University College London 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]

UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities
DeanStella Bruzzi
Academic staff
380 (as of December 2018)[1]
Administrative staff
72 (as of December 2018)[1]
Students3,828 (2019/20)[2]
Undergraduates2,699
Postgraduates1,129
Location
London, United Kingdom
WebsiteUCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The current Executive Dean is Professor Stella Bruzzi FBA.[4]


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.[5]

Departments

The Faculty currently comprises the following departments:[6]

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
University College London

The Faculty is currently home to or closely involved with the following research centres and institutes:[7][8][9]

  • UCL Centre for Digital Humanities
  • UCL Centre for European Studies
  • UCL Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research
  • UCL Centre for Intercultural Studies
  • UCL Centre for Italian Studies
  • UCL Centre for Publishing
  • Cultural Informatics Research Centre for the Arts and Humanities
  • Institute of Jewish Studies
  • International Centre for Archives and Records Management Research and User Studies
  • Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art

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).[10] The programme offers material from almost all UCL departments, including new modules specifically designed for the course by leading UCL academics.[11]

Rankings

In the 2013 QS World University Rankings, UCL was ranked 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Arts and Humanities.[12] In the 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject, UCL was ranked 15th in the world (and 4th in Europe) for English Language and Literature,[13] 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Modern Languages[14] and joint 51st-100th in the world (and joint 16th in Europe) for Philosophy.[15] In the 2016/2017 QS World University Rankings, UCL is currently ranked 7th in the world.[16] 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.[17]

See also

References
  1. "Annual Review 2019". [UCL]. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "Student statistics". [UCL]. 1 December 2019.
  3. "The Academic Units of UCL". University College London. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  4. "Professor Stella Bruzzi". [UCL]. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. "Imperial translation unit moves to UCL". Times Higher Education. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  6. "Academic Departments by Faculty". University College London. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  7. "The Faculty's Research Centres". UCL Department of Information Studies. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  8. "Research at UCL Department of Information Studies". UCL Department of Information Studies. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  9. "About Us". UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  10. "Prospective Students". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  11. "UCL launches innovative new Arts and Sciences undergraduate degree". Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  12. "QS World University Rankings by Faculty 2013 - Arts and Humanities". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  13. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - English Language and Literature". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  14. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Modern Languages". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  15. "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Philosophy". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  16. "QS World University Rankings 2016". Top Universities. 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  17. "World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: arts and humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2017-03-16.


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