Classical Studies with English

UCAS code: Q8Q3

Here's what King's College London says about its Classical Studies with English course.

This Classical Studies with English BA is an interdepartmental course that will allow you to develop an in-depth knowledge of the Classics while also studying English literature. With no required modules, you’ll be empowered to select a syllabus that best suits your interests.

You can expect to build skills and experience in working with Latin and Ancient Greek literature in translation (or optionally in their original form), ancient philosophy, history, art, and archaeology. Your English studies will enable you to see echoes of the ancient world as they are picked up, reinvented, and transformed over the centuries to the modern day.

You’ll join the best university in the UK for research excellence in Classics (REF 2021) and learn from one of the oldest English departments in the country. This offers a range of exciting opportunities that include handling sessions in London museums, like the British Museum and Shakespeare’s Globe, and unique module coverage from the Bronze Age to modern Greece.

Key benefits

• Classics at King’s ranked First in the UK for research excellence (REF 2021) and fifth in the QS World Rankings 2025 among UK Classics Departments.

• Join one of the largest Classics departments in the UK, with unique coverage from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece.

• Study English modules at one of the oldest departments in the country, boasting an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research.

• Choose your own curriculum comprised entirely of optional modules. Pursue your interests in a department renowned for the quality of its teaching and student experience.

• Enjoy visits to the British Museum and other london museums as integrated parts of your learning.

• Enhance your education through opportunities like access to organisations like Shakespeare’s Globe and extracurricular opportunities like joining the famous Greek Play, performed every year since 1953, or experiencing how classical topics are taught in local primary schools.

• Build your transferable analytical and communication skills that employers from a range of sectors find highly desirable.

Please see our online prospectus for further details on this programme: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/classical-studies-with-english-ba