Overview

About this Degree

It is one of the most interdisciplinary of all degrees, and offers the opportunity to study these two foundational ancient civilisations and their reception in modern times. The Classics degree offered at the University of Oxford also permits students to take extensive options in modern philosophy, a flexibility which makes Oxford’s Literae Humaniores different from most other Classics courses.

Oxford has the largest Classics Faculty and programme of courses in the world, with outstanding teaching, library and museum resources, including the Sackler and Bodleian Libraries, the Ashmolean Museum and a designated Classics Centre. The course involves extensive study of ancient languages, with a view to studying texts in the original.

Careers

The breadth of subjects studied and variety of skills learned to a high level leave Classics graduates in high demand among employers. Careers for recent Classics graduates include teaching, the Civil Service, the media, film production, the law, publishing, and further classical study.

James works for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He says: ‘Following four years of excellent teaching in an astoundingly varied field, the intellectual rigour developed at Oxford has taken me from negotiating for the UK at the United Nations to learning Mandarin and representing the UK in China. Classics provided me with the perfect platform, and more importantly gave me four wonderful years steeped in the fascinating classical world.’

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Homer’s Iliad

Virgil’s Aeneid

Texts and contexts: integrating literary/ archaeological material

A special subject in Philosophy (ancient or modern)

A classical special subject: historical, archaeological or philological

Greek and Latin language work

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 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

480 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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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 (with As in Latin and Greek, if taken)

Advanced Highers: AA/AAB (with A in Latin, if taken)

IB: 39 (including core points) with 666 at HL (and an aggregate of 12 in Latin and Greek, if taken)

Candidates should normally have Latin and/or Greek to A-level, Advanced Higher, Higher Level in the IB or equivalent.

Tuition Fees

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41130 GBP / year

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9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

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