List of school codes
SITS School and Department Codes
Please use the following Department/School codes when setting up new units or programmes in the Online Approval Tool. These codes are used to determine the prefix used in SITS, e.g. a new unit in History would be HIST****.
| Faculty | School | Department | Code to choose/UNIT Code which will be allocated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, Law and Social Sciences | Centre for Academic Language and Development | LANG | ||
| Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship | INOV | |||
School of Arts |
n/a | SART | ||
| Archaeology and Anthropology | ARCH | |||
| Film and Television | FATV | |||
| Theatre | THTR | |||
| Music | MUSI | |||
| Philosophy | PHIL | |||
| School of Humanities | Should only be used for certain units and programmes – please ask SSIO before using | HUMS | ||
| Classics and Ancient History | CLAS | |||
| English | ENGL | |||
| History of Art | HART | |||
| History | HIST | |||
| Religion and Theology | THRS | |||
| School of Modern Languages | n/a | MODL | ||
| n/a | UWLP | |||
| French | FREN | |||
| German | GERM | |||
| Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies | HISP | |||
| Italian | ITAL | |||
| Russian | RUSS | |||
| School of Education | n/a | EDUC | ||
| School for Policy Studies | n/a | SPOL | ||
| School of Economics | n/a | ECON | ||
| University of Bristol Business School | Accounting and Finance | ACFI | ||
| Management | MGRC | |||
| School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies | n/a | SPAI | ||
| n/a | POLI | |||
| n/a | SOCI | |||
| University of Bristol Law School |
n/a | LAWD | ||
| Health and Life Sciences | School of Biological Sciences | n/a | BIOL | |
| School of Biochemistry | n/a | BIOC | ||
| School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine | n/a | PANM | ||
| School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience | n/a | PHPH | ||
| School of Psychological Science | n/a | PSYC | ||
| School of Anatomy | n/a | ANAT | ||
| Bristol Medical School | n/a | BRMS | ||
| Bristol Dental School | n/a | ORDS | ||
| Bristol Veterinary School | n/a | VETS | ||
| Science and Engineering | School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering | n/a | CADE | |
| School of Computer Science | n/a | COMS | ||
| School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering | n/a | EEME | ||
| School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology | n/a | EMAT | ||
| School of Chemistry | n/a | CHEM | ||
| School of Earth Sciences | n/a | EASC | ||
| School of Geographical Sciences | n/a | GEOG | ||
| School of Mathematics | n/a | MATH | ||
| School of Physics | n/a | PHYS | ||
This is also available as a PDF: SITS Codes for units v10.pdf (PDF, 117kB)
AQPO, August 2025