Academic structure
Academic Divisions
Five Divisions and 31 Sections provide a stable disciplinary home for Fellowship applications, evidence review, directory classification and scholarly programmes.
- Divisions
- 5 controlled records
- Sections
- 31 disciplinary records
- Classification
- One primary Division and Section
Directory
Five Academic Divisions
Each profile defines the Division’s scope and lists its formal Sections. The codes are administrative classifications, not titles or post-nominals.
AHS · 6 Sections
Division of Arts and Humanities
The Division advances historical, interpretive, critical and practice-based inquiry into human expression, ideas, languages, cultures and inherited worlds.
Read Division profileSBS · 8 Sections
Division of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The Division advances systematic inquiry into behaviour, institutions, economies, law, education, public authority and collective life.
Read Division profileMPS · 5 Sections
Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
The Division unites mathematical, physical, chemical, Earth and environmental inquiry into the structures, processes and measurable laws of the natural world.
Read Division profileLHS · 6 Sections
Division of Life and Health Sciences
The Division brings together biological, neural, clinical and population research concerned with living systems, health, disease and care.
Read Division profileEAS · 6 Sections
Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Division advances computing, design and engineering of technologies, structures and systems for human, industrial and environmental needs.
Read Division profileA–Z by Division
Section directory
Open a Section profile for its disciplinary definition, principal subjects, core questions, recognised methods and Fellowship allocation rules.
AHS · HIS
History, Archaeology and Heritage
The Section studies past societies, material remains and the interpretation, conservation and public meaning of cultural heritage.
Read Section profileAHS · LLS
Language, Literature and Linguistics
The Section examines language as a structured human capacity and literature as a field of artistic, historical and social expression.
Read Section profileAHS · PTR
Philosophy, Theology and Religion
The Section investigates fundamental questions of knowledge, value, reality, reasoning, faith and religious life across traditions.
Read Section profileAHS · CMS
Cultural and Media Studies
The Section studies cultural production, representation and communication across institutions, technologies, communities and everyday life.
Read Section profileAHS · VAD
Visual Arts, Architecture and Design
The Section brings together visual practice, art history, architecture and design as fields of inquiry, creation and public consequence.
Read Section profileAHS · PAM
Performing Arts and Music
The Section addresses performance, theatre, dance and music as creative practices, cultural records and forms of embodied knowledge.
Read Section profileSBS · ECO
Economics
The Section studies production, allocation, exchange and welfare across households, firms, markets, governments and international systems.
Read Section profileSBS · MBS
Management and Business Studies
The Section examines organisations, enterprise, leadership and markets, including how strategy and operations create and distribute value.
Read Section profileSBS · PIR
Politics and International Relations
The Section studies power, political behaviour, institutions, states and relations across and beyond national borders.
Read Section profileSBS · LAW
Law and Legal Studies
The Section studies legal rules, institutions, reasoning and practice and their relationship to rights, authority and social order.
Read Section profileSBS · SOC
Sociology, Anthropology, Demography and Human Geography
The Section studies populations, cultures, places, institutions, inequality and the organisation and transformation of social life.
Read Section profileSBS · PSY
Psychology and Behavioural Sciences
The Section investigates cognition, emotion, development, behaviour and social interaction through basic and applied inquiry.
Read Section profileSBS · EDU
Education
The Section studies learning, teaching, curriculum, assessment and educational institutions across the life course and diverse settings.
Read Section profileSBS · PPA
Public Policy and Administration
The Section studies how public problems are defined and how institutions design, implement and evaluate collective responses.
Read Section profileMPS · MAS
Mathematics and Statistics
The Section develops abstract structures and principled methods for reasoning, modelling, uncertainty and inference.
Read Section profileMPS · PHY
Physics and Astronomy
The Section investigates matter, energy, space, time and the physical universe through theory, observation, experiment and measurement.
Read Section profileMPS · CHM
Chemistry and Materials Science
The Section studies composition, structure, transformation and properties across molecules and natural or engineered materials.
Read Section profileMPS · EPS
Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Section examines the origin, structure and evolution of Earth, planetary bodies and the processes acting within and upon them.
Read Section profileMPS · ECS
Environmental and Climate Sciences
The Section studies climate, ecosystems and environmental change, including their causes, consequences and possible responses.
Read Section profileLHS · BMB
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Section investigates the molecular composition, reactions and regulatory systems that sustain living organisms.
Read Section profileLHS · CDB
Cell and Developmental Biology
The Section studies cellular organisation, communication, differentiation and the development and renewal of multicellular organisms.
Read Section profileLHS · EEB
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The Section examines the diversity, adaptation, distribution and interaction of organisms across time and environments.
Read Section profileLHS · NCS
Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences
The Section investigates nervous systems, cognition and behaviour across molecular, cellular, systems and computational levels.
Read Section profileLHS · MED
Medicine and Clinical Sciences
The Section addresses the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease and the improvement of clinical care.
Read Section profileLHS · PHS
Public Health Sciences
The Section studies health and disease at population level and the social, environmental and institutional conditions that shape them.
Read Section profileEAS · CAI
Computing and Artificial Intelligence
The Section studies computation, software, data and intelligent systems, including their design, assurance and responsible use.
Read Section profileEAS · EEE
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
The Section addresses electrical energy, electronics, communications, control and sensing from components to interconnected systems.
Read Section profileEAS · MME
Mechanical, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
The Section integrates mechanics, thermal systems, materials and production to design and manufacture reliable products and processes.
Read Section profileEAS · CIE
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
The Section studies the planning, design, construction and stewardship of buildings, transport, water and civil infrastructure.
Read Section profileEAS · BTE
Bioengineering and Medical Technology
The Section applies engineering principles to biological systems, clinical needs, diagnostics, devices and human function.
Read Section profileEAS · ENE
Energy and Environmental Engineering
The Section develops systems for energy provision, resource use and environmental protection across technical and societal scales.
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