L5 Social work course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting L5 means social work, in the social studies area (L). 284 courses at 101 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 48 and 104 UCAS points; 21 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often See entry requirements. Another 53 joint honours courses carry L5 as their second subject.

Compare these courses, filter by entry grades and shortlist with the joint honours too

Codes in use

Universities choose their own codes, so most subjects have several. A code naming two subjects is a major/minor degree.

• L500 49
• L501 21
• L510 18
• L590 16
• L512 10
• L520 10
• L511 9
• L591 8
• L502 7
• L514 6
• L540 6
• L505 5
• L521 5
• L530 5
• L541 5
• L592 5
• L515 4
• L516 4
• L518 4
• L51F 4
• L550 4
• L593 4
• L503 3
• L506 3
• L509 3
• L50F 3
• L519 3
• L525 3
• L504 2
• L507 2
• L508 2
• L513 2
• L522 2
• L531 2
• L542 2
• L50B 1
• L50R 1
• L517 1
• L51L 1
• L523 1
• L524 1
• L52L 1
• L535 1
• L53L 1
• L544 1
• L547 1
• L54F 1
• L552 1
• L55F 1
• L561 1
• L574 1
• L575 1
• L580 1
• L594 1
• L595 1
• L599 1
• L59F 1
• L5B9 with other subjects allied to medicine 1
• L5C4 with genetics 1
• L5C6 with sport and exercise science 1
• L5C9 with other biological sciences 1
• L5D1 with pre-clinical veterinary medicine 1
• L5D3 with animal science 1
• L5D4 with agriculture 1
• L5DF 1
• L5FS 1
• L5FY 1
• L5G1 with mathematics 1
• L5G6 with software engineering (older codes) 1
• L5G7 with artificial intelligence (older codes) 1
• L5L1 with economics 1
• L5L4 with social policy 1
• L5L5 1
• L5L6 with anthropology 1
• L5P8 with media, journalism and communications, unlisted subject 1
• L5R1 with French 1
• L5R2 with German 1
• L5T3 with South Asian studies 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying L5 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with X3 education studies 11
• with L1 economics 3
• with L2 politics 3
• with X1 teacher training 3
• with B9 other subjects allied to medicine 2
• with C8 psychology 2
• with L3 sociology 2
• with L4 social policy 2
• with M1 law by area 2
• with A1 pre-clinical medicine 1
• with B7 nursing 1
• with F0 no standard meaning 1
• with M4 law, unlisted subject 1
• with N1 business studies 1
• with N5 marketing 1
• with P3 media studies 1
• with Q2 comparative literature 1
• with Q5 Celtic studies 1
• with R7 Russian and East European studies 1
• with T0 no standard meaning 1
• with T3 South Asian studies 1
• with V0 no standard meaning 1
• with V1 history by period 1
• with V2 history by area 1
• with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 1
• with V5 philosophy 1
• with X4 education, unlisted subject 1
• with X5 education, unlisted subject 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• social work 105
• health and social care 69
• childhood and youth studies 21
• youth and community work 10
• childhood studies 8
• child care 7
• health and welfare 7
• early childhood studies 6

Universities

• Newcastle College University Centre 10
• University of Staffordshire 9
• DN Colleges Group 8
• University of Greater Manchester 8
• Anglia Ruskin University 7
• London Metropolitan University 7
• University of Portsmouth 7
• Grwp Llandrillo Menai 6
• Leeds Trinity University 6
• Ulster University 6
• University of Essex 6
• Bucks New University 5
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 5
• Coventry University 5
• Keele University 5
• NPTC Group 5
• University of Bradford 5
• University of Lancashire 5
• University of Northampton 5
• University of Sunderland 5
• Birmingham Newman University 4
• Blackpool and the Fylde College 4
• Goldsmiths, University of London 4
• Hugh Baird College 4
• Leeds Beckett University 4
• Swansea University 4
• University College Birmingham 4
• University of Bedfordshire 4
• University of Derby 4
• University of South Wales 4
• University of West London 4
• Birmingham City University 3
• City College Norwich (incorporating Easton College) 3
• Liverpool Hope University 3
• New College Durham 3
• Nottingham Trent University 3
• University Centre Leeds, Leeds City College 3
• University of Chester 3
• University of Gloucestershire 3
• University of Plymouth 3
• University of Suffolk 3
• University of Sussex 3
• University of the West of Scotland 3
• Canterbury Christ Church University 2
• Chesterfield College 2
• Coleg Sir Gar 2
• Edge Hill University 2
• King's College London, University of London 2
• Kingston University 2
• London South Bank University 2
• Northumbria University, Newcastle 2
• Oxford Brookes University 2
• Plymouth Marjon University 2
• Queen's University Belfast 2
• Teesside University 2
• The University of Edinburgh 2
• University Campus Oldham 2
• University of Brighton 2
• University of Greenwich 2
• University of Hull 2
• University of Leeds 2
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 2
• University of York 2
• Wrexham University 2
• ARU London 1
• Bangor University 1
• Bournemouth University 1
• Bradford College 1
• Bristol, UWE 1
• De Montfort University 1
• Glasgow Caledonian University 1
• Lancaster University 1
• Manchester Metropolitan University 1
• Middlesex University 1
• Robert Gordon University 1
• Sheffield College 1
• Sheffield Hallam University 1
• Southampton, Solent University 1
• TEC Partnership (University Centre Grimsby, East Riding College, Scarborough & Skegness Colleges) 1
• University Centre Weston 1
• University of Birmingham 1
• University of Bristol 1
• University of Chichester 1
• University of Cumbria 1
• University of Dundee 1
• University of East Anglia UEA 1
• University of East London 1
• University of Hertfordshire 1
• University of Kent 1
• University of Leicester 1
• University of Lincoln 1
• University of Nottingham 1
• University of Roehampton 1
• University of Salford 1
• University of Stirling 1
• University of Strathclyde 1
• University of Winchester 1
• University of Wolverhampton 1
• University of Worcester 1
• Wigan and Leigh College 1
• York St John University 1

Courses