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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

Four University of Calgary faculty named to incoming class of Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Chad Bousman, Jinguang Hu, Myrle Ballard, and Amanda Melin recognized as emerging generation of intellectual leadership

Royal Society of Canada announces 2025 Fellows including three UCalgary scholars

Henry Leung, Bruce Pike, and Frank Stahnisch recognized with Canada’s top academic honour

Tracy Dawson joins UCalgary as its 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence

Tracy Dawson joins UCalgary as the new Writer-in-Residence with the Faculty of Arts’ Distinguished Writers Program.

$2.5 million CIHR grant invests in youth-led research to improve health and wellness services

Funding will evaluate Kickstand’s expansion into Alberta's rural, remote, and Indigenous communities, while supporting youth-led research

U Need FRIES with That: Play explores sex, consent and relationships

The production, funded by the SU's Quality Money Program, offers guidance for new students

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Researcher Brian Kooyman behind a collection of bones

Energizing Research

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