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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 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] Ranked 5th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2022), the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at UCL is recognised globally for both its teaching and research excellence.

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

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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

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Faculty 2013 - Arts and Humanities". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - English Language and Literature". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  9. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Modern Languages". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  10. ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 - Philosophy". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  11. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2016". Top Universities. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. ^ "World University Rankings 2016-2017 by subject: arts and humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 20 September 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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