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Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

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A global reputation for research excellence and transformational education

The Faculty is built upon a thriving academic community housed across 11 departments.

Home to world-leading researchers and committed educators, our Faculty brings together exceptional expertise across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Through our individual research, research centres, pioneering projects, impactful partnerships and education focused on making our graduates career-ready, we create knowledge that transforms lives, communities and society.

What makes us
global leaders?

Four social science subjects are in the UK top 10 for research quality (REF 2021)
7th in the UK for research impact in philosophy (Grade Point Average, REF2021)
We were awarded the UK's first and only Regius Professorship of Political Science
1st in the UK for Drama (The Guardian University Guide 2026)
We house the UK Data Archive, the UK's only nationally-funded research infrastructure for social science data
3rd for student positivity in liberal arts (NSS 2025, English Broad Discipline Universities)
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Photograph of the street sign for Downing Street
Drama students rehearsing with script
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three students walking up a tree covered path on a sunny day

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Human rights expert's book shortlisted for prestigious legal prize
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