For a long period of time Lund University had only four faculties, namely Theology, Law, Philosophy and Medicine. At the end of 19th century the Faculty of Philosophy was subdivided into those of Liberal Arts and Natural Science. In 1964 the Social and Political Sciences disciplines were disassociated from the Liberal Arts, thus reorganising the latter into the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Humanities. The Faculty of Humanities is divided into two sections, one for the disciplines of history and philosophy and one for linguistics and languages, each headed by a Dean and a Faculty Board.
Some departments host more than one discipline.