University College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Dean Professor Jonathan Wolff[1]
Administrative staff
180[2]
(Academic and research staff (as at October 2009))
Students 2,034[2]
(Undergraduate (2008/09))
826[2]
(Graduate (2008/09))
Location London, United Kingdom
Website UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (popularly known as UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities) is one of the 11 constituent faculties of University College London (UCL).[3]

The current Executive Dean is Professor Jonathan Wolff.

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.[4]

Departments

The Faculty currently comprises the following departments:[5]

UCL School of European Languages, Society and Culture (SELCS), which constitutes:

  • UCL Department of Dutch
  • UCL Department of French
  • UCL Department of German
  • UCL Department of Italian
  • UCL Department of Scandinavian Studies
  • UCL Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies

In addition the Faculty comprises:

Research

The Faculty is currently home to or closely involved with the following research centres and institutes:[6][7][8]

BASc Arts and Sciences programme

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 (abbreviated as BASc).[9] The programme offers material from almost all UCL departments, including new modules specifically designed for the course by leading UCL academics.[10]

Rankings

In the 2013 QS World University Rankings, UCL is ranked 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Arts and Humanities.[11] In the 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject, UCL is ranked 15th in the world (and 4th in Europe) for English Language and Literature,[12] 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Modern Languages[13] and joint 51st-100th in the world (and joint 16th in Europe) for Philosophy.[14]

In the 2012/13 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UCL is ranked 10th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Arts and Humanities.[15]

See also

References

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