The College of Humanities and Social Sciences with its constituents, viz. Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Business, Faculty of Law and Centre for Cultural and African Studies at the KNUST, serve all departments in the University through the teaching of Language, philosophy, Law, Morality, Logic, Economics, Sociology, Management and Entrepreneurship, Ethics, etc. which have a bearing on various aspects of human life.

Such courses are important for the Sciences. Indeed, the College of Science, for example, has expressed interest in the teaching of Philosophy and Logic to its students while lecturers from the Departments of English, French, Law, Sociology and Business have been servicing the Colleges of Science, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Health and Allied Sciences.