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List of academic disciplines

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Main article: Discipline (academia)
Collage of images representing different academic disciplines

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which he or she belongs and the academic journals in which he or she publishes research.

Disciplines vary between well-established ones that exist in almost all universities and have well-defined rosters of journals and conferences and nascent ones supported by only a few universities and publications. A discipline may have branches, and these are often called sub-disciplines.

There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified, for example whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of the social sciences or of the humanities.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines.

Humanities[edit]

Main articles: Humanities and Outline of the humanities

Arts[edit]

Main article: The arts

Performing arts[edit]

Main articles: Performing arts and Outline of performing arts

Visual arts[edit]

Main articles: Visual arts and Outline of the visual arts

History[edit]

Main articles: History and Outline of history

Languages and literature[edit]

Main articles: Language, Literature, and Outline of literature

Philosophy[edit]

Main articles: Philosophy and Outline of philosophy

Theology[edit]

Main articles: Theology and Outline of theology

Social sciences[edit]

Main articles: Social science and Outline of social science

Anthropology[edit]

Main article: Anthropology

Archaeology[edit]

Economics[edit]

Main articles: Economics and Outline of economics

Human geography[edit]

Law[edit]

Main articles: Law and Outline of law

Political science[edit]

Main articles: Politics, Political science, and Outline of political science

Psychology[edit]

Main articles: Psychology, Outline of psychology, and List of psychology disciplines
See also: Branches of psychology, Cognitive science, Affective science, and Behavioural sciences

Sociology[edit]

Main articles: Sociology and Outline of sociology

Natural sciences[edit]

Main articles: Science, Natural science, and Outline of natural science

Biology[edit]

Main articles: Biology and Outline of biology
See also: List of life sciences

Chemistry[edit]

Main articles: Chemistry and Outline of chemistry
See also: Branches of chemistry

Earth sciences[edit]

Main articles: Earth science and Outline of earth science
See also: Branches of earth sciences

Space sciences[edit]

Main article: Outline of space science

Physics[edit]

Main articles: Physics and Outline of physics

Formal sciences[edit]

Main articles: Formal science and Outline of formal science

Computer Science[edit]

Main articles: Computer science and Outline of computer science
See also: ACM Computing Classification System

Also a branch of electrical engineering

Mathematics[edit]

Main articles: Mathematics and Outline of mathematics
See also: Branches of mathematics and Mathematics Subject Classification

Pure mathematics

Applied mathematics

Statistics[edit]

Main articles: Statistics and Outline of statistics

Applied sciences[edit]

Main articles: Applied science and Outline of applied science

Engineering and technology[edit]

Main articles: Engineering and Outline of engineering
See also: List of engineering branches

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Educational Technology

Electrical Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems science

Medicine and health[edit]

Main articles: Medicine, Healthcare science, and Outline of health sciences
See also: Outline of medicine and Branches of medicine

See also[edit]

Main article: Branches of science

References[edit]

  • Abbott, Andrew (2001). Chaos of Disciplines. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-00101-2. Search this book on
  • Oleson, Alexandra; Voss, John (1979). The Organization of knowledge in modern America, 1860-1920. ISBN 0-8018-2108-8. Search this book on
  • US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). National Center for Education Statistics.

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