Faculty Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)

About the FHSE

The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on social, economic, political and educational issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society.

Envisionning tomorrow, impacting today

Through humanities and social sciences, we learn about our cultural heritage, about the foundations of society and the ongoing construction of history. We become aware of the constitutive force of language, of diverging cultures and identities, and how social structures develop into mental structures.

But the ‘soft’ sciences are not focussing on the past only. In various ways, they are also engaged with the future, they extend the scope of the thinkable and inform ongoing cultural processes. Their role is to reveal alternatives in dealing with current issues and future challenges. At the University of Luxembourg, The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences addresses these complex challenges with an interdisciplinary approach

Facts & Figures

  • 88 Professors

  • 597 Graduates

  • 1195 Bachelor Students

  • 704 Master Students

  • 243 PhD Students

  • 46 Incoming Students

  • 5 Departments

  • 15 Laboratories


What we stand for

The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences covers a wide range of fields: behavioural and cognitive sciences, education and social work, geography and spatial planning, humanities and social sciences. Through research and eucation, our mission is to contribute to our common goal of an inclusive, open and resourceful society.

Who we are

Our Faculty is home of five Department and of the Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing.More than 400 professionals and researchers contribute everyday to our mission.

Prof. Robert Harmsen

Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

Antoine Fischbach

Prof. Antoine Fischbach

Associate professor in Educational and Psychological Measurement – Vice- Dean of FHSE

People in Numbers

  • 88
    Professors
  • 236
    PhD
  • 140
    Staff members