The Faculty of Arts is central to the University's role of providing a broad, liberal education to the community, an integral element of the role of universities today. The Faculty is committed to excellence in teaching, research, research training and scholarship, service provision and community linkages.
The Faculty comprises four Schools, in what could be considered the core humanities disciplines. These are the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics, the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, and the School of Music.
Research Centres supported by the Faculty are:
The Centres serve to concentrate research endeavours and promote Faculty, national, and international linkages in specialised fields.
The Faculty incorporates the Institute of Modern Languages which offers language classes to the community.
The R D Milns Antiquities Museum is a part of the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics. AustLit (The Australian Literature Resource) is also managed through the Faculty.