Faculty at a glance

Student Numbers

• Undergraduate (including Joint Honours and Visiting: 8124
• Postgraduate (including Microcredentials and Visiting): 3676
• Total registered students in 2023/24: 11,800

Find further details on all study options in the Faculty.

Schools and Departments/ Disciplines

• Schools: 12
• Departments/Disciplines: 31

Further details on all Faculty Schools and Departments/Disciplines are available on each School's website.
See a list of links to all Faculty Schools.

Quality Rankings

World University Rankings

• Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's No.1 University (QS World University Ranking 2025; Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024).
• Trinity College is ranked in the top 100 worldwide in the area of Arts and Humanities.

QS World Subject rankings 2024

Trinity is ranked in the top 50 worldwide in five subject areas, three of which are in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences:

• 21 in the world for English Language and Literature.
• 40 in the world for Performing Arts.
• 49 in the world for Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies.

Trinity is also ranked in the top 100 worldwide in the following Faculty subject areas:

• Accounting & Finance
• Archaeology
• Classics & Ancient History
• Education
• History
• Law
• Modern Languages
• Philosophy
• Politics & International Studies
• Psychology
• Social Policy & Administration

Further details on the international and national rankings of Trinity College and subjects within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences can be found on Trinity College's ranking webpage.

Athena Swan

Trinity College currently holds an Athena Swan Ireland Institutional Silver award. Schools in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences hold the following awards:

Silver award:

• Psychology

Bronze award:

• Business
• English
• Histories and Humanities
• Law
• Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences
• Social Sciences and Philosophy
• Social Work and Social Policy
• Religion, Theology and Peace Studies

Find further details on Athena Swan at Trinity College.

Location

The Faculty Office is located in Room 2013, Arts Building. Please see our Contact page for further information.
Faculty Schools and Centres are housed throughout Trinity College and beyond, including the Arts Building, Trinity Business School, Samuel Beckett Centre, Aras an Phiarsaigh, and College Green. Further details are available through each School's contact page or on TCD Maps.

Further Information

If you have any queries about the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Studies please contact us at artshss@tcd.ie.