About the Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences has approximately 250 academic and administrative staff members and 1500 students. 

The faculty is organised into four departments:

• Department of Information Systems
• Department of Global Development and Planning
• Department of Political Science and Management
• Department of Sociology and Social Work 

We educate candidates at bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels in the fields of development studies, information systems, political science, public administration, management, social change and planning, social work, and sociology.

Key research areas include ICT development and implementation, EU integration and governance, innovation and development in welfare services, global development, and urban and regional planning.

The Faculty of Social Sciences offers a range of exchange programs for students and staff at universities across the world. 

For more than 20 years international students and Norwegian students have attended the European Integration Summer School at UiA. In this programme they examine the European integration process from the ‘outside’, and gain a new and rewarding perspective.