The College of Arts & Humanities
We have been at the forefront of delivering world-leading teaching, learning and research in the arts and humanities since 1451. The University of Glasgow is a World Top 60 university for Arts and Humanities (QS World Subject Rankings 2023 and THE World University Rankings by subject 2024).
The College is home to four innovative Schools renowned for their world-leading research, their extensive local and international partnerships and the wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree opportunities they offer:
- School of Critical Studies
- School of Culture and Creative Arts
- School of Humanities | Sgoil nan Daonnachdan
- School of Modern Languages and Cultures
We are committed to sustaining a positive and nurturing research culture. This is reflected in our strong REF 2021 (Research Excellence Framework) results with two-thirds of environment and impact being recognised as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'.
Find out more in our welcome message from the Vice-Principal and meet our College Management Group. Our College Strategy (2023–2028) outlines our values, our distinctive strengths and our future priorities.
Our undergraduate degree offers you the flexibility to study several subjects before specialising. Our postgraduate students enjoy a broad range of different taught and research programmes.
The University of Glasgow is situated in the heart of the West End, a vibrant hub for the creative arts industry. One of Time Out's 20 coolest neighbourhoods in the world, in one of the 30 best cities in the world.
We are the UK's top cultural and creative city (European Commission, 2019) and a UNESCO City of Music. Glasgow is home to more than 100 cultural organisations, including the Burrell Collection (Art Fund 2023 Museum of the Year), the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, and five internationally renowned performing arts companies.
Arts Sustainability Working Group
Latest news
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18 MarAcademics in Ukraine and Scotland are launching a mass crowdsourcing project to help record conflict heritage and testimonies of people impacted by war.
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12 Mar
Andrew O’Hagan appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow
Novelist and Essayist Andrew O’Hagan has been appointed as an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts & Humanities. -
28 Feb
Glasgow band to have debut track housed at German concentration camp archive
The Tenementals will have their newly-released take on the song housed in the archives of the Documentation and Information Center “Emsland Camps”, a few kilometers from the site where the concentration camp song was first performed. -
28 Feb
New Report on Connections Between Properties in Care and the British Empire
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a new report by a team of UofG researchers, entitled “Surveying and Analysing Connections between Properties in Care and the British Empire, c.1600-1997”