The Classics programme is offered by the University of Cambridge.

It is usually possible for you to follow a course of study that reflects very closely your own interests and specialisms, selecting one of our research areas as the main focus for your dissertation and other work. One of your three essays, however, can deal with another area within the classics, or another related discipline. You can also offer an examination in a classical language, or an exercise in a specialist subject (eg numismatics) in place of the third essay. More information is available on theÊMPhil in Classics pageÊon the Faculty of ClassicsÊwebsite.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should have:

  • developed a deeper knowledge of their chosen area of Classics and of the critical debates within it;
  • come to a conceptual understanding that enables the evaluation of current research and methodologies;
  • Êacquired or consolidated linguistic, technical and ancillary skills appropriate for research in their chosen area;
  • demonstrated independent judgement, based on their own research;
  • presented their own ideas in a public forum and learned to contribute constructively within an international environment.