According to its statutes, “the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University of Lisbon is an institution dedicated to education, scientific research and cultural creation".

Based on a barracks that belonged to the military, the Faculty's facilities are divided into B1 and B2 buildings (classrooms and departments), Tower A (classrooms and head office of the Languages Institute of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - ILNOVA]), Tower B (departments, and the Mário Sottomayor Cardia Library), boards of management, administrative services, cafeteria, Students Association and, since 2009, the ID building (Research and PhD degrees).

In addition to teaching areas (classrooms, lecture halls and auditoriums), the NOVA FCSH also has various spaces for socialization, a printing centre and a large courtyard.

The Faculty Structure, according to the RJIES,[4] has the following bodies: The Faculty Council is a representative University body composed of 15 members: nine faculty members or researchers (Dima Mohammed, Paulo Filipe Monteiro, Cristina Ponte, Carlos Ceia, João Luís Lisboa, Maria Antónia Coutinho, Ana Margarida Grenho Ferreira, Dora Santos Silva, Jorge Pedreira), one student (Inês Jorge), one non-professor and non-researcher worker (Joaquim Jorge Correia de Oliveira) and four external personalities (Ana Sousa Dias, Gisela Casimiro, Paulo Areosa Feio, Nuno Carinhas).

[6] The Faculty Council has the power to:[7] The dean, a position currently held by Luís Baptista, is elected for four years and may be renewed only once through an electoral process that begins three months before the mandate expires.

[9] The NOVA FCSH delegates the operation of its educational offer to its 12 Departments, as well as the support for scientific and technological development and dissemination of culture in the fields taught.

[2] The FCSH teaching programme for the academic year 2016/2017 includes 14 undergraduate degrees, 46 masters programs and 28 PhD's, the latter two being exclusively developed during a night schedule.