Classics degrees
Study the languages, literatures, art and archaeology of the ancient world with our interdisciplinary Classics degrees.
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- Classics at the University of Edinburgh
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 | 2024 entry | 2025 entry |
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MA Classics | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Ancient History | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Classical Studies | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Ancient and Medieval History | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Classical Archaeology and Ancient History | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Ancient History and Latin | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Ancient History and Greek | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Classical Archaeology and Latin | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Classical Archaeology and Greek | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Greek Studies | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 entry |
MA Latin Studies | Information about 2024 entry | Information about 2025 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.