Faculty of Arts

Our mission is to reflect on the world and our place in it through critical inquiry, creative practices and collaborative exploration.

Why Arts? Learn more about UCalgary’s most diverse faculty

Call for Submissions

Undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculty of Arts are invited to submit original artworks for consideration for the Annual Faculty of Arts holiday card.

Submission Deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024

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Critical and creative research

Our research engages communities and fosters innovation, leadership and creative practice.

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Teaching excellence and expertise

We promote, celebrate and reward innovations in teaching practices. We prepare our students for a variety of academic and non-academic careers.

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Internationalize your degree

Study at a partner university or take part in an international field school organized by the University of Calgary. Work for a vetted international organization. Or take part in a research placement at a partner institution.

Discover the world as part of your Arts education

Embracing equity, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to understanding cultural and social differences both locally and globally, and to promoting equal rights and opportunities across our constituencies.

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Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Want to make a difference? We offer nearly 40 undergraduate programs. Which one is right for you?

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Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Join our vast and multidisciplinary academic community and take your research to the next level.

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Latest news

Call for Submission: 2024 Faculty of Arts Holiday Card

In the media

In the News Harjeet Singh Grewal, Classics and Religion, in The Guardian

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Energized by you

Together, we will create and share vital knowledge.

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Faculty of Arts

Call for Submissions

Engage, Inspire and Discover

Critical and creative research

Teaching excellence and expertise

Internationalize your degree

Embracing equity, diversity and inclusion

Our undergraduate students are curious and driven

Our graduate students are bold leaders, innovators, creators

Latest news

Call for Submission: 2024 Faculty of Arts Holiday Card

2024 Killam Awards recognize outstanding UCalgary researchers

The Faculty of Arts welcomse the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Religion and Pluralism

170 UCalgary nursing students get Connect Care training over four days in pilot project

Killam Emerging Research Leader Awards spotlight exceptional early career research contributions

From Calgary to the national stage: A PhD student’s journey to Canada’s top academic speaking competition

In the media

Drive-by shootings, arson and murder: is the Indian government trying to silence Canada’s Sikh activists?

Alberta UCP to vote on celebrating CO2, abandoning net-zero targets

Has the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion helped wholesale gas prices?

Feds, provinces must work together to tackle productivity crisis: Alberta premier

'Economic blow': Experts warns of US election's potential impact on Canadian economy

Lisa Young & Former Lethbridge Mayor Chris Spearman discuss Alberta's Scrap the Cap campaign and more

Featured events

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Anthropology and Archaeology

Art and Art History

Classics and Religion

Communication, Media and Film

Creative and Performing Arts (School of)

Economics

English

Geography

History

Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures (School of)

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychology

Sociology

Energized by you