Overview
With more than 4,000 students and 180 faculty members, the College of Humanities and
Social Sciences is the largest of UAEU's nine colleges. It builds on a rich academic
tradition, commitment to heritage and innovation, and a dedication to serve the community
and the nation. In alignment with the overall vision to evolve into a University of
the Future, the College is currently embarking on a fresh and exciting journey, as
the recently restructured Academic Departments offer interdisciplinary Academic Programs
that combine synthesized knowledge contents and improved professional skills. The
College comprises eight multidisciplinary Academic Departments:
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Department of Arabic Language and Literature
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Department of Languages and Literature
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Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability
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Department of Cognitive Sciences
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Department of Government and Society
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Department of Social Wellbeing
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Department of Media and Creative Industries
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Department of Tourism and Heritage Studies
These Departments offer a wide range of undergraduate academic programs and a growing
number of MA and PhD programs. For detailed information on these, visit the graduate
offerings.
Dean's Message
The CHSS is recognized as one of the nation’s leading college in humanities and social
sciences. It serves a diverse community of over 3000 students, and 200 faculty members
and staffs from various cultural and professional backgrounds. The College is renowned
for its first-class teaching and cutting-edge research across a wide range of academic
disciplines that address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. It
attracts students at both undergraduate and graduate levels from around the world.
Its eight academic departments provide transformative educational experiences, ensuring
that students become highly skilled and knowledgeable citizens capable of making meaningful
contributions to society.
Contact the Dean
Phone: 0971(3)7135017
Email: mohd.hwaiden@uaeu.ac.ae
Office: H1 Building, Room 2097 - C1 Building: Room 2086
Vision and Mission
Vision
Vision is to be an internationally recognized College, providing high-quality academic
programs and innovative research in a vibrant campus environment that prepares graduates
through an interdisciplinary and bilingual liberal education to become independent,
resourceful, and enterprising citizens; well-prepared professionals; leaders in government,
business, civil society, and family life; and shapers of the future of the United
Arab Emirates.
Mission
To achieve excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research and services
to the nation and beyond. Through a student-centred educational experience, the University
develops the intellectual, practical, creative and leadership abilities of the nation's
men and women while enhancing cultural, social and economic growth.
Accreditation
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences acknowledges the value of international
accreditation as a means of ensuring due recognition of the quality teaching and research
that is carried out in the CHSS programs. A College Accreditation Committee has been
set up in order to assist efforts of individual Departments to get their programs
accredited, as well as to explore possibilities for institutional accreditation of
the CHSS as a whole.
All CHSS programs are currently recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research.
Facilities
Students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences can avail of a range of
outstanding facilities and cutting-edge laboratories (in the fields of IT, arts, film
studies and TV, languages, applied linguistics, translation studies, experimental
psychology, cognitive psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and geoinformatics).
Partners
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences continuously collaborates with top universities
and reputable institutions in the UAE and worldwide to work closely and sign agreements
that facilitate collaboration in areas of scientific research; exchange of faculty,
students, and data; organizing seminars, conferences, field trips and internships,
and offering consultations, in addition to other areas of interest. Some of our partners
include
- Department of Community Development
- Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority
- Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council
- National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA)
- Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination
- Ras Al Khaimah Municipality
- The International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA)
- Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF)
- Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
- University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Korea Foundation
- Tsinghua University, China
- Beijing Normal University School of Journalism and Communication, China
- Centre for China Studies Between Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and United Arab
Emirates University
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
- Zhejiang University, China
The CHSS at the UAEU has been granted free access to the Phrase Academic Edition, an academic program designed for universities with translation courses.
Community Service
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) is actively engaged in providing
valuable contributions to the UAE community. Faculty members within the College extend
their academic expertise to professional partners in both public and private sectors.
Outreach activities to the UAE community include providing specialized consultations,
administering thematic workshops, delivering disciplinary lectures, and membership
in a large number of committees and taskforces within federal and local institutions.
In addition, the CHSS provides assistance to governmental agencies in upgrading the
skills of their employees through effective training sessions.
