Overview
What you will study
This Classics and Ancient Civilizations MA programme is offered jointly by the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – combining their expertise in Archaeology, Ancient History and Classics in the Amsterdam Centre for Ancient Studies and Archaeology (ACASA).
The Master’s in Classics and Ancient Civilizations gives you a world-class, interdisciplinary education in the ancient world. If you specialise in Classics, you’ll receive excellent training in classical linguistics, grounded in intertextual and narratological approaches to classical literature, while familiarising you with post-classical Greek and Latin. If you specialise in Ancient Studies, you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the social, cultural and religious history of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Enter the workforce
A Master’s degree in Classics and Ancient Civilizations gives you three main options.
Start workingYou can start working, using your in-depth knowledge and academic skills, in areas like arts management, commercial research, or the broader cultural sector – including museums, archives, journalism, publishing and cultural tourism.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Story vs History: Alexander the Great
- Religion and Society: Lived Religion in Greece and the Near East (7th to 4th cent. BCE)
- The Ancient World & Modern Theory: Memory and Forgetting
- Master Seminar Akkadian
- Research Project 2: Towards a New Loeb Edition of Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica
- Research Project 2: Visualizing Troy through the Ages
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Ancient History Classics View 12 other Masters in Classics in NetherlandsAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
The admission requirements are:
- For the specialization Classics, you must have a Bachelor’s degree in Classics from an accredited university;
- For the specialization Ancient Studies, you must have a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and must have taken academic courses equivalent to at least one full-time semester of academic studies (30 EC) in Classics, Ancient Studies, Archaeology or History (with demonstrable relationship to Ancient Studies).
Tuition Fee
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16060 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 16060 EUR per year during 12 months. -
EU/EEA
2314 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2314 EUR per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Amsterdam
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