Outline of academic disciplines

An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education.

A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research.

The following outline provides an overview of and topical guide to academic disciplines.

In each case, an entry at the highest level of the hierarchy (e.g., Humanities) is a group of broadly similar disciplines; an entry at the next highest level (e.g., Music) is a discipline having some degree of autonomy and being the fundamental identity felt by its scholars.

Lower levels of the hierarchy are sub-disciplines that do generally not have any role in the structure of the university's governance.