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Cambridge International IGCSE ICT specification

The specification (0417) is Cambridge International's own description of the ICT course: what you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. The link below opens the board's PDF on cambridgeinternational.org, so you always get its current version.

Open the 0417 specification (PDF) (opens cambridgeinternational.org in a new tab)

Everything for Cambridge International IGCSE ICT, with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.

How Cambridge International IGCSE ICT is examined

From Cambridge's grade boundaries for June 2026. Some boards list every optional paper or time-zone variant, so you sit only the ones for your route; the specification says which.

PaperMarksNext exam
Component 110417/1180Tuesday 13 October 2026, afternoon
Component 120417/1280
Component 130417/1380
Component 210417/2170
Component 220417/2270
Component 310417/3170
Component 320417/3270
Component 500417/5090

Turn a mark into a grade · Cambridge IGCSE exam dates · Extra time and access arrangements

Revising from the ICT specification

Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with Cambridge's past papers and read your marks against the same year’s grade boundaries.

Common questions

Where can I find the Cambridge IGCSE ICT specification?

The link on this page opens Cambridge International's own copy of the ICT specification (0417), a PDF on its website, so you always get the current version. We link to it rather than keep a copy.

What is in the ICT specification?

A specification is the board's own description of the course: the content you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. It is the most useful single document to revise from, because every exam question has to come from it.

Can I make practice questions from the specification?

Yes. cookie can make exam-style questions from a specification and mark your answers, so you can practise the parts you are least sure of once you run out of past papers.

More specifications: every IGCSE specification we link.

cookie is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board. Every paper here is a link to the board's own copy on its own website, and the papers belong to the boards that set them. If a link has stopped working, the board's own past paper page is linked on each course.