Classical studies degrees

269 courses at 26 UK universities offer classical studies for 2027 entry: most ask for between 120 and 126 UCAS points; 128 courses quote A-level grades instead, most often AAA.

Qualifications BA (Hons) 172, MA (Hons) 91, BA 5, DipHE 1
Study full-time 265, part-time 4

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Often studied with

Joint honours courses pairing classical studies with another subject.

• Italian studies 19
• English studies 16
• French studies 14
• archaeology 14
• Arabic languages 12
• philosophy 12
• history 12
• Persian languages 11
• modern languages 10
• ancient history 7

Course codes

What these courses' UCAS codes start with.

• Q8 classical studies 59
• V1 history by period 20
• T1 Chinese studies 14
• Q9 other linguistics and classics 4
• R1 French 3
• R3 Italian 3
• Q2 comparative literature 2
• R7 Russian and East European studies 2

Universities

• University of St Andrews 60
• University of Oxford 42
• University of Exeter 28
• University of Glasgow 23
• University of Liverpool 23
• Swansea University 16
• University of Reading 9
• University of Warwick 9
• The University of Edinburgh 8
• Durham University 7
• Royal Holloway, University of London 6
• University of Nottingham 5
• UCL (University College London) 4
• University of Leeds 4
• Newcastle University 3
• Open University 3
• University of Bristol 3
• University of Leicester 3
• Birkbeck, University of London 2
• King's College London, University of London 2
• University of Birmingham 2
• University of Cambridge 2
• University of Winchester 2
• University of Kent 1
• University of Lincoln 1
• University of Manchester 1

Courses