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IGCSE Business

IGCSE Business syllabus 2027

Six topics and two written papers, each worth half the grade. 0264 replaces Business Studies 0450 from 2027.

Weeks before your first business paper
Hours a week for business
Topic 1: Understanding business activity
Topic 2: People in business
Topic 3: Marketing
Topic 4: Operations management
Topic 5: Financial information and decisions
Topic 6: External influences on business activity

26 weeks, 104 hours in all

Start with Topic 4

Operations management: 19.2 of your hours. It is 8 of the 40 questions on our timed checks, 20%.

Hours per topic
TopicYour hoursShare of the checks
Topic 4: Operations management19.220%
Topic 2: People in business16.818%
Topic 3: Marketing16.818%
Topic 5: Financial information and decisions16.818%
Topic 1: Understanding business activity14.415%
Topic 6: External influences on business activity1213%

Week by week

  1. Week 1Topic 4: Operations management
  2. Week 2Topic 4: Operations management
  3. Week 3Topic 4: Operations management
  4. Week 4Topic 4: Operations management
  5. Week 5Topic 4: Operations management, Topic 2: People in business
  6. Week 6Topic 2: People in business
  7. Week 7Topic 2: People in business
  8. Week 8Topic 2: People in business
  9. Week 9Topic 2: People in business
  10. Week 10Topic 3: Marketing
  11. Week 11Topic 3: Marketing
  12. Week 12Topic 3: Marketing
  13. Week 13Topic 3: Marketing
  14. Week 14Topic 3: Marketing, Topic 5: Financial information and decisions
  15. Week 15Topic 5: Financial information and decisions
  16. Week 16Topic 5: Financial information and decisions
  17. Week 17Topic 5: Financial information and decisions
  18. Week 18Topic 5: Financial information and decisions, Topic 1: Understanding business activity
  19. Week 19Topic 1: Understanding business activity
  20. Week 20Topic 1: Understanding business activity
  21. Week 21Topic 1: Understanding business activity
  22. Week 22Topic 6: External influences on business activity
  23. Week 23Topic 6: External influences on business activity
  24. Week 24Topic 6: External influences on business activity
  25. Week 25A timed check and two written questions, then review every lost mark
  26. Week 26A timed check and two written questions, then review every lost mark

Check your topics with the free test

Paper 1Short answer and data response, 1 hour 30 minutes, 80 marks, 50%
Paper 2Case study, 1 hour 30 minutes, 80 marks, 50%
GradesA* to G
SeriesJune and November (and March in India)

The six topics

1 Understanding business activity; 2 People in business; 3 Marketing; 4 Operations management; 5 Financial information and decisions; 6 External influences on business activity.

What changed from 0450

The last 0450 exams are in 2026; from 2027 you sit 0264. The content was revised: technology in production and sustainable production are new topics, digital communication is included, and a list of formulas now sits in the syllabus.

Where marks come from

Both papers cover all six topics, with no multiple choice and no coursework. About a third of the marks reward knowledge; the rest reward applying it to the business in front of you, analysing data and making a justified decision.

Try 2 questions

Question 1
What is meant by limited liability?
Question 2
The graph shows the life cycle of a product. In which stage is the product at point R?

Next step

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Questions people ask

Which years does this syllabus cover?

Exams in 2027, 2028 and 2029, from the March 2027 series in India and June 2027 elsewhere.

Is IGCSE Business the same as Business Studies 0450?

It replaces it. 0450 is examined for the last time in 2026; 0264 has revised content and the same two-paper shape.

Is there a coursework part?

No. Two written papers make up the whole grade.