List of Cambridge International Examinations Ordinary Level subjects

The following is a list of GCE Ordinary Level subjects offered by Cambridge International Examinations (CAIE).You can choose from more than 40 subjects in any combination.[1]

Cambridge O Levels, Cambridge IGCSE and/or Cambridge International Level 1 or Level 2 Certificates may be taken in the same examination session but certain combinations of subjects are not allowed as described below.

Cambridge O Levels are only available for centres in administrative zones 3, 4 & 5.[2]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Syllabus Code Syllabus Title Availability Notes Further Details
May & June October & November Private candidates
CIE 1115 English Language (Caribbean) — Yes — Caribbean area only, candidates in the Caribbean area taking O Level English Language had to enter for this syllabus; last exam in 2010 —
CIE 1119 English Language (Malaysia) — Yes — Malaysia only —
CIE 1120 English Language (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only, candidates in Brunei taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus —
CIE 1123 English Language Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0500, 0510 & 0511 (IGCSE), 0522 (Level 1/2 Certificate), 1115, 1119, 1120, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127 & 1128 (O Level) link
CIE 1124 English Language (Seychelles) — Yes — Seychelles only, candidates in Seychelles taking O Level English Language had to enter for this syllabus; last exam in 2008 —
CIE 1125 English Language (Mauritius) No Yes — Mauritius only, candidates in Mauritius taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus or syllabus 1126 —
CIE 1126 English Language (Syllabus B) (Mauritius) No Yes — Mauritius only, candidates in Mauritius taking O Level English Language must enter for this syllabus or syllabus 1125 —
CIE 1127 English Language (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only, last exam in 2014
CIE 1128 English Language (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only, available from 2013
CIE 1135 Arabic as a Third Language (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 1136 Bahasa Indonesia as a Third Language (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 1201 Bahasa Melayu (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2010 Literature in English Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0408 & 0486 (IGCSE) & 0476 (Level 1/2 Certificate) link
CIE 2014 Literature in English (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2023 Malay Literature (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2047 Islamic Religious Knowledge (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2035 ( old code 2048[3]) [(Biblical Studies) Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0490 (IGCSE) & 2049 (O Level) link
CIE 2049 Religious Studies (Bible Knowledge) (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 2055 Hinduism No Yes Yes link
CIE 2056 Islamic Religion and Culture No Yes Yes Cannot be combined with 0493 (IGCSE) & 2058 (O Level) link
CIE 2058 Islamiyat Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with 0493 (IGCSE) & 2056 (O Level) link
CIE 2059 Pakistan Studies Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0448 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2065 Literature in English (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2101 Ulum al-Quran (Brunei) No Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2102 Hafaz al-Quran (Brunei) No Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2103 Tafsir al-Quran (Asas) (Brunei) No Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2134 History (Modern World Affairs) Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 2162 & 2173 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 2158 link
CIE 2138 History (World Affairs 1917 - 1991) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2013 syllabus
CIE 2158 History (World Affairs 1917 - 1991) Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0470 (IGCSE), 2160, 2162 & 2173 (O Level); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabus 2134 from 2015 link
CIE 2160 History (Central and Southern Africa) No Yes — Central and Southern Africa only —
CIE 2162 History (Mauritius) No Yes — Mauritius only —
CIE 2171 History (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2173 History (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2174 History (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2192 Combined Humanities (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2015 syllabus
CIE 2204 Combined Humanities (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 2210 Computer Science Yes Yes Yes Common with syllabus 0478 (IGCSE); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 7010 link
CIE 2217 Geography Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0460 (IGCSE), 2223 & 2230 (O Level) link
CIE 2223 Geography (Southern Africa) No Yes — South Africa only —
CIE 2230 Geography (Brunei) Yes Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 2235 Geography (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 2236 Geography (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 2251 Sociology Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0495 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2267 Combined Humanities (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2017 syllabus
CIE 2281 Economics Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0455 (IGCSE) link
CIE 2284 Economics (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2013 syllabus
CIE 3012 French (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3015 French Yes No Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0501 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3025 German No Yes Yes link
CIE 3028 German (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3035 Spanish No Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0502 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3158 Setswana No Yes Yes link
CIE 3162 Swahili Yes No Yes link
CIE 3180 Arabic No Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0508 (IGCSE) link
CIE 3183 Arabic (Brunei) No Yes — Brunei only —
CIE 3186 Arabic (Singapore) No Yes Exclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3194 Hindi (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3195 Hindi — Yes — link
CIE 3196 Urdu (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3199 Gujarati (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3202 Nepali Yes No Yes link
CIE 3203 Panjabi (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3204 Bengali Yes No Yes link
CIE 3205 Sinhala Yes No Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 3206 link
CIE 3206 Tamil Yes No Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 3205 link
CIE 3215 Bengali (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3247 First Language Urdu Yes No Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 3248 link
CIE 3248 Second Language Urdu Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 3247 link
CIE 3249 Burmese (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3260 Thai (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 3261 Japanese (Singapore) No Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 4016 Mathematics (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2016 syllabus
CIE 4021 Mathematics (Syllabus A) (Mauritius) — Yes — Mauritius only —
CIE 4024 Mathematics (Syllabus D) Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0580 & 0581 (IGCSE), 4021, 4026 & 4029 (O Level) link
