Bayburt University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was officially opened with the decision numbered 2015/7723 published in the Official Gazette No. 29377 on Friday, June 05, 2015 and started education, and for the first time, students were admitted to the Departments of History and Turkish Language and Literature in the 2016-2017 Academic Year. It has active History, Turkish Language and Literature and Sociology Departments. The Department of History, Turkish Language and Literature and Sociology continues with a total of 791 students as of the 2021-2022 spring semester.