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The Faculty of Arts and Humanities

We teach and conduct research in the fields of language, religion, history, archaeology, philosophy, history of ideas, art, literature, ethnology, media and culture.

Research

Read more about the research conducted at departments and units and about research infrastructures.

Education

The Faculty offers 13 undergraduate and 5 master's programmes and a wide selection of freestanding courses.

News

DHNB 2026.
Umeå becomes the venue of a major digital humanities conference

DHNB 2027 gathers around the theme Human(ities) in the loop.

Kanadas ambassadör besöker Umeå universitet 12 mars 2026
Canada’s Ambassador visited Umeå University – Stronger research ties and increased collaboration are becoming increasingly important

Research, Indigenous perspectives and geopolitics in focus during the Ambassador’s visit to Umeå.

Köttätande växt och rovfågel. Vita granar i bakgrunden. Illustration.
Murderous animals and man-eating plants attract students

Animal and plant horror narratives was one of the ten summer courses with the highest number of applicants.

Kristina Sehlin Macneil
Experiences of Sámi and Migrants to Provide New Perspectives on Democracy

Kristina Sehlin MacNeil is part of a project that has received funding from the Swedish Research Council.

En kvinna i operationskläder pekar på ett medicinskt diagram.
How stroke outcomes can be predicted

Small differences between machine learning and statistical methods in predicting risks after stroke.

Arctic Security Forum opens pathways to northern collaboration

Leading actors meet in Oulu to strengthen cooperation on Arctic security challenges