Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 - Version 2 - Syllabus for exams in 2023-2025

Oct 23, 2026

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 syllabus Version 2 specifies the programme for exams in 2023, 2024 and 2025, available in June and November worldwide and in March only in India. It outlines Cambridge International’s aims for international education, including learner progression and transferable scientific skills. The syllabus provides a structured overview of aims, content, assessment objectives, and detailed assessment components such as core, extended, and practical assessment, plus requirements for measurement language, apparatus, safety, symbols, units, mathematical requirements, and data presentation conventions.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages61

Reading Time2 h 34 min

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Contents

1 Why choose this syllabus?

2 Syllabus overview

3 Subject content

4 Details of the assessment

5 What else you need to know

Syllabus Cambridge IGCSE™ Physics 0625 Use this syllabus for exams in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Exams are available in the June and November series. Exams are also available in the March series in India only. Version 2 Why choose Cambridge International? Cambridge International prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of the University of Cambridge. Our Cambridge Pathway gives students a clear path for educational success from age 5 to 19. Schools can shape the curriculum around how they want students to learn – with a wide range of subjects and flexible ways to offer them. It helps students discover new abilities and a wider world, and gives them the skills they need for life, so they can achieve at school, university and work. Our programmes and qualifications set the global standard for international education. They are created by subject experts, rooted in academic rigour and reflect the latest educational research. They provide a strong platform for learners to progress from one stage to the next, and are well supported by teaching and learning resources. Our mission is to provide educational benefit through provision of international programmes and qualifications for school education and to be the world leader in this field. Together with schools, we develop Cambridge learners who are confident, responsible, reflective, innovative and engaged – equipped for success in the modern world. Every year, nearly a million Cambridge students from 10 000 schools in 160 countries prepare for their future with the Cambridge Pathway. ‘We think the Cambridge curriculum is superb preparation for university.’Christoph Guttentag, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Duke University, USA Quality management Cambridge International is committed to providing exceptional quality. In line with this commitment, our quality management system for the provision of international qualifications and education programmes for students aged 5 to 19 is independently certified as meeting the internationally recognised standard, ISO 9001:2015. Learn more [at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001](at www.cambridgeinternational.org/ISO9001) Copyright © UCLES July 2022 Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge. UCLES 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. Contents 1 Why choose this syllabus? .................................................................................................... 2 2 Syllabus overview .................................................................................................................... 5 Aims 5 Content overview 6 Assessment overview 7 Assessment objectives 8 3 Subject content ...................................................................................................................... 10 4 Details of the assessment .................................................................................................. 40 Core assessment 40 Extended assessment 40 Practical assessment 41 Language of measurement 43 Apparatus 44 Safety in the laboratory 46 Electrical symbols 47 Symbols and units for physical quantities 48 Mathematical requirements 50 Presentation of data 51 Conventions (e.g. signs, symbols, terminology and nomenclature) 52 Command words 53 5 What else you need to know ............................................................................................. 54 Before you start 54 Making e

FAQs

Which exam series and years does this Physics 0625 syllabus cover?

It is for exams in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Exams are available in the June and November series, and March series is available in India only.

What is included in the syllabus overview for assessment?

It includes the aims, content overview, assessment overview, and assessment objectives, followed by detailed assessment information.

What assessment types are described in the details of the assessment section?

The syllabus details core assessment, extended assessment, and practical assessment, along with requirements related to measurement language, apparatus, and safety in the laboratory.

Oct 23, 2026

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