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About the Faculty

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Arts fast facts

320

full-time faculty

8000+

undergraduate and graduate students
Registered in Fall 2024

20

Research chairs

15

Academic departments, schools and centres

Featured news

Graduating with global impact

Moazima Rizwan maps her future in geography from UCalgary to the United Nations and back

Urban Studies Alum is helping build a more connected Calgary

Andrew Sedor helps shape the city’s future and mentors the next generation

Three international scholars advancing research in the Faculty of Arts

New doctoral and postdoctoral trainees joining the departments of Geography and Psychology

Following the joy: Catching up with Lindsay Ell

Country star and former UCalgary student Lindsay Ell opens up about mental health, creative freedom and redefining success on her own terms.

From Track star to Country Pop star: Katelyn Lehner's next act

Long before she was playing festival stages, Katelyn Lehner was chasing podiums as a UCalgary athlete. Now she’s off and running in a music career in an industry with no lanes, no stopwatch and no scoreboard.

David Garneau Wants You to Look Again

Books without words. Bubble-wrapped bison heads. Sunlight soap. In David Garneau’s latest exhibitions, everyday objects carry unsettling histories.

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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Together, we will create and share vital knowledge.

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