Fields of education

From ISCED 2011

0 General Programmes

01 Basic programmes : Basic general programmes pre-primary, elementary, primary, secondary, etc.

08 Literacy and numeracy: Simple and functional literacy, numeracy.

09 Personal development : Enhancing personal skills, e.g. behavioural capacities, mental skills, personal organizational capacities, life orientation programmes.

1 Education

14 Teacher training and education science :

• Teacher training for pre-school, kindergarten, elementary school, vocational, practical, non-vocational subject, adult education, teacher trainers and for handicapped children.
• General and specialized teacher training programmes.
• Education science: curriculum development in non-vocational and vocational subjects.
• Educational assessment, testing and measurement, educational research, other education science.

2 Humanities and Arts

21 Arts

• Fine arts: drawing, painting, sculpture;
• Performing arts: music, drama, dance, circus;
• Graphic and audio-visual arts: photography, cinematography, music production, radio and TV production, printing and publishing;
• Design;
• Craft skills.

22 Humanities :

• Religion and theology;
• Foreign languages and cultures: living or “dead” languages and their literature, area studies;
• Native languages: current or vernacular language and its literature;
• Other humanities: interpretation and translation, linguistics, comparative literature, history, archeology, philosophy, ethics.

3 Social sciences, business and law

31 Social and behavioral science :

• Economics, economic history, political science, sociology, demography, anthropology (except physical anthropology), ethnology, futurology, psychology, geography (except physical geography), peace and conflict studies, human rights.

32 Journalism and information :

• Journalism; library technician and science; technicians in museums and similar repositories;
• Documentation techniques;
• Archival sciences.

34 Business and administration :

• Retailing, marketing, sales, public relations, real estate;
• Finance, banking, insurance, investment analysis;
• Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping;
• Management, public administration, institutional administration, administration;
• Secretarial and office work.
• Personnel

38 Law :

• Local magistrates, “notaires”, law (general, international, labour, maritime, etc.), jurisprudence, history of law.

4 Science

42 Life sciences :

• Biology, botany, bacteriology, toxicology, microbiology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, other allied sciences, excluding clinical and veterinary sciences.

44 Physical sciences :

• Astronomy and space sciences, physics, other allied subjects, chemistry, other allied subjects, geology, geophysics, mineralogy, physical anthropology, physical geography and other geosciences, meteorology and other atmospheric sciences including climatic research, marine science, vulcanology, palaeoecology.

46 Mathematics and statistics:

• Mathematics, operations research, numerical analysis, actuarial science, statistics and other allied fields.

48 Computing :

• Computer sciences: system design, computer programming, data processing, networks, operating systems - software development only (hardware development should be classified with the engineering fields).

5 Engineering, manufacturing and construction

52 Engineering and engineering trades :

• Engineering drawing, mechanics, metal work, electricity, electronics, telecommunications, energy and chemical engineering, vehicle maintenance, surveying.

54 Manufacturing and processing :

• Food and drink processing, textiles, clothes, footwear, leather, materials (wood, paper, plastic, glass, etc.), mining and extraction.

6 Agriculture

62 Agriculture, forestry and fishery :

• Agriculture, crop and livestock production, agronomy, animal husbandry, horticulture and gardening, forestry and forest product techniques, natural parks, wildlife, fisheries, fishery science and technology.

64 Veterinary :

• Veterinary medicine, veterinary assisting.

7 Health and welfare

72 Health :

• Medicine: anatomy, epidemiology, cytology, physiology, immunology and immunohaematology, pathology, anesthesiology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, radiology, ophthalmology;
• Medical services: public health services, hygiene, pharmacy, pharmacology, therapeutics, rehabilitation, prosthetics, optometry, nutrition;
• Nursing: basic nursing, midwifery;
• Dental services: dental assisting, dental hygienist, dental laboratory technician, odontology.

76 Social services :

• Social care: care of the disabled, child care, youth services, gerontological services;
• Social work: counseling, welfare n.e.c.

8 Services

81 Personal services :

• Hotel and catering, travel and tourism, sports and leisure, hairdressing, beauty treatment and other personal services: cleaning, laundry, dry-cleaning, cosmetic services, domestic science.

84 Transport services :

• Seamanship, ship’s officer, nautical science, air crew, air traffic control, railway operations, road motor vehicle operations, postal service.

85 Environmental protection :

• Environmental conservation, control and protection, air and water pollution control, labor protection and security.

86 Security services :

• Protection of property and persons: police work and related law enforcement, criminology, fire-protection and fire fighting, civil security;
• Military.

Not known or unspecified

(This category is not part of the classification itself but in data collection “99” is needed for “fields of education not known or unspecified”.)