King's College London Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Faculty of Arts & Humanities,
King's College London

Former names	King's College, London Faculty of Arts (1831) King's College, London Faculties of Music and Theology (1831) King's College London School of Humanities (1988) King's College London School of Arts and Humanities (2009) King's College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities (2014)
Established	1831; 193 years ago (1831)
Parent institution	King's College London
Executive Dean of Faculty	Professor Marion Thain
Location	London , United Kingdom
Website	kcl.ac.uk/artshums/

The King's College London Faculty of Arts & Humanities is one of the nine academic Faculties of Study of King's College London. It is situated on the Strand in the heart of central London, in the vicinity of many renowned cultural institutions with which the Faculty has close links including the British Museum, Shakespeare's Globe, the National Portrait Gallery and the British Library.^[1] In the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject, King's Arts & Humanities ranked in the top twenty worldwide.^[2]

The Faculty of Arts & Humanities offers study at undergraduate and graduate level in a wide range of subject areas. Many of the departments and programmes offer joint undergraduate degrees, including some with the Departments of Geography and War Studies, in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy and with Mathematics in the Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences.^[3] As a member of the Russell Group and the Golden triangle, the Faculty receives a high number of applications.

The Faculty is a member of The Council of University Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH UK), and of London Citizens. The current Executive Dean of Faculty is Professor Marion Thain, who took over from Professor Russell Goulbourne in December 2018.