MPhil/PhD in Classics and Ancient History

at University of Warwick

You will work independently under the close guidance of an academic supervisor. Full training in research methods as well as in ancient Greek and/or Latin are provided, as required. Additional skills training and career talks and workshops are built in our programme.

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
   

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

• 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.
   

The University carries out an initial fee status assessment based on information provided in the application and according to the guidance published by UKCISA. Students are classified as either Home or Overseas Fee status and this can determine the tuition fee and eligibility of certain scholarships and financial support.

If you receive an offer, your fee status will be stated with the tuition fee information, however we are awaiting guidance from the UK government regarding fee status for EU, other EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members living in the UK for academic year 2021/22 onwards. We are not able to confirm the fee status for these students until the relevant eligibility criteria have been confirmed. Once we have received further information from the UK government, we will provide you with an update on your fee status and let you know if any additional information is required. If you believe your fee status has been incorrectly classified you can complete a fee status assessment questionnaire (follow the instructions in your offer) and provide the required documentation for this to be reassessed.