The Faculty of Law and Humanities was established in March 2000 as the only faculty of liberal arts in BUCT. Altogether there are six departments and three research institutes, of which the Department of Law, the Department of English and the Department of Administration began to enroll four-year undergraduates in 1995, 1998 and 2000 respectively. The other three departments, the Department of Foreign Languages, the Department of Social Sciences and the Department of Physical Education offer basic courses to all students in BUCT. The Institute of Science, Technology and Society,the Institute of Law and Intellectual Property Law, and the Institute of Politics and Science of Administration are the academic research organizations of the Faculty.
The Faculty of Law and Humanities has a strong team of 162 full-time teachers, including 12 professors and 41 associate professors who play leading roles in both teaching and research. In addition, many eminent young scholars are working in the faculty, most of them being graduates from prestigious institutions of higher learning and many holding doctoral degrees. They are well regarded by the student body for their high sense of responsibility and cooperation, warm-heartedness and rigorous approach to academic pursuits. In addition to teaching, they are also very enthusiastic in academic research, covering the fields of History, Chinese, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Law and Physical Education and have many achievements to their credit.
The Faculty of Law and Humanities possesses advanced modern teaching facilities, such as language labs, liberal arts labs, a psychoanalysis center and a model court for law students. Apart from these, the faculty houses a law teaching base and a quality education base. All of these provide the students with an ideal study environment and make it possible to realize the Faculty's objective, which is to supply the country with well-qualified personnel.
The Faculty has an academic committee, a teaching supervision committee, an academic staff appraisal committee, a teaching-quality evaluation panel and an undergraduate teaching review and appraisal panel. The Faculty also has a group of teaching inspectors.
At present, over 860 students are studying in the Faculty. Joint efforts by both teachers and students have created a favorable environment in which to foster the all-round development of the students - morally, intellectually and physically. Various extra-curricular activities have been organized by the students, such as debating, providing a consulting service on legal matters, mock trials in a model court and putting on short English plays. All of these have helped to set up an image of the students of liberal arts in BUCT: active, intelligent, creative, eloquent, and cooperative.
A promising future can be predicted for the Faculty of Law and Humanities!