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The '''Joint Academic Coding System''' (JACS) system is used by the [[Higher Education Statistics Agency]] (HESA) and the [[Universities and Colleges Admissions Service]] (UCAS) in the [[United Kingdom]] to classify academic subjects.

A JACS code for a single subject consists of a letter and three numbers. The letter represents the broad subject classification, e.g. F for physical sciences. The first number represents the principal subject area, e.g. F3 for physics, and subsequent numbers represent further details, similar to the [[Dewey Decimal Classification|Dewey Decimal System]]. ForThe principal subject of physics, for example, Fis representsbroken theinto Physical19 Sciencesdetailed subjects, represented by a letter plus three numbers: e.g., F300 Physicsrepents physics, F330 Environmentalenvironmental Physicsphysics and F331 Atmosphericatmospheric Physicsphysics.

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