This field is used to indicate the qualification class of the student's undergraduate degree.

All postgraduate course entrants, that is, students where Student.COMDATE is in the current reporting period where Student.ITTAIM is a postgraduate qualification (110, 113, 020, 027 or 031)

This field has identical valid entries to the EntryProfile.PGCECLSS field in the Student record.

Codes 12-14 should only be used for integrated taught masters degrees, where these are appropriate.

Code 99 should be used for 'Not known' and code 98 should be used for 'Not applicable'.

If institutions are assessing an ITT trainee for bursary eligibility based on their Masters/PhD and not their first degree, they should use Student.DEGTYPE to attract the right level of bursary funding. Student.PGCECLSS should still be recorded for the trainee's first degree. If the student is being assessed based on their first degree, then the institution should code Student.DEGTYPE accordingly.

This field may be coded other than '98 Not applicable' for non-UK undergraduate qualifications (where Student.DEGTYPE='402 Degree equivalent (inc. foreign qualifications)').

For students holding overseas qualifications, institutions will need to enter in the classification, based on their assessment of the trainee's overseas degree, in the Student.PGCECLSS field. Institutions should not use code 98 (Not applicable). The HEIDMS Guidance provides details on how institutions should code overseas degrees in terms of degree class.

It is at the discretion of the Higher Education Institution (HEI) to decide upon the UK equivalent class of the non-UK degree. For example, if a trainee has an overseas degree and following assessment by the HEI it is deemed equivalent to a 2:2 classification (UK degree), then the HEI may enter 2:2 in Student.PGCECLSS. The HEI would then be expected to enter 402 in Student.DEGTYPE.

Code 98 'Not applicable' may include other students who do not have a UK undergraduate degree. This may be the case, for example, with students studying for PGCE (FE).

To provide data on the qualifications of teachers.