• The PhD is a three-year research degree, examined by a thesis of up to 80,000 words. Candidates work independently and closely with their supervisor, a senior member of the Classics Faculty, and also have a secondary supervisor.
  • Classes are provided in specialist research skills (eg epigraphy, palaeography, numismatics, and Linear B). When appropriate students are encouraged to work away from Cambridge, perhaps to undertake fieldwork or study manuscripts in libraries abroad.