In this contribution we will discuss the extension of visual photoelectrical photometry into the ultraviolet and its potential impact on stellar classification. As is the case in the visual, classification by photoelectrical photometry in the ultraviolet has some important advantages over classification by inspection of individual spectra. Studies that require global characteristics of stellar properties -such as studies of stellar distribution, extinction properties of interstellar dust, galactic structure - often require large numbers of observations to derive statistical properties. In photoelectric photometry such a large number of observations can usually be obtained in a reasonable amount of time and relatively conveniently processed without subjective criteria being applied to the data. Comparatively, the classical way to obtain stellar classification is a complex process that requires many steps.