ITS Tutorial School has offered top A-level Physics support since 2005. We are the only tutorial school in Hong Kong also licensed to run the A-level exams by Pearson. You can take both International A-levels and some GCE subjects as well. Thousands of students have taken private tuition with our Physics tutors to date. You can either:
Choose another A-level subject:
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This course aims to give you the skills to:
This qualification is 100% externally assessed by examination and has a modular structure, with 2 exam sessions each year in January and May/June (not all subjects are available in each exam session). A table of the course structure can be found at the bottom of the page.
There are no prerequisites, but an I/ GCSE qualification in Physics may be useful.
You can go on to university courses like an honours degree in Physics or related subjects, or choose to enter employment.
The skills learned by studying physics are relevant to many careers, such as applications engineer, data analyst, design engineer, Physics teacher, lab technician, laser engineer, optical engineer, software developer, systems analyst or web developer.
For more information on specific university requirements related to A-levels, please see our A-levels FAQ page.
For more information on applying to UK universities, see our UCAS page.
If you are an international student taking A-levels the basic offer is made for 3 A-level subjects. It is very important when choosing these subjects that you understand what options you will have for university when the time comes. ITS has a long-established, highly experienced counselling team who can help you make these decisions and plan your academic course. But to start with, try out this excellent tool from the Russel Group which helps you experiment with your subject choices. Then come and see us.
You can find the Edexcel course specification here.
The course consists of 6 Units – 3 IAS and 3 IA2 Units. The full International Advanced Level award consists of the three IAS units (Units 1, 2 and 3), plus three IA2 units (Units 4, 5 and either 6 or 7). The percentage of total IAL marks for each Unit is in brackets followed by the examination time.
IAS
Unit 1 Physics on the Go (20%) (1 hour 30 minutes)
Unit
2 Physics at Work (20%) (1 hour 30 minutes)
Unit 3 Exploring Physics (10%) (1 hour 20
minutes)
IA2
Unit 4 Physics on the Move (20%) (1 hour 35 minutes)
Unit
5 Physics from Creation to Collapse (20%) (1 hour 35 minutes)
Unit 6 Experimental
Physics OR Unit 7 Physics Practical Examination (10%)
(Unit
6: 1 hour 30 minutes) (Unit 7: 1 hour 20
minutes)
Assessment
Assessment in January and
June
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