What is the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS)?
JACS is used by UK institutions to identify the subject matter of programmes and modules. These institutions include the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the Home Office and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). JACS codes do not indicate the level of study, as the same codes may be used for undergraduate, postgraduate, research programmes, and continuing education. JACS codes are different to UCAS course codes in that a JACS code can only ever be in the ‘letter plus 3 numbers’ format, but a UCAS course code can be any combination of letters and numbers.
