Recently established, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences will contribute to the holistic development of engineers and scientists with its courses. It aims to create a platform for critical thinking and discussion. Through its research, it aims to unravel new perspectives on analysing texts and issues relevant to contemporary life. Formerly, as the humanities section of the department of Mathematics and Humanities, it served with distinction the language and communication skills needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students. It has successfully contributed to the field of research by producing five doctoral theses. Currently, it is housed in the Department of Mathematics and has only one regular faculty member and four teaching assistants. It offers courses for various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It also offers a PhD programme in English.