Our Ancient History MA offers you the opportunity to study Greek, Roman and near-Eastern history at an advanced level. Your Master’s in Ancient History has just one required taught module, which will teach you how to use and refine numerous techniques and skills to analyse and interpret a range of historical sources. For the rest of the MA, you’ll be free to choose your own taught programme from a broad list of optional modules and then finish it with a dissertation on a topic that you choose. This is a University of London intercollegiate course which pulls in the very best ancient history expertise from King’s alongside UCL, Royal Holloway and the Institute of Classical Studies. You’ll meet academics and colleagues from across London and get to choose modules that are taught by each institution.

Key benefits

• Study in one of the UK's largest and oldest departments of Classics. Classics has been taught on the Strand for over 200 years.
• Join a Classics department that’s ranked first in the UK for research excellence (REF 2021) and 4th in the UK for Classics Departments in the QS World Rankings 2024.
• Enjoy an unrivalled location for the study of the ancient world, thanks to London's unique range of specialist libraries, museums and galleries.
• Choose from an extraordinarily wide list of modules, drawing on the resources of the whole of the University of London.
• Complete a master’s that leads to further research or careers in education, journalism, finance, politics and the cultural sector.

“The level of dedication of King’s is unparalleled. Teachers have been supportive and interesting. They encourage lively discussion, entertain your views and guide you in the right direction to pursue further research.”

Teresa, Past student, Ancient History MA

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