Summary of classification

(in 400 divisions)

The following outline is not framed in the actual terms used in the tables of any specific
edition of the UDC. It is simply a guide to the arrangement of disciplines and
subdisciplines, framed in the terms most commonly used to express them.
Common auxiliaries
Main classes
(and some of the disciplines and subdisciplines listed under each
0 GENERALITIES
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!!. Computer science
!!/ (anagement
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1 !IL"S"!#$ S#C!"L"G#
0!0 )ature and role of philosophy
00 (etaphysics
05 "hilosophy of mind and spirit
0. "hilosophical systems
0/8.8 "S3C2$%$'3
06 %ogic. &pistemology. Theory of =nowledge
09 (oral philosophy. &thics
% RELIGI"N$ T!E"L"G#
40 "#&2IST$#IC *)D "#I(ITI<& #&%I'I$)S
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45
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4/4 #eligions of (esopotamia
4/. #eligions of Iran
4/9 #eligions of &urope
46 :UD*IS(
49 C2#ISTI*)IT3
490 &astern church
494?498 -estern Church
494 #oman Catholic church
49.?49; "rotestant churches
4; IS%*(
4;4 Sunnite Islam
4;. Shi@ite Islam
4;/ 1abiA1aha@i
48 ($D&#) S"I#ITU*% ($<&(&)TS
& S"CIAL SCIENCES
5!. Social Buestions. Social practice.
5!; Sociography. DescriptiCe studies of society
500 ST*TISTICS
50. D&($'#*"23
506 S$CI$%$'3
54 "$%ITICS
540 +orms of political organiDation. States as political power
545 2ome affairs. Internal policy
54. &lections. "lebiscites. #eferendums
549 International relations
54;
"arliaments. Congresses. #epresentation of the people. 'oCernments
548 "olitical parties and moCements
55 &C$)$(ICS
550
%abour. &mployment. -or=. %abour economics. $rganiDation of labour.
556 +inance
55; &conomic policy. (anagement of the economy. "roduction. SerCices. "rices
558 Trade. Commerce. International economic relations. -orld economy
5. %*-. :U#IS"#UD&)C&
5.0 International law
5.4 "ublic law. Constitutional law. *dministratiCe law
5.5 Criminal law
5.5.8 Criminology
5.9 CiCil law
5/ "U1%IC *D(I)IST#*TI$). '$<&#)(&)T
5/4?5/. %eCels of administration. %ocal, regional, central administration
5//?5/8 (I%IT*#3 SCI&)C&
56 S*+&'U*#DI)' T2& (&)T*% *)D (*T&#I*% )&C&SSITI&S $+ %I+&
56. S$CI*% -&%+*#&
56; Insurance. Communal proCision through sharing of ris=
59 &DUC*TI$)
590 $rganiDation of educational and training system. School organiDation
59. &ducation and training out of school. +urther education
59; 2igher education. UniCersities. *cademic study
598.; %eisure
58 &T2)$'#*"23. +$%,%$#&
580 Costume
584 Customs, manners, usage in priCate life
585 Death. Treatment of corpses. +unerals. Death rites
58. "ublic life. Social life. %ife of the people
58/ Social ceremonial. &tiBuette. 'ood manners
58; +ol=lore in the strict sense.
586 +&(I)IS(
' MAT!EMATICS AN( NAT)RAL SCIENCES
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&nCironmental sciences. ConserCation of natural resources. Threats to the
enCironment and protection
/0 (*T2&(*TICS
/4 *ST#$)$(3
/4; 'eodesy, cartography
/48 Chronology
/5 "23SICS@
/. C2&(IST#3@
/.; Crystallography
/.8 (ineralogy
// &*#T2 SCI&)C&S
//0./ (eteorology. Climatology
//0.9 Stratigraphy
//4 "etrology
//5 &conomic geology
//6 2ydrology
/6 "*%*&$)T$%$'3
/9 1I$%$'IC*% SCI&)C&S
/94 *nthropology
/95 'eneral biology
/9. &cology
/9/ 'enetics
/96 Cytology
/99 1iochemistry. 1iophysics
/9; <irology
/98 (icrobiology
/; 1otany
/8 7oology
* ALIE( SCIENCES$ ME(ICINE$ TEC!N"L"G#
6! 1iotechnology
60 (&DICI)&
608 <eterinary medicine
64 &)'I)&&#I)'. T&C2)$%$'3 I) '&)&#*%
640 (echanical engineering
640.5 &lectrical engineering
640.5; &lectronics
644 (ining
645 (ilitary engineering
64. CiCil engineering
64/.0?./ #ailway engineering
64/.9?.; 2ighway engineering
646?649 2ydraulic engineering
64; "ublic health engineering
648 <ehicle engineering
65 *'#ICU%TU#*% SCI&)C&S
65! +orestry
650?65. +arm management. "lant husbandry
65/ 2orticulture
656?65; *nimal husbandry
658 2unting. +ishing
6. 2$(& &C$)$(ICS
6.0?6.4 Coo=ery
6.5?6.8 2ousehold eBuipment and management
6/0 $ffice management
6/. Telecommunications
6// "#I)TI)'. "U1%IS2I)'. 1$$, T#*D&
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6/9 *ccountancy
6/8 "ublicity. *dCertising. "ublic relations
66 C2&(IC*% T&C2)$%$'3
668 (etallurgy
69?6; I)DUST#I&S, C#*+TS *)D T#*D&S
68 1UI%DI)'
+ T!E ARTS
90 #&'I$)*% "%*))I)'
94 *#C2IT&CTU#&
95 "%*STIC *#TS
9. D#*-I)'
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96 '#*"2IC *#TS
99 "2$T$'#*"23
9; (USIC
98 #&C#&*TI$). &)T&#T*I)(&)T. '*(&S. S"$#T
980 CI)&(*. +I%(S (($TI$) "ICTU#&S
984 T2&*T#&
985 Dance
98. 1oard and table games
986?988 S"$#T
, LANG)AGE$ LING)ISTICS$ LITERAT)RE
;! "2I%$%$'3
;0 %I)'UISTICS
;00 IndiCidual languages
;4 %IT&#*TU#&
;40 %iterature of indiCidual languages
- GE"GRA!#$ .I"GRA!#$ !IST"R#
8!4 *#C2*&$%$'3
8!5 "rehistory
8!. Cultural remains of historical times
8!; *#&* STUDI&S
80 '&$'#*"23
848 1I$'#*"23
848./ 'enealogy
848.6 2eraldry
85?88 2IST$#3
85! Science of history. *ncillary historical sciences
85!.0 2istory as a science. Theory and philosophy of history
85!.4/ *rchiCistics. *rchiCes. "ublic records
85!.49 &pigraphy. "alaeography
8.
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Table 0g and ethnic grouping A Table 0f
8.(0!! 2istory of the world
8.(5 2istory of the ancient world
8.(. 2istory of &urope
8.(/ 2istory of *sia
8.(6 2istory of *frica
8.(9?; 2istory of the *mericas
8.(8 2istory of $ceania, the "olar regions, *ustralasia, etc.