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05 Graduate application guide
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FIND YOUR NICHE WITH FLEXIBLE PROGRAMS

Get ready to pursue your passion. With graduate programs in the Faculty of Arts, you’ll be learning and researching alongside world-renowned scholars to advance the knowledge in areas you care about.

We seek and create original approaches, ask new questions, and foster dialogue about some of the most daunting challenges facing us today. From language development to environmental economics to user experience design, there’s something for everyone in the Faculty of Arts.

ARTS BY THE NUMBERS

900+

GRADUATE STUDENTS

13000+

ALUMNI

$13.7

MILLION IN ANNUAL RESEARCH AWARD FUNDING FOR 2020/2021

400+

FACULTY MEMBERS

11

CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS

28

TRI-AGENCY GRANTS IN 2020

Research powerhouse

Work alongside nationally recognized research experts on matters you care about.

Our faculty members are Canada Research Chairs in:

  • Child and Family Clinical Psychology
  • Embodied and Embedded Cognition
  • Indigenous Art
  • Minority Studies
  • Motivated Social Cognition
  • Philosophy and Cognitive Science
  • Politics of Reproduction
  • Science, Health, and Technology Communication
  • Taxation, Governance and Risk
  • Theoretical Neuroscience

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