studies
 Biology
 Business Studies
 Chemistry
 Child Development
 Chinese as a first language
 Chinese (Mandarin) as a second language
 Computer Studies
 Commerce
 Czech as a first language
 Drama
 Design & Technology
 Development Studies
 Dutch as a first language
 Dutch as a second language
 Economics
 English Language
 English Literature
 English as a second language (ESL)
 Environmental Management
 Food and Nutrition
 French as a first language
 French as a second language
 Geography
 German as a first language
 German as a second language
 Greek as a second language
 Hindi as a First Language
 History
 Human Anatomy
 Indonesian as a second language
 Information and Communication Technology
 Information Technology
 IsiZulu as a second language
 Japanese as a first language
 Japanese as a second language
 Korean as a first language
 Latin
 Malay as a second language
 Mathematics
 Mathematics – Additional
 Music
 ORACLE
 Pakistan Studies
 Physical Education
 Physical Science
 Physics
 Portuguese as a first language
 Portuguese as a second language
 Punjabi
 Religious Studies
 Russian as a first language
 Science – Combined
 Sciences – Co-ordinated (Double Award)
 Sociology
 Spanish as a first language
 Spanish as a second language
 Spanish Literature
 Thai as a first language
 Thai as a second language
 Travel and Tourism
 Turkish as a First language
 Urdu
 Sinhala

This list, along with more information, is also available on the Cambridge International website. 

 References 

Related pages
GCSE⁣ – GCSEs in the UK.
List of GCSE subjects.
Advanced levels (A-levels) - Exams taken after GCSEs in the UK.
Category:Qualifications