Why Arts?
Engage, inspire and discover
Are you curious? Driven? Want to make a difference?
Learn skills and ways of thinking that apply to dozens of different career paths. Explore complex issues like climate change, homelessness, or the global economy.
Your future career options are wide open
Become a human rights advocate, intelligence officer or environmental consultant. Shape communications strategy. Become an actor, novelist, or archaeologist.
Explore your education options
Your undergraduate arts degree sets you up to apply to graduate studies in your field. Or chart your path towards law, medicine, veterinary medicine, education or architecture.
Your future starts now!
Get involved and get inspired
Join a student club. Attend a free School of Creative and Performing Arts performance. Work or volunteer on campus. Want to connect with other students and learn in an innovative environment? Sign up for a peer mentor. There are so many ways to get involved!
Tours and events
Get to know your future campus by experiencing it on a tour or attending one of our recruitment events.
Meet some of our students
Research isn't only for graduate students and professors.
Want to develop an independent research project? Contribute to knowledge in your field? Meet three students who spent their summer months exploring their own research projects.
Drew Thomas
How is historical value assigned to Alberta’s archaeological sites?
Emilie Medland-Marchen
Where and how have Goth subcultures emerged in Western Canadian urban centres?
Mischa Longman
How have Arctic security policies around the world evolved?
The future is yours to discover
Start conducting research as soon as possible. At UCalgary, we can help make that a reality as early as your first year of studies.
Ready to start your application? Get all the information you need. Apply today