About us
Excellence
The School of Arts and Humanities is one of the UK’s most prestigious and comprehensive faculties of its kind, being ranked 26th in the 2011 QS World Rankings.
It is based on strong foundations in the Humanities, Languages and Literatures, and the Creative Arts. The School’s departments are all regularly highlighted as being in the top ten in the UK, with most departments (such as French, Philosophy, History, Classics) also regularly featuring in the top three nationally.
The School is world-leading not only in traditional disciplinary subjects in the Arts and Humanities. It is distinctive through outstanding expertise in subjects in decline elsewhere, including Hellenic Studies, Portuguese Studies and Medieval Studies.
Collaboration & Innovation
The School has built up a number of strong and unique teaching and research collaborations with some of the World’s premier cultural organisations, including the National Gallery, the British Museum, the British Library, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Finally, the School has pioneered new developments in the Arts and Humanities, including Digital Humanities, Culture, Media and Creative Industries, and Medical Humanities.
Based on our traditions and spirit of innovation we will be one of the UK’s first faculties to offer a BA in the Liberal Arts from 2012.
Employability
Our faculty and our postgraduate students are at the forefront of academic debate. Our students have excellent employment prospects in public service, in the private sector, and in international organisations. Our students aspire to leadership in whatever they do, through their ability to challenge and inspire, their spirit of enquiry, and their capacity to solve complex problems in creative ways.
Famous alumni range from John Ruskin, one of the foremost intellectuals of the Victorian era, to Desmond Tutu and Mario Vargas Llosa, both of whom are recipients of the Nobel Prize.