[3] During the early years of the FSoc's existence, there was no single building where all classes and research institutes could convene.

Eventually, UBA authorities bought a former textile factory building on Ramos Mejía 847 (near Parque Centenario), with capacity for 3,600 students, and granted it to the Faculty.

[5] In co-operation with the Ministry of Education, the University bought the abandoned site of an old Terrabusi factory, which it set out to recondition as FSoc's new headquarters.

Over 150 financed researchc projects are carried out by the IIGG, making it one of the largest and most relevant research institutes in Latin America.

The faculty is headed by a Dean (Spanish: decana or decano), who presides over the Directive Council (Consejo Directivo).

[17] Notable alumni of the Faculty of Social Sciences include former Cabinet Chiefs Juan Manuel Abal Medina and Santiago Cafiero,[18][19] politicians Gladys González, Guadalupe Tagliaferri,[20] Daniel Arroyo,[21] Silvia Lospennato,[22] and Laura Alonso[23] (all licenciates in Political Science), as well as sociologists Alcira Argumedo,[24] Horacio González,[25] Hilda Herzer, and Nathalia González Seligra.

[26] Notable faculty at FSoc include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,[27] Dora Barrancos,[28] Juan Carlos Portantiero (who served as dean from 1990 to 1998),[29] Atilio Borón,[30] Tomás Várnagy,[31] Pedro Brieger,[32] Christian Castillo,[33] Daniel Filmus, and Carla Carrizo.