L9 Other social studies course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting L9 means other social studies, in the social studies area (L). 45 courses at 19 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 128 UCAS points; 9 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often ABB. Another 58 joint honours courses carry L9 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.

• L900 7
• L901 5
• L905 3
• L903 2
• L911 2
• L912 2
• L990 2
• L902 1
• L904 1
• L906 1
• L90F 1
• L910 1
• L914 1
• L917 1
• L918 1
• L920 1
• L92A 1
• L933 1
• L935 1
• L936 1
• L987 1
• L988 1
• L9F4 with forensic and archaeological sciences 1
• L9FS 1
• L9L2 with politics 1
• L9N8 with hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism 1
• L9N9 with other business 1
• L9RY 1
• L9Y7 with combined and general studies, unlisted subject 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying L9 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with L1 economics 5
• with L2 politics 4
• with L3 sociology 3
• with A9 other medicine and dentistry 2
• with L6 anthropology 2
• with N9 other business 2
• with T1 Chinese studies 2
• with T6 Middle Eastern studies 2
• with V1 history by period 2
• with X3 education studies 2
• with A4 clinical dentistry 1
• with A7 medicine and dentistry, unlisted subject 1
• with B9 other subjects allied to medicine 1
• with C8 psychology 1
• with F4 forensic and archaeological sciences 1
• with F8 physical geography 1
• with F9 other physical sciences 1
• with H2 civil engineering 1
• with I1 computer science 1
• with I2 information systems 1
• with L4 social policy 1
• with L7 human geography 1
• with M1 law by area 1
• with M2 law by topic 1
• with M5 law, unlisted subject 1
• with M9 other law, often criminology 1
• with N2 management studies 1
• with P3 media studies 1
• with P9 other media and communications 1
• with Q1 linguistics 1
• with Q3 English studies 1
• with R0 no standard meaning 1
• with R5 Portuguese 1
• with T0 no standard meaning 1
• with T4 other Asian studies 1
• with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 1
• with V5 philosophy 1
• with W3 music 1
• with W5 dance 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• international development 14
• policing 7
• business and management 3
• international politics 3
• liberal arts 3
• social sciences 3
• education studies 2
• history 2

Universities

• University of Essex 12
• University of Portsmouth 4
• University of Birmingham 3
• University of Chester 3
• University of Sussex 3
• Cardiff Metropolitan University 2
• King's College London, University of London 2
• Swansea University 2
• University of Manchester 2
• University of Reading 2
• University of Sunderland 2
• Bedford College Group 1
• Birmingham Newman University 1
• Cardiff University 1
• SOAS University of London 1
• University of Leeds 1
• University of Plymouth 1
• University of Roehampton 1
• University of Wolverhampton 1

Courses