CIE 4026 Mathematics (Syllabus E) (Brunei) — Yes — Brunei only; last exam in 2010 —
CIE 4029 Mathematics (Syllabus D) (Mauritius) No Yes Yes Mauritius only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0580 & 0581 (IGCSE), 4021 & 4024 (O Level) syllabus[permanent dead link‍]
CIE 4037 Additional Mathematics Yes Yes Yes Common with syllabus 0606 (IGCSE) link
CIE 4038 Additional Mathematics (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 4040 Statistics No Yes Yes link
CIE 4047 Additional Mathematics (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 4048 Mathematics (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2016 syllabus
CIE 4049 Additional Mathematics (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2021 syllabus
CIE 4345 Accounting (Namibia) — Yes — Namibia only —
CIE 5014 Environmental Management Yes Yes Yes link
CIE 5038 Agriculture No Yes No link
CIE 5054 Physics Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE) & 5129 (O Level) link
CIE 5057 Physics (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5058 Physics (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5059 Physics (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5064 Physics (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 5067 Chemistry (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014
CIE 5070 Chemistry Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE) & 5129 (O Level) link
CIE 5072 Chemistry (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5073 Chemistry (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5074 Chemistry (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017
CIE 5076 Science (Physics, Chemistry) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5077 Science (Physics, Biology) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5078 Science (Chemistry, Biology) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2014 syllabus
CIE 5090 Biology Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5096, 5125, 5126, 5129 & 5130 (O Level) link
CIE 5094 Biology (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5096 Human and Social Biology Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0608, 0610, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5090, 5129 & 5131 (O Level) link
CIE 5100 Biology (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5108 Biology (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; available from 2014; last exam in 2017 syllabus
CIE 5116 Science (Physics, Chemistry) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5117 Science (Physics, Biology) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5118 Science (Chemistry, Biology) (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 5124 Science (Physics, Chemistry) — Yes — link
CIE 5125 Science (Physics, Biology) — Yes — link
CIE 5126 Science (Chemistry, Biology) — Yes — link
CIE 5129 Combined Science Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0608, 0610, 0620, 0625, 0652, 0653 & 0654 (IGCSE), 5054, 5070, 5090, 5096 & 5131 (O Level) link
CIE 5130 Additional Combined Science No Yes Yes last exam in 2007 link
CIE 5131 Science for All — — — —
CIE 5158 Biology (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2014; Coursework to be phased out from 2018 (to replace one-time practical assessment) syllabus
CIE 5999 Drama (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6010 Art Partial Yes Partial Cannot be combined with syllabus 0400 (IGCSE); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabuses 6089 and 6090 from 2015 link
CIE 6030 Woodwork No Yes — expired link
CIE 6031 Art (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6040 Metalwork No Yes — expired link
CIE 6043 Design and Technology No Yes No link
CIE 6050 Fashion and Fabrics No Yes No Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0638 & 0649 (IGCSE); to be replaced with syllabus 6130 after 2013 link
CIE 6053 Music (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6055 Higher Music (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6065 Food and Nutrition Yes Yes No Common with syllabus 0648 (IGCSE) link
CIE 6075 Home Management No Yes — last exam in 2007 link
CIE 6080 Physical Education (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6082 Food and Nutrition (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 6085 Music (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6086 Higher Music (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6087 Food and Nutrition (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; available from 2013 syllabus
CIE 6089 Art and Design (Brunei) Yes Yes Yes Brunei only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0400 (IGCSE) and 6090 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 6010 —
CIE 6090 Art and Design Yes Yes Yes Bangladesh, The Maldives, Mauritius and Pakistan only; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0400 (IGCSE) & 6089 (O Level); first exam in 2015, to replace syllabus 6010 link
CIE 6123 Art (with Coursework) (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6124 Higher Art (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 6130 Fashion and Textiles No Yes No Available from 2014, replacing syllabus 6050; cannot be combined with syllabuses 0638 & 0649 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7010 Computer Studies Yes Yes Partial Common with syllabus 0420 (IGCSE); last exam in 2014, to be replaced with syllabus 2210 from 2015 link
CIE 7017 Computer Studies (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only; last exam in 2014 syllabus
CIE 7048 CDT: Design and Communication No Yes No available from 2009 link
CIE 7051 Design and Technology (Singapore) Yes Yes No Singapore only syllabus
CIE 7085 Business Studies (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only syllabus
CIE 7090 Commerce (Singapore) Yes Yes Exclusive Singapore only; last exam in 2012 syllabus
CIE 7092 Principles of Accounts (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; last exam in 2015 syllabus
CIE 7094 Bangladesh Studies Yes Future Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 0449 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7096 Travel and Tourism No Yes Partial Cannot be combined with syllabus 0471 (IGCSE) link
CIE 7100 Commerce Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabus 7101 link
CIE 7101 Commercial Studies No Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0598 (IGCSE), 7090 & 7100 (O Level) link
CIE 7707 Accounting Yes Yes Yes Cannot be combined with syllabuses 0452 & 0614 (IGCSE), 4345, 7092 & 7175 (O Level).The Cambridge O Level Principles of Accounts 7110 syllabus has been

revised and now has a new title and code: Cambridge O Level Accounting 7707. The last examination series for Cambridge O Level Principles of Accounts 7110 will be November 2019.[4]

link
CIE 7115 Business Studies Yes Yes Yes link
CIE 7087 Principles of Accounts (Singapore) Yes Yes Yes Singapore only; available from 2015 syllabus[5]
  • Partial means that only some components are available for that session.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-upper-secondary/cambridge-o-level/curriculum/
  2. ^ Cambridge O Levels, retrieved 3 December 2012
  3. ^ https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/635510-2024-2026-syllabus.pdf,p.35
  4. ^ https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/414835-2020-2022-syllabus.pdf
  5. ^ https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/olevel/2024syllabus/7087_y24_sy.pdf
  6. ^ "Get CAIE A and O level papers solved by Cambridge Paper Searcher". caiefinder.com. Retrieved 9 February 2021.