Dean Message

Dr. Nanik Ram

Professor & Dean

The Faculty of Social Sciences located at the heart of the University of Sindh main campus in the educational city of Jamshoro welcomes all the students, scholars and researchers who have entrusted us for the most important Phase of their academic journey. We are proud to have a long tradition of offering excellent quality education and research in a green, positive and peaceful academic environment.

The Faculty offers a range of degree programs in the disciplines of Far East & South East Asia Area Studies, Criminology, Economics, Gender Studies, History, International Relations, Library Information Sciences and Archive Studies, Media and Communication studies, Pakistan Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Public Administration, Rural Development Communication, Sindh Development Studies, Social Work and Sociology.

The Faculty has about a large number of enrolled students in various degree programs in different departments. With its great emphasis on good quality meaningful research, the Faculty has produced PhD and MPhil graduates in various disciplines to date. The graduates of this faculty are rendering valuable services in various sectors at the national and international level.

The academic team of the Faculty of Social Sciences has over a 100 highly qualified, enthusiastic and experienced faculty members with large number of them holding PhD degrees and Post-doctoral qualifications from national and international universities of repute. They believe in imparting quality education and striving to equip students with high quality knowledge, values of critical thinking, inter-personal, academic, research and professional skills to prepare them for actively and effectively responding to the growing social demands and challenges at national and global level. They produce world class research and published in well reputed national and international journals. Several Faculty members have received Research Projects findings from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and other agencies.

The Faculty is home to quality research and publication regularly publishing several HEC recognized research journals. The journals publish under the umbrella of Faculty of Social Sciences include 1) Asia Pacific: Annual Research Journal of Far East & South East Asia, 2) Grass Roots, 3) Reach: Research Journal of Sociology, 4) Research Journal of Social Sciences, 5) The Government: Annual Research Journal of Political Sciences, 6) The women: Annual Research Journal of Gender Studies.

I am proud to be associated with this Faculty as the Dean. I welcome all the present and future students, scholars and researchers in this Faculty. I invite you to explore, utilize and take maximum benefit of all the human, material and academic resources gather in this Faculty for your grooming. I am sure that the Faculty of Social Sciences will provide you an excellent, exciting and challenging learning experience along with prospects of promising career path after graduating from this institution.