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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

Faculty of Arts students among 2024 Indigenous Graduate Award recipients

Congratulations to the 2024 Indigenous Graduate Award recipients.

Indigenous Graduate Award spotlights student excellence at UCalgary

With record applications and more than $940,000 in funding, the annual competition is now open

In Memoriam: Hanne Sigismund Nielsen, Faculty of Arts

Faculty member in Classics and Religion; campus flag lowered Oct 1.

Who's who of Canadian sea power at UCalgary this week

Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies hosts conference on Canadian maritime security

In Memoriam: Anthony W. Rasporich, Faculty of Arts

Former Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Professor Emeritus; campus flag was lowered on Aug 19.

Arts and Science collide in UCalgary seminar series

Student will show links between physics and philosophy

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