Faculties
Our four faculties bring together our world-leading schools, departments,
centres and institutes to work collaboratively on research and teaching.
They support our efforts to be a university with global impact by overseeing
our teaching, academic development and research while developing strong
partnerships with business and industry.
Faculty of Humanities and Comparative Studies
Our Faculty of Humanities and Comparative Studies offers a unique, research-led student experience across a broad range
of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes. Our Faculty's
outstanding reputation for research was confirmed by the last UK-wide
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE, December 2008), with Essex ranked in the
top ten for History, Philosophy and Art History.
Our Faculty includes:
Faculty of Law and Management
Our Faculty of Law and Management is committed to developing professional leaders of the future within
an international environment of innovative scholarship that creates value,
generates enterprise, fosters responsibility and contributes to social
justice.
Our Faculty includes:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Students at our Faculty of Science and Engineering develop the skills to address global issues and
benefit people, the environment and society. They are learning from
scientists who are working on vital issues including the nature of ageing,
the meaning of genes, the future of the internet and the survival of coral
reefs and climate change.
Our Faculty includes:
Faculty of Social Sciences
We are the top university in the UK for social science research according
to the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE, December 2008). Our
Faculty
of Social Sciences is home to some of
the most highly-rated social science departments and research centres in the
country.
Our Faculty includes: