Agriculture and forestry
Land-based industries, such as farming, countryside management and animal rearing - includes agriculture, forestry, food and beverage studies.

Anatomy and physiology
Study of how the human body works - includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, opthalmics and aural and oral sciences.

American studies
American culture, literature, history and politics - includes Canadian and Latin American studies.

Anthropology
The study of the human species, its culture and history - may cover language, physiology, art and the organisation of society.

Archaeology
The study of the human past from physical remains - including forensic and archaeological science.

Architecture
Design and creation of buildings. Involves the study of the sciences, humanities and fine and applied arts.

Art and design
Creation of visual work, from painting and sculpture to computer graphics and video games - includes crafts and fine art.

Biosciences
The study of life, from molecules to populations - includes nutrition, biology, botany, zoology, genetics, microbiology and molecular biology.

Building and town and country planning
All aspects of buildings (except design) from construction to location - includes urban, rural and regional planning, and landscape design.

Business and management studies
Covers business studies, management studies, finance, accounting, marketing, human resource management and business and administrative studies.

Chemistry
The science of matter - the composition of substances, their properties and reactions.

Classics
Language, history, culture and literature of ancient Greece and Rome - includes Latin and classical Greek studies.

Computer sciences and IT
Design, exploitation and technology surrounding computing - includes computer sciences, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence.

Dentistry
Dentists study prevention, detection, management and treatment of oral and dental diseases and the maintenance or oral and dental health.

Drama and dance
The study of artistic performance - includes drama, dance, cinematics and photography.

Earth and marine sciences
The study of the earth, seas, rivers and the atmosphere - includes geology and ocean sciences.

Economics
The study of what influences income, wealth and wellbeing and how this can be implemented into policy.

Education
The study of how people develop and learn - including education studies, undergraduate teacher training and academic studies in education.

Engineering: chemical
Practical application of chemistry on a large scale, and how products can be manufactured - including chemical, process and energy engineering.

Engineering: civil
Creation and maintenance of infrastructure - designing, building and maintaining roads, bridges, railway lines, water supply and sewage systems.

Engineering: electronic and electrical
Engineering of electrical and electronic systems, microelectronics, silicon devices and nanotechnology.

Engineering: general
Application of science, maths and computing skills to solve practical problems.

Engineering: materials and mineral
How things are made and could be improved - including materials science, minerals technology, ceramics and glass, polymers and textiles.

Engineering: mechanical
Design, construction and operation of engines and machines - includes aerospace engineering, naval architecture, production and manufacturing engineering and maritime technology.

English
Critical study of literature - poetry, novels, plays - and language.

Geography and environmental studies
Processes of the earth, and the relationship between humans and their physical surroundings - physical and environmental sciences, human and social geography.

History and history of art
The study of the past - politics, economics, culture, religion and society, including history of art.

Law
The study of criminal and civil legal systems - includes criminology, jurisprudence.

Mathematics
The study of quantities through analysis, deduction and calculation - including mathematics, operational research, statistics and computing sciences.

Media studies, communications and librarianship
How we communicate - includes information services, publicity studies, media studies, publishing, journalism and mass communication.

Medicine
Future doctors study pre-clinical medicine and clinical medicine to maintain health, diagnose and treat disease.

Modern languages
Includes French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, south Asian, African, Australasian, modern Middle Eastern languages, literature and linguistics.

Music
Creative expression through sound, including performance, technique, composition and various styles, includes ethnomusicology.

Nursing
Care of the sick and injured - includes nursing and medical technology.

Pharmacy and pharmacology
The study of medicinal drugs and effects on the body (pharmacology) and management and dispensing of medicines (pharmacy).

Philosophy
Study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong - includes ethics, history of philosophy, logic.

Physics
The study of the universe - includes astrophysics, space science, applied physics, medical physics.

Politics
The study of government and society - political thought, institutions, electoral studies.

Psychology
Quest to explain behaviour through the study of the human mind.

Religious studies and theology
The study of religious belief systems, including Christian theology, Islam, Buddhism.

Social policy and administration
The study of contemporary society, focusing on topics such as NHS reform, poverty, social exclusion and the criminal justice system.

Social work
How to find practical solutions to protect vulnerable people - includes community studies.

Sociology
The study of human societies and how they interact.

Sports science
Scientific study of exercise, health and sport.

Tourism, transport and travel
Hospitality industry and its global impact, tourism, travel.

Veterinary science
Diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury in animals - including clinical veterinary medicine and dentistry and pre-clinical veterinary medicine.