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The PhD and MPhil programmes provide the chance to work with an expert in your subject area in order to develop a substantial research project that results in a significant dissertation (PhD: 80,000 word; MPhil: 40,000). Typically, applicants for these programmes will already have undertaken postgraduate study. These degrees have no taught components, but relevant taught modules may be attended by arrangement to develop appropriate research skills (including the study of ancient languages or technical/professional skills).
We encourage you to attend conferences on subjects related to your research interests (financial support is available for research students expenses), and to participate in our lively interdisciplinary seminar series (some of which are run by our postgraduates).
We enable advanced research students to broaden their skills through appropriate training in teaching skills and, where possible, through offering the chance to gain experience in teaching. In addition, our annual postgraduate colloquia provide training in oral presentation skills and the professional dissemination of research within an interdisciplinary environment. For research degree applications, we encourage you to contact potential supervisors in advance of applying.
Interdisciplinary research groups are currently working on topics including:

* The City in Antiquity
* Culture of the Everyday (including study of childhood, the life course, forensic and funerary archaeology, and religion)
* The Eastern Mediterranean from Late Antiquity to the Modern Day
* Landscape and Human Environment (including palaeoecology and palaeobiology)

Requirements

Ensure your qualifications meet our entry requirements for research degrees

To gain admission to a research degree programme (with the exception of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD)) an applicant must comply with the following entry requirements:

* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicants potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.

In addition:

* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.

Please note

* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.

English language requirements

* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band
* TOEFL IBT 93 with no less than 20 in any band

English Language Requirements