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 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 POLI
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 v8 (PDF, 116kB).

AQPO, August 2025