History

The School of Humanities of the Faculty of Law was elevated to the rank of Faculty in 1958. The section of Letters that constituted it, became the School of Letters, the second one in our country. This initiative was taken by Prof. Carlos César Rodríguez, who was the first Dean of our faculty and who sought to restore the humanist tradition of the University of Los Andes.

The School of Letters aims to promote, disseminate and safeguard the imperishable contributions of the humanistic tradition and to incorporate those that arise in correspondence with the signs of contemporary culture. 

The University of Los Andes through the School of Letters confers the degree in Letters in different majors. For further information please refer to Study programs

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Structure 

Today the School of Arts of the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the University of Los Andes comprises tree departments: Linguistics, Hispanic and Venezuelan Literature, History of Art and Language and Classical Literature.

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Research 

In accordance with its mission and objectives, the School also has important Centers and Research Groups that seek to promote and guide the work of academic research. Among the research groups, we find the Grupo de Investigación de Arte Latinoamericano (GIAL), the research group of Ciencias Fonéticas and also the Alcyone research group. It is also important to mention the presence of the Centro de Investigaciones y Atención Lingüistica, coordinated by the Department of Linguistics. For further information, please refer to Research