General entry requirements

Minimum requirements

Applicants will need to have achieved a First or high upper Second Class degree in Classics/Ancient History/Archaeology and to have achieved or be expecting to achieve at least a high merit mark on a Master’s degree in a relevant subject to be considered for entry.

Standard offers for successful applicants will typically be conditional on achieving a merit mark in a Master’s degree (where applicable).

English language requirements

You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following:

• Band B
• IELTS overall score of 7.0, minimum component scores of two at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

International qualifications

We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.

For more information, please visit the international entry requirements page.

Additional requirements

There are no additional entry requirements for this course.

Our research

Areas for PhD supervision

The Department offers expertise in a wide range of research areas, including:

• Epigraphy
• Numismatics
• Visual and Material Culture
• Art
• Ancient Medicine
• Ancient Athletics
• Greek Social and Cultural History
• Sexuality and Gender
• Ancient Rhetoric
• Augustus and the Early Principate
• Greek Religion and Greek Sanctuaries
• Greek theatre
• Greek Literature, especially lyric poetry
• Greek Political History
• Latin literature (Republican and Imperial poetry and prose)
• The ancient novel
• Geography and space in Greek and Latin literature
• Classics and Theory
• Roman philosophy
• Roman cultural history
• Roman Economy
• Roman Syria
• Sicily and North Africa
• The Western Mediterranean

Full details of our research interests are listed on the Classics and Ancient History web pages.

You can also read our general University research proposal guidance.

Find a supervisor

Find your supervisor using the link below and discuss with them the area you'd like to research.

Explore our Classics and Ancient History Staff Directory where you will be able to search by research area.

You can also see our general University guidance about finding a supervisor.

Tuition fees

Tuition fees are payable for each year of your course at the start of the academic year, or at the start of your course, if later. Academic fees cover the cost of tuition, examinations and registration and some student amenities.

Taught course fees  Research course fees

Fee Status Guidance

We carry out an initial fee status assessment based on the information you provide in your application. Students will be classified as Home or Overseas fee status. Your fee status determines tuition fees, and what financial support and scholarships may be available. If you receive an offer, your fee status will be clearly stated alongside the tuition fee information.

Do you need your fee classification to be reviewed?

If you believe that your fee status has been classified incorrectly, you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire. Please follow the instructions in your offer information and provide the documents needed to reassess your status.

Find out more about how universities assess fee status

Additional course costs

As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad.

For departmental specific costs, please see the Modules tab on the course web page for the list of core and optional core modules with hyperlinks to our Module Catalogue (please visit the Department’s website if the Module Catalogue hyperlinks are not provided).

Associated costs can be found on the Study tab for each module listed in the Module Catalogue (please note most of the module content applies to 2022/23 year of study). Information about module department specific costs should be considered in conjunction with the more general costs below:

• Core text books
• Printer credits
• Dissertation binding
• Robe hire for your degree ceremony

Scholarships and bursaries