This reorganization was initiated as part of the granting of legal status to the university by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990, shortly after the nation's restoration as an independent state.

In 1992, an Informatics study programme opened development opportunities for other specialities, such as business information management (1997) and publishing (2005).

More than ten years later, Professors E. Macevičiūtė, A. Glosienė and O. Janonis joined the faculty after the successful completion of the habilitation procedure in 2004.

In 2003, a separate International Centre of Knowledge Economy and Management was allowed to teach certain Master's programmes and conduct the habilitation procedure.

The staff of the Faculty includes 79 researchers – the largest team of communication and information scientists in Lithuania.

The twelve academic departments of the Faculty have been engaged in fundamental and applied research of very broad scope, ranging from knowledge economy to Lithuanian heritage.

Programmes based on the ERASMUS Project European Master's Studies in Professional Communication adopted a competence learning system.

SSA FC organizes courses, public lectures, discussions and conferences, publishes an e-bulletin and encourages student science initiatives.