Build a stronger IA with focused, subject-specific guidance.
Get help choosing a workable direction, refining your research question, strengthening your analysis and understanding what the assessment criteria are really asking for.
IA guidance across six popular IB subjects
Choose the subject that fits your IA. The support is tailored to the type of investigation, analysis and assessment expectations in that course.
Mathematics IA
Develop a mathematical idea into a focused exploration with appropriate mathematics, clear reasoning, reflection and strong communication.
Physics IA
Strengthen your scientific investigation from research design and quantitative data through uncertainty, analysis, conclusion and evaluation.
Economics IA
Choose stronger articles and connect economic theory, diagrams, key concepts and evaluation directly to the real-world issue.
Computer Science IA
Turn a real problem into a well-defined computational solution with clearer requirements, design decisions, testing and evaluation.
Chemistry IA
Improve the chemical question, methodology, quantitative treatment and connection between your data, chemical theory and evaluation.
Biology IA
Refine the biological question, sampling and controls, then choose appropriate analysis while accounting for biological variation.
Support at the points where students usually get stuck
Topic & scope
Test whether your idea is focused, feasible and capable of supporting enough subject-specific depth.
Research question
Turn a broad interest into a clearer question, aim or problem that gives the investigation a useful direction.
Analysis & reasoning
Identify where the argument, mathematics, evidence, data treatment or interpretation needs more development.
Criteria & structure
Understand how the assessment criteria apply to your work and make the final report easier to follow.
A simple guidance process
You do not need to arrive with a finished IA. Support can begin at the idea stage or later when you already have an investigation in progress.
Tell us which IA you are working on and your current stage.
Bring your idea, question, data, draft or the specific issue you are stuck on.
Use subject-specific tutoring to understand the problem and improve your approach.
Apply the feedback and make the final academic decisions yourself.
Guidance that helps you think—not someone doing the IA for you
IA support should strengthen your understanding and decision-making while preserving the authenticity of the work you submit.
We can help you
- ✓evaluate whether an idea has enough scope and depth
- ✓understand difficult mathematics, science or subject concepts
- ✓identify weaknesses in your method, reasoning or analysis
- ✓understand the criteria and improve how clearly you communicate your work
The submitted work remains yours
- •You choose and own the final research direction.
- •You perform the investigation and make the academic decisions.
- •You write and submit your own final IA.
- •Your school and IB requirements always take priority.
Have an IA idea but not sure what to do next?
Tell us your subject and where you are in the process. We can help you identify the most useful next step and connect you with appropriate guidance.