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About the Faculty

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Arts fast facts

551

full-time faculty

8,331

undergraduate and graduate students
Registered in Fall 2024

20

Research chairs

15

Academic departments, schools and centres

Featured news

2025 Indigenous Curriculum Grant recipients announced

Pipe ceremony launches third cohort of projects while reflecting on learnings from those recently completed

In Memoriam: Tareq Y. Ismael, Faculty of Arts

Campus flag at Rozsa Centre lowered on June 20

Researching the acoustics of clinical care

UCalgary researcher tunes into the study of acoustemology in family medicine

The research ripple effect, from campus to community

Cenovus funding enabled more undergraduate students to begin their PURE summer research journeys this year

Hunter Hub showcases entrepreneurial spirit at Vancouver tech gathering

UCalgary’s booth at Web Summit features specialty coffee, storytelling, and startups

Connecting with alumni a winning strategy for Giving Day

Kinesiology tops record-breaking annual fundraiser, helped in part by efforts of men’s volleyballer and Olympian Graham Vigrass

Featured events


Researcher Brian Kooyman behind a collection of bones

Energizing Research

Arts researchers are collaborators, bold innovators and creative practitioners.

Students study together

Preparing students

Arts students enjoy active inquiry, creative-based learning, and early research opportunities

People read reports in a boardroom

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Taking the stairs in the Social Sciences building? Read up on the tale of Leon the Frog