In 1971, the Humanities and Social Sciences departments of the University were merged into the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

An invaluable contribution to its development was made by the first dean of the faculty, Honored Worker of the higher School, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor Henrietta Leonidovna Volokhova.

The scientific research of the faculty is aimed at research:

sociology of technology and engineering;
problems of information influence on societies;
semantic analytics as a tool for research and management of information society;
philosophical problems of science and technology.

Graduates work in state and municipal authorities, marketing and advertising agencies, PR and HR departments of large companies. For information analysts, work is available in the Analytical Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, law enforcement agencies, Yandex LLC, VK, banks and other state and commercial structures.