Social Statistics General Degree Programme was commenced under the Department of Economics in year 1991 and the Special Degree Programme for Social Statistics has been initiated in year 1992 under the same department. After 26 years of excellence in providing knowledge and skills to the undergraduates in Social Statistics Special Degree Programme and General Degree Programme, the Department of Social Statistics is established under the Faculty of Social Sciences as a new department on 1st of August 2017.