Newcastle University Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences
The Newcastle University Faculty of Humanities and Social Science (HaSS) is the largest of the three faculties at Newcastle University.
In its current form, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science contains nine schools, a graduate school and a language centre (INTO).
The faculty offers over seventy undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees and research opportunities, and has a number of research centres.
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