The Center of Social Sciences and Humanities was established in September 2018 following the reorganization of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities. It brings together lecturers in philosophy, history, cultural studies, and other humanitarian fields.

The center’s mission is to establish scientific, methodological, psychological, pedagogical, organizational, educational, and other conditions to create a learning environment that meets educational standards. It also aims to develop an innovative model of humanities training at the university that complies with the modern imperative of converging technical and humanities education that is aimed at shaping humanist values in young people, spiritual and moral development of individuals, and cultural self-determination through forming the culture of opportunities via design thinking and soft skills.

Among the center’s key responsibilities are:

• to develop and implement syllabi of core and optional courses for educational programs;

• to provide scientific and methodological assistance for educational and sociocultural activities; 

• to promote syncretism of scientific, educational, and sociocultural activities in humanities and integrate their results in the classroom;

• to create integrative programs and projects that follow the interdisciplinary approach to humanities, the convergence of humanities and technical knowledge, and sociocultural activities;

• to develop online courses and integrate digital technologies into humanities courses;

• to organize conferences, competitions, and other events in corresponding fields;

• to publish papers and participate in events organized by the faculty or the university in corresponding fields;

• to create a unified online educational platform that serves as a means of interdisciplinary interaction and an expert platform, as well as promotes innovative ideas and intercultural communication;

• to expand the center’s collaborations with public, scientific, educational, and cultural organizations in relevant fields;

• to monitor and analyze the effectiveness of courses and share the positive experience of the center’s activities with the faculty and the university;

• to manage competitions and clubs for talented school students.