The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is unique. It is the only higher education institution in the UK specialising in the study of Asia and Africa and is now the world's largest institution of its kind.

The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is home to around 3,000 students, just over half of whom are on undergraduate programmes. Roughly one in four students are from overseas, with 110 countries represented. SOAS offers a wide range of programmes, from Foundation level through to PhD research. As the leading centre in Europe for the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, SOAS boasts high quality teaching, an excellent research record (as illustrated in the most recent RAE) and academics who are world leaders in their disciplines.

What’s on offer
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is structured academically into three faculties: Arts and Humanities; Languages and Cultures and Law and Social Sciences. Approximately 1,600 undergraduate students currently study at SOAS across the three faculties. With such a relatively small number of students, the staff:student ratio stands at 1:12, and small group teaching remains an important feature of study at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Teaching of the undergraduate courses takes place at both the Russell Square and the Vernon Square campuses. As well as single subject degrees, there is a vast range of combined degrees on offer allowing students to study, for example, a language with a social science or a humanities subject with area studies.