Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics 9702
Syllabus for examination in 2025, 2026 and 2027. AS Level is the first eleven topics. A Level students study all of those and topics 12 to 25.
If you have older notes numbering “Measurement techniques” as topic 2 or “Current of electricity” as topic 11, they follow the previous numbering and no longer match. — Mr. Suta
25 topics
AS + A Level
5 papers
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📚AS Level — topics 1 to 11
AS 1Physical quantities and units
AS 2–3Kinematics and dynamics
AS 4Forces, density and pressure
AS 5Work, energy and power
AS 6Deformation of solids
AS 7–8Waves and superposition
AS 9–10Electricity and d.c. circuits
AS 11Particle physics
🎓A Level — topics 12 to 25, in addition to all of the above
A2 12–13Circular motion and gravitational fields
A2 14–15Temperature and ideal gases
A2 16Thermodynamics
A2 17Oscillations
A2 18–19Electric fields and capacitance
A2 20–21Magnetic fields and alternating currents
A2 22Quantum physics
A2 23Nuclear physics
A2 24Medical physics
A2 25Astronomy and cosmology
📃The papers
AS Level is Papers 1, 2 and 3. The full A Level adds Papers 4 and 5, and the AS papers then count for half as much of the total.
- Paper 1 — multiple choice, 1 h 15 min. 31% of AS, 15.5% of A Level.
- Paper 2 — AS structured questions, 1 h 15 min. 46% of AS, 23% of A Level.
- Paper 3 — Advanced Practical Skills, 2 h. 23% of AS, 11.5% of A Level.
- Paper 4 — A Level structured questions, 2 h. 38.5% of A Level. The single biggest component.
- Paper 5 — Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, 1 h 15 min. 11.5% of A Level.
Papers 3 and 5 together are a third of the AS grade and just under a quarter of the A Level
grade, and neither is a written-theory paper. Paper 5 in particular is not about recalling
physics at all — it is about designing an experiment, handling uncertainties and analysing
data. Students who revise only content walk into it unprepared.
📜A note on past papers
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