The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is one of the largest Faculties at NUS, with an annual intake of about 1,900. More than 6000 undergraduate students (including 500 exchange students), and close to 1000 graduate students make up the student populaton. The Faculty also has more than 400 faculty members and 160 executive and professional staff. It is one of the earliest established Faculties at the University, with its origins dating back to the founding of Raffles College, which began classes in 1928.

The Faculty’s mission is to contribute to society through the advancement of knowledge and learning in the humanities and social sciences. The FASS mission consists of three parts. It emphasises the following:

• Advancement of knowledge through research
• Advancement of learning through education
• Service to society.

The Faculty is organised into three divisions – Asian Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences – under which 15 departments and programmes are grouped. It offers the most comprehensive range of Humanities and Social Sciences subjects not only in Singapore but in the region.

Division	Department/Programme	Subjects Offered
Asian Studies Division	Department of Chinese Studies	Chinese Language
		Chinese Studies
	Department of Japanese Studies	Japanese Studies
	Department of Malay Studies	Malay Studies
	South Asian Studies Programme	South Asian Studies
	Department of Sourtheast Asian Studies	Southeast Asian Studies
Humanities Division	Department of English Language & Literature	English Language
		English Literature
		Theatre Studies
	Department of History	History
	Department of Philosophy	Philosophy
Social Sciences Division	Department of Communications and New Media	Communications and New Media
	Department of Economics	Economics
	Department of Geography	Geography
	Department of Political Science	Political Science
	Department of Psychology	Psychology
	Department of Social Work	Social Work
	Department of Sociology	Sociology

Multidisciplinary, cross-departmental programmes
Hosted by Office of Programmes	American Studies
	European Studies
	Freshman Seminar
	Minor Programmes (China Studies, Cultrual Studies, Gender Studies, Health and Social Sciences, Religious Studies, and Science, Technology and Society)

In addition, the Faculty’s Centre for Language Studies provides language instruction in many Asian and European languages.

For up-to-date information on the Faculty, please visit its website at: http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg