Eligible Science and Courses

The Department for Education and Skills has drawn up a list of all the eligible science and engineering courses, all those who have studied approved courses are eligible to stay under the scheme. The subjects in decline are as follows:

Engineering
Mathematics
Physical sciences

The eligible subjects at each level of study are defined in the joint Academic coding system (JACS).

Any subject with a JACS code having the same letter and first digit as a Principal Subject falls within that Principal Subjecl e.g : the Principal Subject H100 General Engineering includes H121 Fire Safety Engineering.

Your course tutor will be able to identify approved programmes and subject; by their Higher Education Statistics Agency Code or JACS Code. Ask for the JACS code that will be returned, or has been returned, to the Higher Education Statistics Agency as the 'Subject of qualification aim' for your programme at the point of completion. Then check whether you are eligible by looking that code up in the list of eligible subjects.

It will only be possible to qualify for the Science and Engineering Graduate Scheme if you are studying on a Eligible programme such as a:

first degree programme
taught and research postgraduate programmes.

List of approved courses for the Science and Engineering Scheme
Approved courses for the Science and Engineering Scheme.

First Degree Programmes:

A100 Pre-clinical Medicine
A200 Pre-clinical Dentistry
C100 Biology
C200 Botany
C700 Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry
D600 Food and Beverage Studies
F100 Chemistry
F200 Materials Science
F300 Physics
F600 Geology
F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences
G300 Statistics
H000 Balanced Combinations in Engineering
H100 General Engineering
H200 Civil Engineering
H700 Production and Manufacturing Engineering
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
J100 Minerals Technology
J200 Metallurgy
J400 Polymers and Textiles
J500 Materials Technology not otherwise specified
J600 Maritime Technology
J700 Industrial Biotechnology
K200 Building

Postgraduate Taught Programmes:

C200 Botany
C300 Zoology
C400 Genetics
D700 Agricultural Sciences
F000 Balanced Combinations in Physical Sciences
F300 Physics
F500 Astronomy
G200 Operational Research
H000 Balanced Combinations in Engineering
H100 General Engineering
H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
H700 Production and Manufacturing Engineering
J100 Minerals Technology
J400 Polymers and Textiles
J500 Materials Technology not otherwise specified
J600 Maritime Technology

Postgraduate Research Programmes:

A100 Pre-clinical Medicine
B400 Nutrition
B500 Ophthalmics
B600 Aural and Oral Sciences
C300 Zoology
C700 Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry
D700 Agricultural Sciences
F100 Chemistry
F200 Materials Science
H000 Balanced Combinations in Engineering
H300 Mechanical Engineering
H400 Aerospace Engineering
H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
J200 Metallurgy
J600 Maritime Technology