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Edinburgh is a modern, thriving, and cosmopolitan city, but also a historic one where the earliest human habitation is traced back to a Mesolithic campsite dated to c. 8500 BC. Since then, the city has seen the rise and fall of kings and queens. It has witnessed wars, rebellions, plagues, and the flowering of the Enlightenment.
The University of Edinburgh is one of the world’s leading universities. We are 27th in the 2025 QS World University rankings and we attract some of the world’s brightest staff and students. At the School of History, Classics and Archaeology you can be taught by academics at the cutting edge of their fields covering a wide range of themes, periods and geographical areas.
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Edinburgh has one of the largest groups of historians at any University in the UK. Our wide choice of courses cover a range of themes, periods and geographical areas.
Classics has been taught at Edinburgh for more than 400 years. Join us and you will learn from world-leading academics who are at the forefront of their disciplines.
Edinburgh has one of the largest groups of historians at any University in the UK. Our wide choice of courses cover a range of themes, periods and geographical areas.
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