Postgraduate taught courses

The Classics Department is well-known for its innovative teaching, for the publications of its members and for its lively and international postgraduate community. In recent years we have had successful students from Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Norway, the USA, and of course from the UK, all united by their love of and interest in the ancient world. We welcome you to study with us at either at either MA or PhD level.

The Department's broad range of expertise supports an unusually diverse and original range of Research by MA students. Dissertation titles in recent years have included:

• 'Eroticised Violence and Suffering in the Second Sophistic'
• 'Paradigms of Heroism: The Shifting Nature of Epic'
• 'Birth Myths of Dionysos in Nonnos' 'Dionysiaca'
• 'Deformed and Monstrous Deities'

We offer four different MA courses, each lasting 12 months of full-time study, or longer if taken part-time:

• MA in Classics (ancient literature and ancient history)
• MA in Ancient Art
• MA in the Classical Tradition
• MA in the City of Rome (involving two months study in Rome)

For profiles of our current MA students, please click here: Postgraduate Students in Classics.