Classics

Since the University was founded, Classics has been taught and it remains one of the outstanding centres of Classical learning in the UK.

Classics at Edinburgh

Classics at Edinburgh continues its long and proud tradition of offering as wide and diverse a choice of programmes and courses as possible.

Whether it is artefacts or student societies, Classics has something to enhance experience and community spirit.

HCA Figure 2: Nikolaus Gansterer, ‘untertagüberbau’, 2017, 3 channel HD video installation. Installation view, ‘The Extended Mind’, 2019. Image courtesy Talbot Rice Gallery, The University of Edinburgh

Staff in Classics at Edinburgh engage in research that covers the full range of the classical subjects. below you'll find just a small selection of the research projects we are involved in.

Our buzzing modern Classics department is the result of many years of tradition and innovation.