Classics degrees

Study the languages, literatures, art and archaeology of the ancient world with our interdisciplinary Classics degrees.

This video introduces Classics at the University of Edinburgh.

Classics has been taught at Edinburgh for more than 400 years. Join us and you’ll learn from world-leading academics who are at the forefront of their disciplines.

We offer a particularly wide range of areas of study within classics, with specialisms across ancient history, Greek and Latin, and classical archaeology, and a chronological range extending from archaic Greece through to Late Antiquity and Byzantium.

The School runs a variety of Classics degrees:

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MA ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Ancient History Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classical Studies Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Ancient and Medieval HistoryInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classical Archaeology and Ancient History Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Ancient History and Latin Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Ancient History and GreekInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classical Archaeology and LatinInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classical Archaeology and Greek Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Greek Studies Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Latin Studies Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon

We have a large number of joint degrees where you study Classics but with another subject:

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MA Ancient and Medieval History Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Ancient Mediterranean CivilisationsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Arabic and Ancient Greek Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Archaeology and Ancient History Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classics and English Language Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Classics and Linguistics Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA English Literature and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA French and Classics Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA German and Classics Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA History and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Italian and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Russian Studies and Classics Information about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Scandinavian Studies and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Scottish Literature and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon
MA Spanish and ClassicsInformation about 2026 entryDetails coming soon

Degrees in Archaeology

If you are interested in Classical Archaeology, you might find our Archaeology degrees interesting.