28 PhD programmes in Classics in United Kingdom

The MPhil/PhD Classical Studies at the University of Lincoln offers you the opportunity to undertake an intensive study of an aspect of Greek and Roman history and/or Greek and Latin languages, literatures, and cultures, and to make an original contribution to scholarly understandings of your chosen subject area.

Research into Greek and Latin Texts in The Open University UK Classical Studies encompasses a wide range of material, both literary and epigraphic, in different genres and from various socio-political contexts.

The Classics programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial research project led by their own passions and interests. 

The Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Research programme offered by King's College London explores Greek history, culture, literature, religion, and society from Late Antiquity to the modern era.

Both in Classical Languages and Literature, and in ancient history, the DPhil programme from University of Oxford is a research degree intended to make it possible for the successful candidate to aspire to a career in research and teaching at university level anywhere in the world where the Classical subjects are studied.

Classics is a close-knit Department at Royal Holloway University of London offering a range of sub-disciplines, approaches and methodologies, and periods. We are distinctive in our ambitious coverage (literature, history, archaeology, reception).

The ancient world has never gone away. Research into Ancient and Modern Receptions of Antiquity at The Open University UK focuses on how the texts, images and ideas of Greek and/or Roman culture have been transmitted, adapted, rewritten and appropriated in a range of ancient and modern cultures across the globe.

The University of Liverpool has pioneered the study of the Classics and Ancient History for more than 130 years and has an international reputation for excellence in both teaching and research.