University College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities


The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is one of the 11 constituent faculties of University College London.
The current Executive Dean is Professor Stella Bruzzi FBA.

History

In October 2013 it was announced that the Translation Studies Unit of Imperial College London would move to UCL, becoming part of the UCL School of European Languages, Culture & Society.

Departments

The Faculty currently comprises the following departments:
UCL School of European Languages, Society and Culture, which constitutes:
In addition the Faculty comprises:
The Faculty is currently home to or closely involved with the following research centres and institutes:
UCL began intake in 2012 of a new interdisciplinary, undergraduate degree called Arts and Sciences. It is part of the UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The degree offers a bespoke programme incorporating both arts and sciences specialisms with students graduating with a Bachelors in Arts and Sciences. The programme offers material from almost all UCL departments, including new modules specifically designed for the course by leading UCL academics.

Rankings

In the 2013 QS World University Rankings, UCL was ranked 8th in the world for Arts and Humanities. In the 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject, UCL was ranked 15th in the world for English Language and Literature, 8th in the world for Modern Languages and joint 51st-100th in the world for Philosophy. In the 2016/2017 QS World University Rankings, UCL is currently ranked 7th in the world. It also holds its highest historical ranking for Arts and Humanities at 4th in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.