Classics degrees
Study the languages, literatures, art and archaeology of the ancient world with our interdisciplinary Classics degrees.
Classics has been taught at Edinburgh for more than 400 years. Join us and you’ll learn from world-leading academics who are at the forefront of their disciplines.
We offer a particularly wide range of areas of study within classics, with specialisms across ancient history, Greek and Latin, and classical archaeology, and a chronological range extending from archaic Greece through to Late Antiquity and Byzantium.
The School runs a variety of Classics degrees:
| Degree title | 2022 entry | 2023 entry |
|---|---|---|
| MA Classics | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Ancient History | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Classical Studies | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Classical Archaeology and Ancient History | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Ancient History and Latin | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Ancient History and Greek | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Classical Archaeology and Latin | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Classical Archaeology and Greek | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Greek Studies | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
| MA Latin Studies | Information about 2022 entry | Information about 2023 entry |
We have a large number of joint degrees where you study Classics but with another subject:
Degrees in Archaeology
If you are interested in Classical Archaeology, you might find our Archaeology degrees interesting.