The School of Humanities prides itself as the centre for the humanities, a broad academic area that covers a wide spectrum of disciplines that include philosophy, religion, language, literature, translation, history, geography and civilization. The knowledge and skills that the humanities focus on, i.e. aesthetic judgment, critical thinking and analysis, as well as ethics are essential in university education as they are geared towards the development of knowledge and intellectual skills.

As an academic centre, the School of Humanities offers 3 Bachelor of Arts programmes i.e. Bacherlor of Arts (with a major), Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature, and Bachelor of Arts in Translation & Interpreting. The School also offers postgraduate studies by mixed-mode (courses and dissertation) as well as by full research in the areas of Philosophy, Islamic Studies, English Language Studies, Malay Language Studies, Literature, History, Civilization, Geography, Translation and Interpreting.