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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.