Kings College of London: Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Welcome to the Faculty of Arts & Humanities

We are one of the UK's most prestigious arts and humanities faculties based in the heart of London with close links with renowned cultural institutions including the British Museum, Shakespeare's Globe and the National Portrait Gallery.

We are one of the most diverse faculties in terms of subject range in the University of London and are therefore able to offer undergraduate degrees, postgraduate masters and research opportunities in all aspects of human culture and history, from ancient languages and history to contemporary film studies.

Many of our departments are ranked in the top 10 in the country including Film Studies (6th), Classics (10th) and History (10th) according to the Guardian University Guide
99% of research in the Faculty has been judged as having an outstanding (4*) and very significant impact (3*) and many departments in the Faculty were rated in the top 10 nationally for both the power and quality of their research (REF, 2014)

Interdisciplinarity is central to what we do, whether through holding collaborative public events (such as our annual Arts & Humanities Festival), joint teaching with other departments in the College or combining research expertise to focus our work on new areas.

Our history

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities was formed in 1989 following the amalgamation of the former faculties of Arts, Music, and Theology. Since then, we have built upon our strong traditional roots with distinctive subjects in decline elsewhere such as Hellenic Studies, Portuguese Studies and Medieval Studies as well as emerging disciplines such as Culture, Media & Creative Industries, Digital Humanities, Film and Queer Studies.

The Dean of Faculty is Professor Russell Goulbourne, who took over from Professor Simon Gaunt in 2014.

Our vision

In addition to building upon our successes in research and teaching, we want to develop our partnerships with other world-class universities internationally and our engagement with the arts sector. We already enjoy close relationships with the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), with whose staff we co-supervise PhD students and offer joint degrees with Georgetown, the Humboldt University and Stuttgart University.

We also want to cultivate new partnerships with the arts sector in London so that we can maximise the social, cultural and economic impact of our research.

The Faculty by numbers

4,828 students (2016-17). Students in the Faculty make up about 16% of the student population of King's. Around 20% of our students are international
3,242 students on undergraduate programmes
901 students on taught Master's programmes
656 research students
345 academic staff and around 80 professional services staff

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