Leaving Cert Physics

Exam Breakdown:

Duration of Exam: 3 hours (180 minutes).
Total marks for exam 400 marks.
Please note students must answer three questions from Section A and five questions from Section B.

 
Course Choice

If students are looking to do a course in Science ,Information Technology or Engineering at third level this is a very good subject to study for the Leaving Certificate.  If students excelled at Science and Maths at Junior Certificate this is very likely a good match for them if they want to pursue the above courses.
With bonus points in Maths at Leaving certificate higher level , if students do Physics , Maths and Applied Mathematics these subjects all complement each other and can give students the results they need to do the course they apply for.

Did you know!

Physics is more popular with boys than girls and this is reflected in the statistics below.

In 2011 a total of 4877 students took Physics at Leaving Cert .1380 girls took Physics  at Leaving Certificate at higher level while 3497 boys did Physics  at Higher Level in 2010.

• 20.8% of students got an A
• 28.8% of students got  a B
• 23.7% of students got a C
• 16.5 % of students got a D
• 7% of students failed