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Ofqual Subjects and Sectors

Ofqual provides a list of 15 key sectors (e.g. Health, Public Services and Care or Science & Maths) each of which is divided into different subject areas (e.g. Medicine & Dentistry or Mathematics and Statistics).

This table lists all of these sectors and subjects. You can use this to first identify the general sector that you client is interested in working within, then narrow it down to a more specific subject.

For further information please see the Ofqual Sector/Subject Areas PDF.

Sector	Subject
1.Health, Public Services & Care	1.1 Medicine & Dentistry
	1.2 Nursing and Subjects and Vocations Allied to Medicine
	1.3 Health & Social Care
	1.4 Public Services
	1.5 Child Development & Well-being
2.Science & Maths	2.1 Science
2.Science & Maths	2.2 Mathematics & Statistics
3.Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	3.1 Agriculture
	3.2 Horticulture and Forestry
	3.3 Animal Care & Veterinary Science
	3.4 Environmental Conservation
4.Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies	4.1 Engineering
	4.2Manufacturing Technologies
	4.3Transportation Operations & Maintenance
5.Construction, Planning, & The Built Environment	5.1Architecture
	5.2 Building & Construction
	5.3 Urban, Rural and regional Planning
6.ICT	6.1 ICT Practitioner
6.ICT	6.2 ICT for user
7.Retail & commercial Enterprise	7.1 Retailing & Wholesaling
	7.2 Warehousing & Distribution
	7.3 Service Enterprises
	7.4 Hospitality & Catering
8. Leisure, Travel & Tourism	8.1Sports, leisure & recreation
8. Leisure, Travel & Tourism	8.2 Travel and Tourism
9. Art, Media, & Publishing	9.1 Performing Arts
	9.2 Crafts, creative arts & design
	9.3 Media & Communication
	9.4 Publishing & Information Services
10. History, Philosophy and Theology	10.1 History
	10.2 Archaeology and Archaeological Studies
	10.3 Philosophy
	10.4 Theology an Religious Studies
11. Social Sciences	11.1 Geography
	11.2 Sociology and Social Policy
	11.3 Politics
	11.4 Economics
	11.5 Anthropology
12. Languages, Literature & Culture	12.1 Languages, Literature, Culture of the British Isles
	12.2 Other languages Literature & Culture
	12.3Linguistics
13. Education and Training	13.1Teaching and Lecturing
13. Education and Training	13.2 Direct Learning Support
14. Preparation for life & work	14.1 Foundation for learning
14. Preparation for life & work	14.2 Preparation for work
15. Business, Administration & Law	15.1 Accounting & Finance
	15.2 Administration
	15.3 Business Management
	15.4 Marketing & Sales
	15.5 Law & Legal Services