Faculty of Social Sciences

We are a leading Faculty of Social Sciences and our rankings reflect this across our subject areas. We're ranked Top 5 in the UK for Education, 1st in Scotland for Criminology, and Top 10 in the UK for Social Policy (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023).

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Study with us

With a diverse range of globally recognised courses, we’ll help you to be the difference in your chosen career. From sociology to education, all of our social science courses are taught by lecturers who are experts in their fields.

We deliver many courses that facilitate opportunities for you to gain widespread practical experience, promote postgraduate research, and allow you to achieve your ambitions.

Study in the Faculty of Social Sciences
Undergraduate study
CPD and short courses
Postgraduate taught
Postgraduate research
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Social sciences research

As an integrated multi-disciplinary group, our research and teaching covers: Dementia, Education, Housing, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, and Social Work. Our dynamic group of around 70 academic staff and researchers are committed to producing research that makes a positive social impact around the world.

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Careers in social sciences

Studying in the Faculty will open up opportunities to connect with external organisations, to go on placement, to study abroad and to consider your personal and professional development - all will play a part in preparing you for whatever direction you choose after graduation.

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The Faculty has an Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee which progresses work across a number of domains including protected characteristics (under the Equality Act), and other dimensions of social difference such as social class and gender.

The Faculty proudly holds a bronze Athena Swan award (achieved in November 2020) for its commitment to gender equality, which involves delivering a five-year action plan on intersectional inequalities.  The committee is comprised of academics, professional service staff and post-graduate researchers.

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Call for pubs to help make communities more dementia-friendly

Call for pubs to help make communities more dementia-friendly

The University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre is calling for pubs to take part in dementia-friendly programme to improve lives in the community.

From academic to lived experience: how the roles were reversed for this disability expert

From academic to lived experience: how the roles were reversed for this disability expert

When Professor Kirstein Rummery began researching disability and equality more than three decades ago, little did she know she would one day be living through the same challenges herself.