FaHCE focuses its teaching on training outstanding professionals who are committed to addressing educational, human, social, and territorial issues in the community. The IdIHCS, as its research body, carries out more than 200 projects in its 18 centers and laboratories, employing 240 researchers and 190 fellows. It is part of international networks such as Mecila and coordinates federal initiatives and other interinstitutional programs.

The Prof. Guillermo Obiols Library has a collection of more than 120,000 books and 3,700 printed journals, as well as more than 65,000 digital resources. It welcomes 200 people per day to its study areas and provides personalized service for researchers, advising on open access, bibliographic reference managers, obtaining external documents, training in searches and intellectual property, entry into research careers, among other topics. Likewise, in its vision of community engagement, it offers integrated spaces for book presentations, conferences, and exhibitions, where valuable documents from the collection are linked to specific themes proposed by research groups.