Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design 0400 - Version 4 - Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design for 2026

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Guidance for teachers and exams officers on administering Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design 0400 and preparing candidates’ work for upload to Submit for Assessment for the 2026 exams. Covers exam series availability (June, November, and March in India), version and copyright notes, requirements for not sending hard copies, and planning internal deadlines. Provides submission dates by component, recommendations for separating component themes, accepted file formats and limits, and preparation methods using A2 sheets or digital PowerPoint-style slides exported to PDF.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time40 min

AccessFree to download

Guidance on administration and online submission

Exam series and key instructions

When to upload files via Submit for Assessment

Preparation of candidates’ work for submission

Submission approaches (Approach 1 and 2)

Accepted files: types, limits, and platform compatibility

Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design ™ Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design 0400 Use this guidance for exams in 2026. Exams are available in the June and November series. Exams are also available in the March series in India. Version 4 © Cambridge University Press & Assessment September 2024 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is a department of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press & Assessment retains the copyright on all its publications. Registered centres are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use. However, we cannot give permission to centres to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within a centre. Cambridge IGCSE Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design 0400 for 2026. This syllabus is not available to private candidates. These instructions are for teachers and exams officers responsible for Art & Design. This document provides guidance on the preparation and submission of work via Submit for Assessment. This document should be read in conjunction with the syllabus and information published on the [samples database:](samples database: www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples)[ www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples](samples database: www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples) You must not send hard copies of candidates’ work to Cambridge. Instead, you will photograph, scan or organise candidates’ work in a digital format for exams officers to upload to Submit for Assessment. You are not required to mark your candidates’ work. Both components are externally assessed. When should files be uploaded via Submit for Assessment? Your exams officer must upload your candidates’ work via Submit for Assessment according to the submission deadlines below. You should set internal deadlines in order to prepare your candidates’ work for photographing, scanning or digital presentation to meet these deadlines. | Component | March submission deadline | June submission deadline | November submission deadline | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 27 February | 30 April | 31 October | | 2 | Test to be taken between
1 November 2025–
27 February 2026.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 March. | Test to be taken between 1 January 2026–
30 April 2026.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 May. | Test to be taken between
1 July 2026–
31 October 2026.
Work should be submitted as soon as possible after the test and no later than 5 November. | We recommend that work for Component 1: Coursework is completed before candidates start working on Component 2: Externally Set Assignment. Candidates must produce different work for each component. They should avoid producing work for Component 2 that overlaps with the same theme they have used Component 1. [www.cambridgeinternational.org/igcse](www.cambridgeinternational.org/igcse) 3 Cambridge IGCSE Guidance on the Administration and Online Submission of Art & Design 0400 for 2026. Preparation of candidates’ work for submission via Submit for Assessment Work can be prepared for submission in one of the following ways: 1 Candidates can continue to work on A2 sheets as outlined in the syllabus document. Please refer to the syllabus document for information on the maximum number of A2 sheets to be submitted. After work is prepared on A2 sheets, it should be photographed or scanned at the end of the course (Component 1: Coursework) or after the timed test (Component 2: Externally Set Assignment) . See Submission Approach 1 for further details. 2 Candidates organise work into a digital format by inserting files, images, photographs or scans of work and text into PowerPoint slides or similar. This can be done throu

FAQs

Who is this guidance intended for?

It is for teachers and exams officers responsible for Art & Design, supporting preparation and submission of work via Submit for Assessment.

What are the 2026 upload deadlines for Component 1 and Component 2?

The deadlines differ by exam series (March, June, November) and specify dates for each component, including testing windows and the latest submission dates after the test.

What file formats and limits are accepted for online submission?

Submissions must be saved/exported as PDF files, with document limits on size and screen pages, and MP4 video limits where relevant; video must not be embedded in the single PDF unless uploaded separately.

Oct 23, 2026

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