Joint Academic Classification of Subjects

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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
B	Subjects allied to Medicine
C	Biological Sciences
D	Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture and related subjects
F	Physical Sciences
G	Mathematical and Computer Sciences
H	Engineering
J	Technologies
K	Architecture, Building and Planning
L	Social studies
M	Law
N	Business and Administrative studies
P	Mass Communications and Documentation
Q	Linguistics, Classics and related subjects
R	European Languages, Literature and related subjects
T	Eastern, Asiatic, African, American and Australasian Languages, Literature and related subjects
V	Historical and Philosophical studies
W	Creative Arts and Design
X	Education