Overview

Oxford’s distinctive combination of archaeology and anthropology, pursued over three years, offers an unusually broad perspective on human societies from earliest prehistory to the present. The Archaeology and Anthropology course at the University of Oxford offers a comprehensive guide to the richness and diversity of human cultural experience throughout space and time.

By choosing to study here you will be able to:

explore how humans evolved
get to grips with major transformational processes in human history such as the development of farming, the emergence of towns and trading systems and the spread of world religions
learn why societies structure their families, economies and political systems in the ways that they do
investigate how material culture represents and reproduces beliefs and ideologies.

Six Oxford institutions specialise in these subjects: the Schools of Archaeology and of Social and Cultural Anthropology, the Ashmolean Museum, the Pitt Rivers Museum, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art. All play a key role in the provision of teaching for the degree.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Social analysis and interpretation
Cultural representations, beliefs and practices
Landscape and ecology
Urbanism and society
The nature of archaeological and anthropological enquiry
Perspectives on human evolution

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Archaeology Anthropology View 166 other Bachelors in Archaeology in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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110

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76

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IELTS

7.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A-levels: AAA
Advanced Highers: AA/AAB
IB: 38 including core points
or any other equivalent (see details of international qualifications)

A background of studying both arts and science subjects can be helpful to students in completing this course, although there are no specific subject requirements for admission.

As part of your application all candidates are required to submit the following:

Two recently-marked essays, each written as part of a school or college course within a two-week period or less and preferably in different subjects. You have the option of submitting an additional piece of work composed over a longer period of time if you so wish.
A short essay of no more than 500 words in response to the following question: What can we learn about people, EITHER past OR present, from their material culture?

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

41130 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

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United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

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