UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO
Faculty of Humanities
The cradle of Africa’s finest educators, media and communication practitioners, psychologists, social workers, sociologists and other social scientists
WHY CHOOSE HUMANITIES
Faculty of Humanities - Community-driven, digitally enabled and globally engaged.
Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Limpopo.The global landscape of higher education is undergoing a profound transformation driven by rapid technological advancements, evolving demographics, and economic shifts.
As the Executive Dean, I invite you to join a Faculty that refuses to simply react to modern market and neo-liberal forces. Instead, we are actively reshaping our future. We have aligned our vision to serve as a “dynamic beacon of hope for human and social development,” anchoring everything we do in our institutional motto: “Finding Solutions for Africa.”
Why Choose Humanities with Us?
A university is a rare and sacred space designed for you to gain knowledge, debate deeply, and interrogate the reality around you. Choosing our Faculty means embarking on a transformative journey that weaves rich African traditions, histories, and philosophies into a modern, forward-looking education. We believe that a 21st-century knowledge society must fully include the African experience across literature, language, philosophy, art, education, and politics.
Our updated Strategic Plan (2025–2029) ensures that your education is community-driven, digitally enabled, and globally engaged. When you study with us, you benefit from a holistic, student-centric ecosystem focused on excellence:
- A Digitally Enabled Academic Environment: We are actively optimising our systems to enhance your online registration, academic tracking, and digital student support services.
- Cutting-Edge Blended Learning: You will experience innovative, accredited, and reviewed programmes delivered through modern blended teaching, learning, and assessment models.
- Comprehensive Student Support: We are committed to your holistic success through expanding peer mentorship, Supplemental Instruction, the Reading and Writing Centre, and specialised language laboratory training.
- An Unwavering Commitment to Safety and Inclusion: In partnership with University divisions, we actively drive campaigns and training to ensure a safe workspace and learning environment free from gender-based violence and sexual harassment. We also champion diversity, proudly partnering with the Reakgona Disability Centre (RDC) to support students living with conditions such as albinism.
Our Academic Structure & Career PathsThe Faculty of Humanities is organised into three distinct, specialised Schools:
- School of Languages and Communication Studies
- School of Education
- School of Social Sciences
We offer a robust mix of certificates, diplomas, and degrees designed to respond directly to the real and felt needs of our modernising communities, the Southern African region, and the global market.Our graduates do not just look for jobs, they are equipped to solve pressing societal challenges. Your qualifications open diverse career doors in the language industry (translation, interpreting, publishing, and language policy), communication and media, teaching and academic research, social work, criminology, performing arts and many more. To help counter graduate unemployment, we offer dedicated work-readiness programmes, entrepreneurial training, and targeted graduate placement initiatives.
Our Promise to You
You are the one who brings the passion and potential; we are the catalysts who will help shape your character and unleash your best self.Our talented team of academics, recognised NRF-rated researchers, and dedicated administrators are here to support you at every turn. Approach us with complete confidence. We owe it to you, to provide an environment of academic freedom, integrity, transparency, and accountability where you can truly thrive.A new world is opening up in front of you. Let us find solutions for Africa, together.
School of Education
Education is one of the core academic fields supporting the African Renaissance.
School of Social Sciences
Welcome to the School of Social Sciences (SSS)! The SSS is the smallest of the three Schools in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Limpopo.
School of Languages and Communication Studies
The School of Languages and Communication Studies trains, educates, and serves the people.
Prof. Satsope Maoto hails from Ga-Nchabeleng in the Limpopo Province. She boasts several education qualifications and tremendous experience in teaching and learning. She obtained a teaching qualification at Dr CN Phatudi College in 1982.
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Prof. S. Maoto
Executive Dean, Faculty of Humanities
FACULTY CONTACTS
University of Limpopo
Turfloop Campus, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga, 0727
3rd Floor, New K Block Building
+27 (0) 15-268-4895
+27 (0) 15 268 3425
E-mail: satsope.maoto@ul.ac.za
Assistant Registrar
Ms SP van der Merwe
+27 (0) 15 268 2975
+27 (0) 15 268 3425
Email: susan.vandermerwe@ul.ac.za