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HESA Subject Codes
| SUBJECT GROUP | SUBJECT |
|---|---|
| (1) Medicine & Dentistry |
(A1) Pre-clinical medicine (A2) Pre-clinical dentistry (A3) Clinical medicine (A4) Clinical dentistry (AZ) Balanced combination |
| (2) Subjects Allied to Medicine |
(B1) Anatomy & Physiology (B2) Pharmacology (B3) Pharmacy (B4) Nutrition (B5) Ophthalmics (B6) Audiology (B7) Nursing (B8) Medical technology (B9) Other medical subjects (BZ) Balanced combination |
| (3) Biological Sciences |
(C1) Biology (C2) Botany (C3) Zoology (C4) Genetics (C5) Microbiology (C6) Molecular biology & biophysics (C7) Biochemistry (C8) Psychology (not solely as social science) (C9) Other biological sciences (CZ) Balanced combination |
| (4) Veterinary Sciences | (D1) Veterinary sciences |
| (5) Agriculture & Related Subjects |
(D2) Agriculture (D3) Forestry (D4) Food science (D8) Agricultural sciences (D9) Other agricultural subjects (DZ) Balanced combination |
| (6) Physical Science |
(F1) Chemistry (F2) Materials science (F3) Physics (F4) Archaeology as a physical science (F5) Astronomy (F6) Geology (F7) Oceanography (F8) Geography studies as a science (F9) Environmental science & other physical sciences (FZ) Balanced combination |
| (7) Mathematical Science |
(G1) Mathematics (G4) Statistics (G9) Other mathematical sciences (GZ) Balanced combination |
| (8) Computer Science |
(G5) Computing science |
| (9) Engineering & Technology |
(H1) General engineering (H2) Civil engineering (H3) Mechanical engineering (H4) Aeronautical engineering (H5) Electrical engineering (H6) Electronic engineering (H7) Production engineering (H8) Chemical engineering (H9) Other engineering (HZ) Balanced combinations (J1) Minerals technology (J2) Metallurgy (J3) Ceramics & glasses (J4) Polymers & textiles (J5) Other materials technology (J6) Maritime technology (J8) Biotechnology (J9) Other technologies |
| (A) Architecture, Building & Planning |
(K1) Architecture (K2) Building (K3) Environmental technologies (K4) Town & country planning (K9) Other architectural studies (KZ) Balanced combination |
| (B) Social, Economic & Political Studies |
(L1) Economics (L3) Sociology (L4) Social policy & administration (L5) Social work (L6) Anthropology (L7) Psychology (without significant element of biological science) (L8) Geography (unless solely as a physical science) (LZ) Balanced combination (M1) Politics (M9) Other social studies |
| (C) Law | (M3) Law |
| (D) Business & Administrative Studies |
(N1) Business & management studies (N2) Operational research (N3) Financial management (N4) Accountancy (N5) Marketing & market research (N6) Industrial relations (N7) Catering & institutional management (N8) Land & property management (N9) Transport, other business & administrative studies (NZ) Balanced combination |
| (E) Librarianship & Information Science |
(P1) Librarianship (P2) Information science (P3) Communication studies (P4) Media studies (P5) Publishing (P6) Journalism (PZ) Balanced combination |
| (F) Languages |
(Q1) Linguistics (Q2) Comparative literature (Q3) English (Q4) American studies (Q5) Celtic languages, literature & culture (Q6) Latin language & literature (Q7) Ancient Greek language & literature (Q8) Classics (Q9) Other ancient languages & related studies (QZ) Balanced combination (R1) French language, literature & culture (R2) German language, literature & culture (R3) Italian language, literature & culture (R4) Spanish language, literature & culture (R5) Portuguese language, literature & culture (R6) Latin American languages, literature & culture (R7) Scandinavian languages, literature & culture (R8) Russian languages, literature & culture (T1) Slavonic & East European languages, literature & culture (T2) Other European languages, literature & culture (T3) Chinese languages, literature & culture (T4) Japanese languages, literature & culture (T5) Other Asian languages, literature & culture (T6) Modern Middle Eastern languages, literature & culture (T7) African languages, literature & culture (T8) Other language studies (T9) Other or unspecified modern languages |
| (G) Humanities |
(V1) History (V3) Economic & social history (V4) History of art (V5) History & philosophy of science (V6) Archaeology (V7) Philosophy (V8) Theology & religious studies (V9) Other humanities (VZ) Balanced combination |
| (H) Creative Arts & Design |
(W1) Fine art (W2) Design studies (W3) Music (W4) Drama (W5) Cinematics (W6) Crafts (W8) Beauty & hairdressing (W9) Art & design other (WZ) Balanced combinations |
| (I) Education |
(X1) Teacher training (X2) Physical education (X3) Academic studies in education (X4) Techniques in teaching children (X5) Techniques in teaching adults (X6) Education for those with special needs (X7) Technology in education (X8) Management & organisation of education (X9) Other topics in education (XZ) Balanced combination |
| (J) Combined |
(Y1) Combined or general science (Y2) Combined or general social science (Y3) Combined or general arts (Y4) Other combined or general courses/modular courses (Y5) Combined general & leisure courses not elsewhere specified (Y6) Research methods (YZ) Balanced combinations across different subject areas |
