The Faculty is organized along the lines of the usual organization of authorities in Switzerland. The bodies of the Faculty are

• the Dean's Office (to a certain extent the executive),
• the Faculty Assembly (to a certain extent the legislative body),
• the Faculty Board (planning and finance committee)
• and the faculty committees listed below.

The standing committees of the Faculty include the

• Examination Commission and Doctoral Board,
• Teaching committees,
• Habilitation Committee,
• Evaluation and Promotion Committee,
• Committee for Equal Opportunities,
• School Subject Committee,
• Committee for the Faculty Prize
• and Committee of the Max Geldner Fund.

Temporary committees of the Faculty are

• Search committees,
• Structural committees
• and other committees appointed by the Faculty Assembly as required.

Members of the University are entitled to co-determination, which they can exercise via the Groups. The representatives of the Groups can be elected to various university and faculty boards. With regard to elections and representation in intra-faculty and university-wide bodies, the following Groups pass in accordance with the Faculty regulations:

• Group I: Holders of permanent professorships, assistant professors with tenure track, SNSF-funded professors
• Group II: Assistant professors without tenure track, university lecturers, assistant lecturers, adjunct professors, private lecturers and academic co-workers with teaching obligations
• Group III: PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
• Group IV: Academic, technical and administrative co-workers without teaching duties
• Group V: Students

The spokespersons of the Groups of the Faculty of Humanities are:

• Group II: Prof. Dr. Erik Petry
• Group III: Victoria Landau MA (Deputies Dr. Jana Tschannen, Dr. Lea Liese, Dr. Conrad Mattli, Eleonora Kacl MA)
• Group IV: Dr. Marino Ferri, lic. phil. Véronique Hilfiker, Gabriela Kuster Vettiger MA (in rotation)
• Group V: Yanik Freudiger