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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

Tools that help children with trauma need your vote

Video and infographic developed at UCalgary by the COPE team competing in national CIHR contest

UCalgary researchers receive Canada Research Chair renewals

Five faculties represented in recent announcement

Critically acclaimed satire brings Métis voices to UCalgary stage

Women of the Fur Trade explores identity, friendship, and history in Alberta’s first production of Frances Koncan’s celebrated play

Killam Emerging Research Leader Award celebrates outstanding early career scholarship

UCalgary scholars recognized for leadership in cybersecurity, political science and public health

Celebrating 2025 Killam Award recipients in the Faculty of Arts

Advancing knowledge and leadership through distinguished scholarship

Wellness Classroom Visits reach more than 46,500 students

In-class presentations provide students with mental health and wellness strategies

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

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