Ancient history degrees

123 courses at 19 UK universities offer ancient history for 2027 entry: most ask for about 126 UCAS points; 45 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often BBB.

Qualifications MA (Hons) 67, BA (Hons) 56

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing ancient history with another subject.

• archaeology 14
• Arabic languages 12
• Italian language 11
• history 11
• Persian society and culture studies 10
• French language 10
• German language 10
• Spanish language 10
• classical studies 7
• French studies 5

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• V1 history by period 33
• R3 Italian 5
• T9 other languages and area studies 5
• R1 French 3
• R2 German 3
• Q8 classical studies 2
• R4 Spanish 2

Universities

• University of St Andrews 57
• University of Liverpool 15
• University of Glasgow 10
• University of Southampton 6
• University of Reading 5
• Royal Holloway, University of London 4
• University of Nottingham 4
• Swansea University 3
• University of Exeter 3
• University of Leeds 3
• University of Manchester 3
• University of Wales Trinity Saint David 2
• University of Warwick 2
• Birkbeck, University of London 1
• King's College London, University of London 1
• UCL (University College London) 1
• University of Bristol 1
• University of Kent 1
• University of Oxford 1

Courses