About the Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts is home to the School of English, the School of History, the School of Humanities, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied, the Institute for Medieval Studies and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. 

The Times Higher Education World University rankings 2011-12 placed Arts and Humanities at Leeds in the top 50.

Leeds is one of the most popular universities in the UK for Arts degrees offering one of the widest ranges of Joint Honours undergraduate degrees in the country.  The Faculty of Arts has a postgraduate population of around 800 and offers both taught and research postgraduate degrees (MA by Research and PhD) in a wide variety of subjects from philosophy to interpreting and translation studies.

Innovative on-line MA programmes are offered in Asia-Pacific Studies and in Applied and Professional Ethics.

Researchers in the Faculty of Arts are currently running projects worth over £3 million, funded by research councils, charities and the EU.  Leeds was 4th in the UK for awards made by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the most recently published rankings.

We are also active in projects engaging with public sector organisations and the wider business community, from Leeds City Museum to Marks & Spencer.