University College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities explained

UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Dean:Stella Bruzzi
City:London, United Kingdom
Students:3,828 (2019/20)[1]
Undergrad:2,699
Postgrad:1,129
Academic Staff:380 (as of December 2018)[2]
Administrative Staff:72 (as of December 2018)
Website:UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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

SELCS offers the widest range of language-based degrees in the UK, with programmes in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Iberian and Latin American Studies as well as cutting-edge interdisciplinary programmes in Comparative Literature, Early Modern, European, Film, Health, Gender, Race and Translation Studies.

Research

The impacts of UCL Arts & Humanities research on the wider world have been recognised in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021). The Faculty of Arts and Humanities, was ranked 6th in the UK in terms of Research Power in the REF2021.

Rankings

In the 2013 QS World University Rankings, UCL was ranked 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Arts and Humanities.[7] 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,[8] 8th in the world (and 3rd in Europe) for Modern Languages[9] and joint 51st-100th in the world (and joint 16th in Europe) for Philosophy.[10] In the 2016/2017 QS World University Rankings, UCL is currently ranked 7th in the world.[11] 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.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Student statistics. 1 December 2019. [UCL].
  2. Web site: Annual Review 2019. 23 March 2020. [UCL].
  3. Web site: The Academic Units of UCL. 12 September 2010. University College London.
  4. Web site: Professor Stella Bruzzi. 6 July 2020. [UCL].
  5. News: Imperial translation unit moves to UCL. 2 October 2013. Times Higher Education. 2 October 2013.
  6. Web site: Academic Departments by Faculty. 12 September 2010. University College London.
  7. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Faculty 2013 - Arts and Humanities. 28 September 2013. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  8. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - English Language and Literature. 5 March 2014. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  9. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Modern Languages. 5 March 2014. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  10. Web site: QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Philosophy. 5 March 2014. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  11. News: QS World University Rankings 2016. 2016-08-25. Top Universities. 2017-03-16.
  12. News: World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: arts and humanities. 2016-09-20. Times Higher Education (THE). 2017-03-16. en.

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