About the faculty

From American Studies to History of Science. The diversity of disciplines studied is a key strength of the Faculty of Humanities. Across 14 departments and six centres, our researchers assemble puzzle pieces from the past and the present to form a picture of the future.

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Every year, our team responds to more than 17,000 enquiries about studies via email

Since 2024, the Dean’s Office of the Faculty of Humanities has been a Luis*A Spot

Barbara Frischmuth has literature in her blood & has completed her degree in interpreting

60 per cent of the faculty’s research staff are women

Elias Canetti, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Arts