About us

The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences consists of 10 Academic Schools with 1,100 staff and 13,000 students.

From Business to Law, Music to Journalism, we have an internationally recognised intellectual capacity considering the key theoretical and practical questions in the study of the economy, politics and society.

We encompass the following Academic Schools:

• Cardiff Business School
• English, Communication and Philosophy
• Geography and Planning
• History, Archaeology and Religion
• Journalism, Media and Culture
• Law and Politics
• Modern Languages
• Music
• Social Sciences
• Welsh

We offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and students benefit from direct access to world-leading academics. Our professional courses help equip employees with the latest skills, and bespoke training can be tailored to meet the specific needs of organisations.

Our graduates have gone on to secure prominent positions with leading organisations around the world. Our alumni include Spencer Dale, Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Danny Blanchflower, academic and former member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England, journalists Bill Turnbull and Alex Thomson, founder of Money Saving Expert, Martin Lewis, and composer Karl Jenkins.