V5 Philosophy course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting V5 means philosophy, in the history, philosophy and religion area (V). 110 courses at 46 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 128 UCAS points; 42 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAB. Another 293 joint honours courses carry V5 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.

• V500 37
• V501 10
• V502 7
• V50F 5
• V503 4
• V5L2 with politics 3
• V590 2
• V5L8 with development studies 2
• V5LF 2
• V5R1 with French 2
• V5R4 with Spanish 2
• V504 1
• V505 1
• V50A 1
• V510 1
• V520 1
• V52F 1
• V530 1
• V532 1
• V533 1
• V550 1
• V551 1
• V591 1
• V599 1
• V5C8 with psychology 1
• V5CF 1
• V5L1 with economics 1
• V5L3 with sociology 1
• V5L5 with social work 1
• V5L7 with human geography 1
• V5L9 with other social studies 1
• V5M9 with other law, often criminology 1
• V5MX 1
• V5PG 1
• V5PH 1
• V5PL 1
• V5PP 1
• V5PS 1
• V5PT 1
• V5R2 with German 1
• V5R3 with Italian 1
• V5V0 1
• V5V1 with history by period 1
• V5V6 with theology and religious studies 1
• V5X3 with education studies 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying V5 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with L2 politics 32
• with Q3 English studies 21
• with V1 history by period 20
• with G1 mathematics 16
• with V6 theology and religious studies 15
• with L3 sociology 12
• with C8 psychology 10
• with L1 economics 10
• with F3 physics 9
• with L6 anthropology 8
• with R2 German 8
• with Q8 classical studies 7
• with R3 Italian 7
• with M1 law by area 6
• with P3 media studies 6
• with Q1 linguistics 6
• with R1 French 6
• with R4 Spanish 5
• with Q5 Celtic studies 4
• with R7 Russian and East European studies 4
• with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 4
• with L4 social policy 3
• with Q2 comparative literature 3
• with V2 history by area 3
• with W3 music 3
• with W8 creative writing 3
• with L7 human geography 2
• with M9 other law, often criminology 2
• with N2 management studies 2
• with P9 other media and communications 2
• with Q6 Latin 2
• with Q7 classical Greek 2
• with R6 Scandinavian studies 2
• with R9 other European languages 2
• with T2 Japanese studies 2
• with V0 no standard meaning 2
• with V7 heritage studies 2
• with W1 fine art 2
• with W4 drama 2
• with W6 film and photography 2
• with C1 biology 1
• with F0 no standard meaning 1
• with G2 operational research 1
• with G3 statistics 1
• with G4 computer science (older codes) 1
• with G5 information systems (older codes) 1
• with I1 computer science 1
• with L0 no standard meaning 1
• with N1 business studies 1
• with P1 information services 1
• with Q4 ancient languages 1
• with R5 Portuguese 1
• with T4 other Asian studies 1
• with T6 Middle Eastern studies 1
• with T7 American studies 1
• with T8 Australasian studies 1
• with Y0 no standard meaning 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• philosophy 98

Universities

• University of Essex 13
• University of Warwick 8
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 7
• University of York 6
• Oxford Brookes University 4
• Royal Holloway, University of London 4
• University of Reading 4
• University of Southampton 4
• Anglia Ruskin University 3
• Keele University 3
• Lancaster University 3
• Swansea University 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Nottingham 3
• Bristol, UWE 2
• Durham University 2
• Manchester Metropolitan University 2
• UCL (University College London) 2
• University of Exeter 2
• University of Glasgow 2
• University of Hull 2
• University of Liverpool 2
• University of Sheffield 2
• University of Winchester 2
• Bangor University 1
• Birkbeck, University of London 1
• Cardiff University 1
• Coventry University 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London 1
• Newcastle University 1
• Queen's University Belfast 1
• SOAS University of London 1
• The University of Edinburgh 1
• University of Aberdeen 1
• University of Birmingham 1
• University of Bristol 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Dundee 1
• University of East Anglia UEA 1
• University of Lincoln 1
• University of Manchester 1
• University of St Andrews 1
• University of Stirling 1
• University of Sussex 1
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1

Courses