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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

Transdisciplinary Connector Grants Awarded

Faculty of Arts plays central leadership and collaboration roles across the UCalgary campus

UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice

The project will help provide improved methods to measure ice thickness and help out local Northern communities

Malinda S. Smith: The pluralism dividend — the hope and promise of this moment

"Calgary has met growth with ambition before, and there is an urgency to that tradition holding now"

Faculty of Graduate Studies marks another milestone year for Indigenous Graduate Awards

Seventy Indigenous students received more than $900,000 in combined funding this year, supporting greater access to graduate education at UCalgary

Themes of colonialism and conflict explored in latest David Garneau exhibitions

Still life paintings by prominent Métis artist and UCalgary alum on view in UCalgary Founders’ Gallery

Young cancer patients set Canada’s top research priorities

UCalgary researchers co-lead study with the community to find out what adolescents and young adults want scientists working on

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