Overview

The Oxford Classics and History Faculties are world-famous for teaching and research. The people who will teach you here will often be leading researchers in their field, with lecturers encouraged to put on new courses which reflect their own interests. Oxford also possesses exceptional library provision for History in the Bodleian Library, the History Faculty Library, the Sackler and the Weston Library’s special collections, as well as a dedicated Classics centre. The History (Ancient and Modern) course is offered at the University of Oxford .

Careers

Oxford historians move on to careers in fields as varied as the law, investment banking and consultancies, advertising, accountancy, the Civil Service, publishing, journalism and the media, global charity work, museums, librarianship and archive work, and teaching. Recent Ancient and Modern History graduates include a civil servant, a librarian and a charity campaign manager.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

One period of either Greek or Roman history
One of the periods of European/world history offered
The world of Homer and Hesiod; or Augustan Rome; or one of the History optional subjects
A text-based paper on Herodotus; or Sallust; or Approaches to history; or Historiography: Tacitus to Weber from the History syllabus or a Greek/Latin language paper

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

History Ancient History Modern History View 128 other Bachelors in Ancient History 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

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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PTE Academic

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) with 666 at HL

It is highly recommended for candidates to have History to A-level, Advanced Higher, Higher Level in the IB or another equivalent.

A classical language, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History can be helpful to students in completing this course, although they are not required for admission.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

41130 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

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