Over the centuries, Peking University has distinguished itself especially for its humanities and social sciences disciplines. Specifically, these traditional disciplines--Chinese, history, philosophy, economics and law, to name a few–not only have stayed at the very top among the universities in China, but also earned prestige around the globe. In recent years, the humanities and social sciences disciplines of Peking University, with an aspiration for “nothing but the best” in original research, have accelerated their advance, both in cutting-edge research and in its application toward meeting the demands of the public.

Currently, Peking University has 20 schools and departments in the humanities and social sciences, with 32 national key disciplines and 232 research centers. Its teaching faculty is over 1,100 strong, with over 400 full professors, 500 associate professors, 22 senior national professors, 13 Changjiang professors, 17 members of the Social Sciences Committee of the Ministry of Education, 25 professors with the title Cross-Century Outstanding Talent awarded by the Ministry of Education, and 45 professors with the title New Century Outstanding Talent awarded by the Ministry of Education.

20 schools and departments

1.        Department of Chinese Language and Literature

Comparative Literature

Contemporary Literature

Classical Chinese 

Ancient Chinese Classics and Archives

Folk Literature

Literary Theory

Modern Chinese

Modern Literature

Language Theory

Linguistics

2.        Department of History

Ancient Chinese History

Ancient World History

Modern and Contemporary Chinese History

Modern and Contemporary European and American History

Modern and Contemporary Asian, African, and Latin American History

World History

Specialized History

Ethnic History

3.        Department of Philosophy

Marxist Philosophy

Chinese Philosophy

Foreign Philosophy

Logic

Ethics

Aesthetics

Buddhism and Taoism

Christianity and Religious Studies

Philosophy of Science and Technology

4.        School of Archaeology and Museology

Department of Archaeology

Department of Heritage

Lab of Archaeological Science

Lab of Conservation Science

5.        School of Foreign Languages

Department of English

Department of Oriental Languages

Department of Japanese

Department of Arabic

Department of Spanish

Department of French

Department of German

Department of Russian

6.        Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Urban and Rural Development

Environment and Development

Family and Social Studies

Ethnic Sociology and Demography

Demography and Environment

Anthropology

Social Work

Sociological Methodology

Sociological Theory

Applied Sociology

7.        School of Government

Department of Political Science

Department of Public Administration

Department of Public Policy

Department of Public Economics

Department of Urban and Regional Management

Department of Political Economy

8.        School of International Studies (SIS)

Department of International Politics

Department of Diplomacy

Department of International Political Economy

9.        School of Economics

Department of Economics

Department of Public Finance

Department of International Economics and Trade

Department of Risk Management and Insurance

Department of Finance

Department of Environment, Resource and Development Economics

10.    Guanghua School of Management

Department of Management Science and Engineering

Department of Accounting

Department of Finance

Department of Business Statistics and Econometrics

Department of Marketing

Department of Health Economics and Management

Department of Information Systems and Logistics Management

Department of Applied Economics

Department of Strategic Management

Department of Organization Management

11.    School of Arts

Department of Film/TV Arts

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Musicology

Department of Arts

12.    School of Journalism and Communication

Department of Journalism

Department of Communication

Department of Advertising

Department of New Media and Internet Communication

13.    Graduate School of Education

Department of Education and Human Development

Department of Economics and Administration of Education

Department of Educational Technology

14.    Department of Information Management

Library Science

Information Management and Information Systems

Information Analysis and Information Consultancy

15.    China Center for Economic Research

16.    Institute of Population Research

17.    International College for Chinese Language Studies

18.    School of Marxism

19.    Law School

20.    Department of Physical Education

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