The wide variety of humanities subjects that are represented in research and teaching at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities can be broadly categorised into three large scientific areas.

Scientific Area 1 (Cognition, Behaviour and Society)

• Institute of Educational Sciences
• Institute of Philosophy
• Institute of Psychology
• Institute of Social Sciences
  (together with the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences)
• Institute of Sport Sciences
  (together with the Faculty of Medicine)

Scientific Area 2 (Language and Literature)

Institute of English Studies

Institute of German Studies

Institute of Modern German Literature and Media

Institute of Classics

Institute of Scandinavian Studies, Frisian Studies and General Linguistics (ISFAS)

Institute of Romance Studies

Institute of Slavic Studies

Scientific Area 3 (History, Arts and Everyday Culture)

Institute of European Ethnology / Folklore Studies

Institute of History

Institute of Art History

Institute of Oriental Studies

Institute of Music

Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology
(together with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)