The Joint Academic Classification of Subjects (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 and subsequent numbers represent further details. For example, F represents the Physical Sciences, F300 Physics, F330 Environmental Physics and F331 Atmospheric Physics.
Letters are assigned to the subject groups as follows:
| Letter | Subject Group |
|---|---|
| A | Medicine and Dentistry |
| B | Subjects allied to Medicine |
| C | Biological Sciences (C100 Biology) |
| D | Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects |
| F | Physical Sciences (F100 Chemistry, F200 Materials Science, F300 Physics, F600 Geology) |
| G | Mathematical and Computer Sciences (G100 Mathematics, G300 Statistics, G400 Computer Science) |
| H | Engineering (H200 Civil, H300 Mechanical, H800 Chemical) |
| J | Technologies |
| K | Architecture, Building and Planning |
| L | Social studies |
| M | Law |
| N | Business and Administrative studies |
| P | Mass Communications and Documentation |
| Q | Linguistics, Classics and related subjects |
| R | European Languages, Literature and related subjects |
| T | Eastern, Asiatic, African, American and Australasian Languages, Literature and related subjects |
| V | Historical and Philosophical studies |
| W | Creative Arts and Design (W500 Dance) |
| X | Education |
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