V4 Archaeology course codes

By UCAS's old subject scheme, a course code starting V4 means archaeology, in the history, philosophy and religion area (V). 61 courses at 21 UK universities use one for 2027 entry: most ask for between 72 and 120 UCAS points; 20 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often BBB. Another 93 joint honours courses carry V4 as their second subject.

Compare these courses, filter by entry grades and shortlist with the joint honours too

Codes in use

Universities choose their own codes, so most subjects have several. A code naming two subjects is a major/minor degree.

• V400 20
• V402 10
• V401 7
• V403 3
• V410 2
• V4R4 with Spanish 2
• V405 1
• V40C 1
• V40F 1
• V40G 1
• V40L 1
• V40S 1
• V40T 1
• V4B1 with anatomy, physiology and pathology 1
• V4Q3 with English studies 1
• V4Q4 with ancient languages 1
• V4Q5 with Celtic studies 1
• V4Q6 with Latin 1
• V4R1 with French 1
• V4R2 with German 1
• V4R5 with Portuguese 1
• V4V6 with theology and religious studies 1
• V4W3 with music 1

Joint honours

Courses carrying V4 as their second subject, by the subject their code starts with.

• with V1 history by period 26
• with L6 anthropology 8
• with Q8 classical studies 5
• with L7 human geography 4
• with R1 French 4
• with Q3 English studies 3
• with R2 German 3
• with R3 Italian 3
• with V2 history by area 3
• with V3 history by topic, incl. art history 3
• with F8 physical geography 2
• with G1 mathematics 2
• with L2 politics 2
• with L8 development studies 2
• with Q5 Celtic studies 2
• with R4 Spanish 2
• with V0 no standard meaning 2
• with V6 theology and religious studies 2
• with B2 pharmacology, toxicology and pharmacy 1
• with C0 no standard meaning 1
• with C8 psychology 1
• with F0 no standard meaning 1
• with F4 forensic and archaeological sciences 1
• with G5 information systems (older codes) 1
• with P1 information services 1
• with Q1 linguistics 1
• with Q4 ancient languages 1
• with R6 Scandinavian studies 1
• with T7 American studies 1
• with T8 Australasian studies 1
• with V9 other historical and philosophical studies 1
• with W4 drama 1
• with W6 film and photography 1

Subjects

The subject UCAS tags these courses with first.

• archaeology 51
• archaeological sciences 5
• Egyptology 2

Universities

• University of Glasgow 8
• University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) 7
• University of Liverpool 6
• Queen's University Belfast 5
• University of York 5
• University of Southampton 4
• University of Exeter 3
• University of Reading 3
• University of Winchester 3
• Canterbury Christ Church University 2
• University of Bradford 2
• University of Chester 2
• University of Lancashire 2
• University of Nottingham 2
• Durham University 1
• Newcastle University 1
• The University of Edinburgh 1
• University of Cambridge 1
• University of Leicester 1
• University of Manchester 1
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 1

Courses