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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
CBSE All India Senior School Certificate Examination (SSC), CISCE Indian School Certificate (ISC) Standard XII: overall 80% with three subjects at 75%.
Award of Certificate with five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 80% or above and minimum 80% in all required subjects (or 85% where we require a grade A at SQA Higher). Grade XII CBSE Applied Mathematics is not accepted to meet a Mathematics subject requirement.
Award of Certificate with five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 80% or above and minimum 80% in all required subjects (or 85% where we require a grade A at SQA Higher).
Advanced entry direct into Year 2 of many of our Science and Engineering degree programmes is possible for applicants who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement in the Higher Secondary School Certificate, but only where awarded by CBSE or CISCE. Advanced entry is offered into Year 2 to students from India with the relevant Indian boards. For advanced entry applicants must achieve the award of Certificate with minimum of five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 85% or above and minimum 85% in all required subjects as stated in our prospectus.

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£12650 per year

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