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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Leading teaching and research in 21st century humanities and social sciences

Driven by academic rigour, intellectual curiosity and social inclusion, we're committed to solving pressing global challenges.

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Study arts and social sciences

Arts degrees for undergraduates and postgraduates

Whether you’re fresh from high school, wanting to change career or upskill, or looking to delve into research, our reputation for world-class teaching and research makes us a leader for study in the arts and social sciences.

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Scepticism to surprise: Teaching excellence continues during COVID-19

Despite the significant disruption COVID-19 has brought to university life, Arts and Social Sciences students recently let us know they continued to receive a high standard of education last semester.

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Our research

From archaeological digs to artificial intelligence and legal ethics to language learning, we bring our love of knowledge and culture of excellence to the world's greatest challenges.

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The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is home to some of the world’s most outstanding scholars.

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Industry and community

Connect with us to meet our bright students, experience our lively events and hear from some of the best thinkers in Australia.

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Our people

We are committed to delivering an exceptional curriculum and supporting both our staff and students to maximise their professional and academic potential.

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#22 in the world for Arts and Humanities (2020 QS World University Rankings)
#25 in the world for Social Sciences (2020 QS World University Rankings)
#2 globally, in Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 2020
Est. 1852 Over 165 years of teaching and research excellence
6 schools Economics; Education and Social Work; Languages and Cultures; Literature, Art and Media; Philosophical and Historical Inquiry; Social and Political Sciences

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Latest news

28 October 2020

Quality teaching spurs jump in Times subject rankings

The University shows strong performance in the Times Higher Education subject rankings.

21 October 2020

Kosta Lucas

Meet the grad forging a career in countering violent extremism

Peace and Conflict Studies alumnus Kosta Lucas is helping communities prevent and counter violent extremism through his consultancy, SynqUp.

21 October 2020

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University strong performer in US News rankings

University continues strong performance in prestigious American rankings which rank universities from 86 countries on academic research and reputation.

21 October 2020

Financial return of a university education impacted by a nation's income inequality

University of Sydney economists have determined a correlation between a country's level of income inequality, and the wage boost people can expert as a result of graduating from university; the 'university wage premium'.

19 October 2020

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The Remarriage Plot

When same-sex marriage was legalised in Australia in December 2017, Lee Wallace had already spent several years working on her new book Reattachment Theory: Queer Cinema of Remarriage, which argues that gay and lesbian lifestyles influenced ideas about marriage long before they had legal equivalency. The only difference, Wallace contends, is that now “all marriage is gay marriage”.

16 October 2020

International and Global Studies grad Rohan Pankhania-MacDonald Rohan provides interpretation in French for an Australian military attaché as a local journalist conducts an interview. The photo was taken last year at the annual commemorative ceremony in Fromelles in northern France, where thousands of Australian and allied troops lost their lives during the First World War.

Arts grad at work: Living in Paris, working at the Australian Embassy

After an exchange to Belgium in high school, Rohan chose to study International and Global Studies at uni. Immersing himself in French language and culture, he got to study in Paris in third year. He’s “basically been living abroad ever since.”

14 October 2020

$1.3m for humanities and social sciences research

Sydney humanities and social science researchers have been awarded more than $1.3m to examine a range of topics, including democracy in the bush, home ownership and what we can learn from history about free university education.

14 October 2020

Anthropology graduate awarded 2020 Cambridge Australia Scholarship

Alumna Sally Montgomery has been selected for the prestigious Cambridge Australia Scholarship to undertake research into the unregulated online breast milk market.

12 October 2020

University gifted rare original works by Shakespeare precursor and Faulkner

A copy of Ben Jonson's Folio (1616) and a complete set of the works of William Faulkner in first editions have been given to the University of Sydney by two separate donors.

02 October 2020

Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarships

Yasmin Smith and Kalanjay Dhir have been awarded the 2020 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarships by the Sydney College of the Arts. These scholarships are awarded to an emerging and a mid-career/established artist who are graduates of the SCA.

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