The Faculty of Human, Social, and Political
Science at the University of Cambridge was
created in 2011 out of a merger of the Faculty
of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Faculty
of Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International
Studies.
Many Cambridge HSPS students go on to work
in politics and government in the United Kingdom,
United States, Canada, Australia, and China.
Other graduate destinations include the United
Nations, World Bank, World Economic Forum,
and various NGO-groups.
The Faculty houses 3 departments: Department
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Department
of Politics and International Studies and
Department of Sociology.
Each of these departments has a worldwide
reputation for teaching and research, and
the undergraduate curriculum (Tripos) is designed
to serve both students who have a clear disciplinary
commitment at the time of application as well
as those who want a broader multidisciplinary
degree.
Students with a passion for politics can take
advantage of links with such departments as
Economics and History, those with interests
in Sociology can draw on Anthropology and
Geography, while those dedicated to pursuing
an archaeology career can specialise from
the first year or combine this with Biological
and Social Anthropology.
Undergraduate students study several disciplines
in their first year and then specialise in
one or two disciplines in their second and
third years.
Clearly specified tracks (Archaeology, Biological
Anthropology, Politics, Psychology, Social
Anthropology, Sociology, or a combination
of disciplines) ensure that students graduate
with appropriate intellectual and professional
skills.
Assyriology and Egyptology are also possible
specialisations, within the Archaeology track.
At the postgraduate level, there are established
one-year M.Phils in Archaeology (including
Assyriology and Egyptology), Biological Anthropology,
International Studies, Social Anthropology
and Sociology.
A new M.Phil in Politics was launched in 2008.
Ph.D students conduct research within a wide
range of subjects within Archaeology, Assyriology,
Egyptology, Biological and Social Anthropology,
Politics & International Studies and Sociology.
The Faculty is currently spread across several
sites.
The SPS Library (now affiliated with the University
Library) and the Department of Sociology are
on Free School Lane at the New Museums Site.
The Department of Politics & International
Studies is currently located at the Alison
Richard Building on the Sidgwick Site.
The Department of Archaeology & Anthropology
is spread across the Downing Site, New Museums
Site, and Henry Wellcome Building.
== Selected members of the Faculty ==
=== University and College Teaching Officers
in the HSPS Faculty ===
Graeme Barker, Disney Professor of Archaeology
Henrietta Moore, William Wyse Professor of
Anthropology
John Thompson, sociology
Patrick Baert, sociology
Andrew Gamble, government, politics & political
economy
Christopher Hill, international studies
Juliet Mitchell, gender studies
David Runciman, politics
Glen Rangwala, specialising in Middle East
politics
John Dunn, political theory
Göran Therborn, social theory
Sylvana Tomaseli
Ruth Scurr
=== 
Members of the Faculty elsewhere in the University
===
Colin Renfrew, McDonald Institute for Archaeological
Research
Gareth Stedman Jones, History (Political Thought)
Alan Macfarlane, Anthropology
Quentin Skinner, Christ's College (History
of Political Thought)
William Brown, Economics
Marilyn Strathern, Anthropology
Lord Runciman, Trinity College
Simon Baron-Cohen, Experimental Psychology
Sandra Dawson, Management Studies (currently
Chair of the Faculty Board)
== Teaching ==
Tripos (BA)
An Archaeology and Anthropology Tripos has
been taught at Cambridge for more than a century.
A Politics, Psychology and Sociology Tripos
(previously known as Social and Political
Sciences, "SPS") has been running at Cambridge
University, in some form, since 1970.
From 2013, the PPS and A&A Triposes will be
replaced by the Human, Social, and Political
Sciences Tripos (HSPS), which will offer students
the opportunity to explore a wide range of
multi-disciplinary options before specialising
in one or two subjects, or to specialise from
the first year, according to their interests.
Postgraduate (MPhil/PhD)
The Faculty teaches seven masters programmes
in Politics, International Studies, Sociology,
Social Anthropology, Social and Developmental
Psychology, Archaeology (including Assyriology
and Egyptology), Biological Anthropology.
The Faculty also has around 200 students studying
for doctorates at any one time.
Many graduate students go on to work in politics
and government in the United Kingdom, United
States, Canada, Australia, and China.
Other graduate destinations include the United
Nations, World Bank, World Economic Forum,
and various NGO-groups.
== 
Applications ==
The number of applicants per place for Politics,
Psychology and Sociology has traditionally
been one of the highest in Cambridge.
On average, there are six applications per
offered place, though this ratio is better
at some colleges such as Murray Edwards.
Colleges with particular teaching strength
in Human, Social, and Political Science include
Selwyn, Gonville and Caius, Queens', King's,
Sidney Sussex, Corpus Christi and Trinity.
Numbers of applications for the new HSPS BA
course remain high across all colleges.
Typical offers for the course are A*AA at
A Level, or 40–42 points out of 45 with
776 or 777 at Higher Level in the International
Baccalaureate.As of 2008-2009 the MPhil in
Social and Developmental Psychology received
66 applications, with 7 starting the course
in October 2008.
The MPhil in Modern Society and Global Transformations
saw 99 applicants, with 26 starting the course
in October 2008.
== Notable alumni ==
Patrick Barkham, journalist
Kari Blackburn, BBC producer
Jimmy Carr, comedian
Jo Cox, former Labour MP for Batley and Spen
(deceased)
Dr Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow
Natalie Evans, Leader of the House of Lords
Johann Hari, journalist
Naomie Harris, Academy Award-nominated actress
Jim Knight, Labour MP and Minister for Schools
and Learners
John Healey, Labour MP and Minister for Communities
and Local Government
Gautam Malkani, novelist and Financial Times
journalist
Chris Naylor, CEO of London Borough of Barking
and Dagenham
Richard Osman, television presenter, producer
and director
Helen Oyeyemi, novelist and playwright
Maddy Savage - BBC TV and radio reporter
Ben Schott, writer and photographer
Galen Strawson, analytic philosopher and literary
critic
Christopher Steele, former British Intelligence
officer and author of the Steele Dossier
Tilda Swinton, Oscar-winning actress
