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 (A100 Pre-clinical Medicine, A200 Pre-clinical Dentistry) |
| B | Subjects allied to Medicine (B200 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy) |
| C | Biological Sciences (C100 Biology, C200 Botany, C300 Zoology, C400 Genetics, C500 Microbiology, C600 Sports Science, C800 Psychology) |
| 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 (J200 Metallurgy) |
| K | Architecture, Building and Planning |
| L | Social studies (L100 Economics, L200 Politics, L300 Sociology, L400 Social Policy) |
| M | Law |
| N | Business and Administrative studies (N100 Business Studies, N200 Management, N300 Finance, N400 Accounting, N500 Marketing) |
| P | Mass Communications and Documentation (P300 Media Studies, P500 Journalism) |
| Q | Linguistics, Classics and related subjects (Q100 Linguistics) |
| R | European Languages, Literature and related subjects (R100 French Studies, R200 German Studies, R300 Italian Studies) |
| T | Eastern, Asiatic, African, American and Australasian Languages, Literature and related subjects |
| V | Historical and Philosophical studies (V100 History by period, V200 History by area, V350 History of Art) |
| W | Creative Arts and Design (W500 Dance) |
| X | Education |
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