The College of Arts and Sciences has six departments, of which the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature is by far the most well-known.
文學院有六個系，其中外文系特別突出，是台大最有名的系之一。台大外文系一向以程度高著稱，有些同學畢業後，至英美等國繼續攻讀「英美文學」，成績仍能名列前茅，甚至比英語系國家學生念得還好，程度之高，可見一斑。