Faculty of Arts
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Although it can be said that the it dates back to the very start of the University, a distinct Faculty of Arts was established in 1708, as the Regenting system was phased out. The original Chairs within it were: Mathematics, Humanity, Greek, Logic and Mataphysics, Moral Philosophy and Natural Philosophy. To those were added [[History|Universal Civil History and Antiquities] (1719), Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (1762), Practical Astronomy (1786), Agriculture (1790), Music (1839), Technology (1855), Sanskrit (1862), Engineering, Geology, Education, Fine Art and Celtic.