Ancient History MA

Our Ancient History MA offers you the opportunity to study Greek, Roman and near-Eastern history at an advanced level. You will also learn and refine the techniques and skills you need to be able to analyse and interpret a variety of historical sources. This is an intercollegiate course that draws on the strengths of King’s, UCL, Royal Holloway and the Institute of Classical Studies. It leads to further research or careers in education, journalism, finance, politics and the cultural sector.

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.
• Classics at King’s ranked first in the UK for research excellence (REF 2021) and third among UK Classics Departments in the QS World Rankings 2022.
• Unrivalled location for the study of the ancient world thanks to London's unique range of specialist libraries, museums and galleries.
• Extraordinarily wide choice of modules, drawing on the resources of the whole of the University of London.

“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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