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Ancient History (MSc)
at University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 12,650
Country Rank#5
Duration24 Months
Score IELTS: 7

Program Overview

This programme gives you the opportunity to study ancient history at an advanced level, developing your interest in the ancient world and providing an excellent preparation for further graduate research.

Edinburgh is one of the leading centres in the UK for the study of ancient history, in the chronological, geographical and methodological scope of the research interests of our staff. The range and content of our courses reflect staff research strengths in Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique topics. Greek and Latin language courses are always offered. Our particular strengths lie in the legal, institutional, social and economic history of the Greek and Roman worlds, as well as in political theory and practice, Hellenistic history, and late antique history.

As a student on this programme, you will develop your skills in critical thinking, clear writing and research, verbal presentation and critical analysis.

Course Content
Most teaching takes place in small-group seminars and the programme is designed to allow both breadth of coverage and specialisation. The specialised compulsory course will provide you with the key methodological and practical skills required of researchers in all classical subjects, while the options offer a large degree of flexibility, allowing you to develop or consolidate your language skills and explore a diverse range of historical topics in depth. Independent research, in the form of a dissertation, forms a substantial component of the programme, challenging you to build on the material and approaches covered in the taught courses and develop your research skills.

You will complete one compulsory course and select a further three skills courses and an additional two options from a wide range on offer.

The compulsory course is:
- Skills and Methods in Classics
Option courses previously offered include those listed below. Option courses change from year to year and those available when you start your studies may be different from those shown in the list:
- Elementary Latin (PG) 1
- Elementary Greek (PG) 1
- Elementary Latin (PG) 2
- Elementary Greek (PG) 2
- Intermediate Latin (PG) 1
- Intermediate Greek (PG) 1
- Intermediate Latin (PG) 2
- Intermediate Greek (PG) 2
- A Period of Ancient History 1
- A Period of Ancient History 2
- A Topic in Late Antique and Byzantine History 1
- The Hellenistic City
- Constantinople: The History of a Medieval Megalopolis from * Constantine the Great to Suleyman the Magnificent
- Archaeology of the Roman Economy
- Classical Greek Sculpture
- Space, Place and Time: the archaeology of built environments
- Byzantine Archaeology: The archaeology of the Byzantine empire and its neighbours AD 500-850.
- Conflict archaeology: materialities of violence
- Bronze Age Civilisations of the Near East and Greece
- Etruscan Italy, 1000 - 300 BC
- Gallia from the Third Century BC to Augustus
Entry Requirement
A UK 2:1 honours degree, a minimum US 3.25 GPA or international equivalent, in a subject related to this programme, normally Classics, Classical Civilization, Ancient History or Classical Archaeology.

We will also consider an honours degree in another subject if your personal statement demonstrates how you are equipped to undertake the programme.

Relevant experience, or professional or other qualifications will also be considered.

English language requirements

You must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies, regardless of your nationality or country of residence.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified*:
- IELTS Academic: total 6.5 with at least 6.0 in each component.
- TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 92 with at least 20 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
- C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 176 with at least 169 in each component.
- Trinity ISE: ISE II with distinctions in all four components.
- PTE Academic: total 62 with at least 59 in each component.
- Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.
Fees & Scholarships
International/EU
£25,300

International full-time student fees

If you are an Overseas/International taught student studying full-time over multiple years, you will:
- not be affected by the annual tuition fee increase
- be charged a fixed annual fee based on your start date
Career Prospect
Our students view the programme and a graduate degree from Edinburgh as an advanced qualification valued and respected by many employers, others are interested in pursuing long-term academic careers and therefore consider the MSc as preparation for a PhD.

The programme provides a toolkit of transferable skills in organisation, research and analysis that will be highly prized in any field of work. This programme can form the stepping stone to many career options, such as further academic research, law, museum and art curation, literary translation or analysis, education or public heritage.

Recent graduates in Classics are now putting their skills to use as tutors, archivists, writers, editors and civil servants.

Cost Of Studying At University of Edinburgh

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Ancient History (MSc) at University of Edinburgh