Departments and Schools

The College of Law brings together a range of subjects to explore legal systems and the legal challenges of the developing world, alongside human rights, international law and institutions, environmental law and international trade and commerce.

Department of Development Studies at SOAS University of London.

The Department of Economics at SOAS University London.

The Department provides expert grounding in the study of Politics and International Relations through deep engagement with the historical legacies, political realities, and international affairs of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The School of Anthropology, Media and Gender is the only one of its kind in the UK -  dedicated to the developing world with unrivalled expertise and produce world-leading research in China, Africa, South/South-East Asia, the Middle East.

The School of Arts is a world-leading centre for study and research involving visual and sound arts, material and intangible cultures, media industries and digital cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

The School of Finance and Management at SOAS University of London.

The School specialises in teaching and researching the history, religion, and philosophy of the Global South in a critical, decolonial, and interdisciplinary manner.

The School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, with its focus on Africa, the Near and Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia, takes culture - both contemporary and traditional - as the principal lens through which to understand a region.