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Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities offers a diverse range of research-based, innovative degree programs and broad-based humanities and cultural studies research in nine departments.

Profile of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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Reduced on-site hours

Please note the reduced office hours for the Dean's Office Administration, the Executive Office, and the Dean's Office in the coming weeks. Click here for an overview.

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Campus Life
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2026 Social Sciences Summer Festival

At the Social Sciences Summer Festival, the best bachelor’s thesis and the two best master’s theses from the past year were awarded the Tim Spier Academic Prize.

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Writing That Takes a Risk

Over the past few years, a seminar has evolved into a close-knit literary community: The writing workshop at the University of Siegen produces texts that are personal, bold, and thought-provoking. With their first anthology, the students are now presenting themselves to the public as authors for the first time.

Kinderbuchpreis für Benjamin Tienti. Es gratulieren Daniel Stein, Barbara Müller-Naendrup, Susanne El Hachimi-Schreiber

When the lecture hall trembles—because of a children's book

The second Siegen Children’s Book Prize goes to Berlin-based author Benjamin Tienti. More than 350 children from elementary schools in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district voted his book “Wer schnappt Ronaldo?” as their favorite. They praised the story as “cool and exciting,” thereby making the author the recipient of the joint award presented by the University of Siegen, the Siegen Community Foundation, and the Siegener Zeitung. 

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Social Policy for All Generations

Caritas Congress 2026

Studientag Redner Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dahlke und Prof. Dr. Daniel Stein

Study Day 2026: "One Nation under God"

Entitled “One Nation Under God: U.S. Catholicism Between the Pope, Politics, and Populism,” this year’s study day hosted by the Department of Catholic Theology took place on June 23, 2026. 

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Overview of Service Disruptions and Alternate Routes for Train Service to Siegen

In the coming months, Deutsche Bahn will be carrying out extensive modernization and renovation work on rail lines in North Rhine-Westphalia. This will result in significant service disruptions on routes toward Siegen. Employees, students, and visitors to the University of Siegen are asked to check in advance for the latest regulations. An overview of the most important information on traveling to Siegen and tips on living there is available here.

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Between Ultrasound and Intergenerational Households

Teams of students present innovative startup ideas at the concept stage: The University of Siegen’s MedTech business simulation allows students to develop market-ready startup concepts in medical technology and medical informatics and pitch them to a panel of experts. 

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General Public

Rent-a-Prof: “The Church in the GDR”

Prof. Dr. Albrecht-Birkner Visits Stift Keppel High School

Konferenzraum der Philosophischen Fakultät

Faculty Council Faculty I

The Schools Council is the central body of the Schools and meets regularly to discuss matters relating to research, teaching and academic self-administration.

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Re-envisioning Time Across ImageTexts

Preliminary Schedule Counseling
Academic Introductions for First-Year Students
Personal and Professional Growth Course in Tamarit: Engaging All the Senses
Forum Siegen - “Let It Happen.” Germany’s Silence on Mass Crimes
Forum Siegen - What is geopolitics? And what is popular geopolitics?
Conference: Selective Punishments
Studentin
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Bachelor programs

In the Bachelor's degree program of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, various core and supplementary subjects can be combined with each other in a variety of ways to create an individual study program.

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Master programs

With a Master's degree from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, you can build on a Bachelor's degree completed in Siegen or at another university. Various subjects can be combined.

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Teacher training program

The Faculty of Philosophy offers opportunities to study for a Bachelor's or Master's degree in 9 different Schools.

Services and support

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Services offered by the Schools

These facilities of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities will support you in all matters relating to your studies

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Research at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The rich and diverse research landscape within the disciplines of the Faculty leads to a wide range of high-caliber research achievements across a variety of fields.

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Niels Penke

Niels Penke Receives Funding Through the Heisenberg Program

As part of his project, Niels Penke aims to examine processes of popularization that have remained stable over the centuries.

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The Possibilities of the Self

The team led by historian Prof. Dr. Reinhild Kreis is participating in a new DFG research group that is investigating how processes of self-formation have changed over time.

Prof. Dr. Nicole Milman-Dörr

Misogyny and Hate Images Online

An international team led by Prof. Dr. Nicole Milman-Dörr is researching how misogynistic, AI-generated content on TikTok, Instagram, and X influences young people.

Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Velten und die beiden Siegener Projektmitarbeiterinnen Darleen Herbst und Henrike Schwab (v.l.)

New Hans Sachs Research Center

The University of Siegen and Marburg are launching a joint long-term project on Hans Sachs, the most important German-language poet of the 16th century.

International

  • Advice and information about studying abroad (outgoings)
  • Advice and information on international studies (incomings, international students)
  • International study programs and study programs abroad
  • International activities at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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Further offers

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Rent-a-Prof: The university comes into the classroom

Do you teach at a school near the University of Siegen and would like to integrate a lecture by a lecturer from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities into your lessons?

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More about your studies

phil: Info stands for a semester-accompanying series of events with important information about your studies and an overview of all information channels of the Schools

Contact the dean's office

Postal address

University of Siegen
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Dean's Office
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
57068 Siegen

Visitor address

University of Siegen
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
AR-IF Level 0
Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2
57076 Siegen