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Classics

Course details: 1 Study option
Undergraduate
Course location: 27 Campuses

Course summary

Classics at Cambridge isn’t just studied as a period in the past, it also looks at how classical culture, language and philosophy have affected the history of Western civilisation right up to the present day. Our course encompasses the history, culture, archaeology, art, philosophy and linguistics of classical antiquity and the study of original texts and artefacts. You can either specialise in a particular field or retain the breadth with which the course starts.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

Christ's
Emmanuel
Magdalene
Fitzwilliam
Downing
Wolfson
Homerton
Jesus
King's
Peterhouse
Newnham
Sidney Sussex
Gonville & Caius
St John's
Selwyn
Trinity Hall
Queens'
Corpus Christi
St Catharine's
Girton
Hughes Hall
Churchill
Trinity
St Edmund's
Clare
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Lucy Cavendish

Study options

BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

10/2025

Application codes

Course code:: Q800
Institution code:: C05

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Application codes

Course code:: Q800
Institution code:: C05

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