Sokol ran for President of the Czech Republic in the 2003 election but lost to Václav Klaus.

[17][18] For undergraduates, the faculty offers a BA program in Liberal Arts and Humanities (Studium humanitní vzdělanosti).

In addition, during the course of study, each student must pass three comprehensive exams in philosophy, history, and social sciences (anthropology, sociology, psychology, and economics), translate a professional text from the chosen foreign language (English, German, or French) and defend a bachelor's thesis.

[19] For master's students, the faculty offers MA programs in Anthropology, Deutsche und Französische Philosophie (taught in German),[15] History of Modern European Culture, Semiotics, Gender Studies, Historical Sociology, Master Erasmus Mundus EuroPhilosophie (taught in German and French, joint degree with Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Coimbra, Université catholique de Louvain, Université Toulouse 2 – Jean Jaurès, University of Memphis, Universidade Fédérale de Sao Carlos, and Bergische Universität Wuppertal),[20][21] Oral History - Contemporary History, Social and Cultural Ecology, etc.

Its three-floor library is located beneath the university building on Jan Palach Square by Staroměstská metro station.