RAE 2008: Units of assessment

The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008 units of assessment are:

• 01 Cardiovascular medicine
• 02 Cancer studies
• 03 Infection & immunology
• 04 Other hospital based clinical subjects
• 05 Other laboratory based clinical subjects
• 06 Epidemiology & public health
• 07 Health services research
• 08 Primary care & other community based clinical subjects
• 09 Psychiatry, neuroscience & clinical psychology
• 10 Dentistry
• 11 Nursing & midwifery
• 12 Allied health professions & studies
• 13 Pharmacy
• 14 Biological sciences
• 15 Pre-clinical & human biological sciences
• 16 Agriculture, veterinary & food science
• 17 Earth systems & environmental sciences
• 18 Chemistry
• 19 Physics
• 20 Pure mathematics
• 21 Applied mathematics
• 22 Statistics & operational research
• 23 Computer science & informatics
• 24 Electrical & electronic engineering
• 25 General engineering & mineral & mining engineering
• 26 Chemical engineering
• 27 Civil engineering
• 28 Mechanical, aeronautical & manufacturing engineering
• 29 Metallurgy & materials
• 30 Architecture & the built environment
• 31 Town & country planning
• 32 Geography & environmental studies
• 33 Archaeology
• 34 Economics & econometrics
• 35 Accounting & finance
• 36 Business & management studies
• 37 Library & information management
• 38 Law
• 39 Politics & international studies
• 40 Social work & social policy & administration
• 41 Sociology
• 42 Anthropology
• 43 Development studies
• 44 Psychology
• 45 Education
• 46 Sports-related studies
• 47 American studies & anglophone area studies
• 48 Middle Eastern & African studies
• 49 Asian studies
• 50 European studies
• 51 Russian, Slavonic & East European languages
• 52 French
• 53 German, Dutch & Scandinavian languages
• 54 Italian
• 55 Iberian & Latin American languages
• 56 Celtic studies
• 57 English language & literature
• 58 Linguistics
• 59 Classics, ancient history, byzantine & modern Greek studies
• 60 Philosophy
• 61 Theology, divinity & religious studies
• 62 History
• 63 Art & design
• 64 History of art, architecture & design
• 65 Drama, dance & performing arts
• 66 Communication, cultural & media studies
• 67 Music.