Admissions

UCAS Course Codes:
Classics with Oriental Studies Q8T9
Oriental Studies with Classics T9Q8

Brief Course Outline

Duration of course: Usually 4 years; 3 for those taking Oriental Studies as their main subject but not having a year abroad.

Degree awarded:

BA in Classics and Oriental Studies (Classics with Oriental Studies) or
BA in Classics and Oriental Studies (Oriental Studies with Classics)
Intake: 2
Applications shortlisted for interview: 85.7%
Successful applications: 28.6%

Open days

See Classics
See Oriental Studies
Both open days cover Classics and Oriental Studies.

Contact details

Classics
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU
+44 (0) 1865 288391
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Please email us at enquiries@classics.ox.ac.uk

Oriental Studies
The Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane,
Oxford OX1 2LE
+44 (0) 1865 278312
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Please email us at undergraduate.admissions@orinst.ox.ac.uk

Classics and Oriental Studies

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Classics with Oriental Studies
1st year, 2nd year (terms 1 and 2)	2nd year (term 3), 3rd and 4th years
Follow the course for Classics (refer to Classics page)	Carry on with Classics options and choose Oriental language: Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic and Syriac, Armenian, Coptic, Egyptian, Hebrew, Old Iranian, Pali, Persian, Sanskrit or Turkish.
Assessment First University examinations in Classics (refer to Classics page)	Assessment Final University examinations: Eight written papers (five in Classics, three in Oriental Studies); one paper may be substituted by a thesis

Oriental Studies with Classics
1st year	2nd to 3rd or 4th year
Select main language: Akkadian, Arabic, Egyptian, Hebrew, Persian, Sanskrit or Turkish	Carry on with Oriental Studies options and choose classical language: Greek or Latin
Assessment First University examinations in Oriental Studies (refer to Oriental Studies page)	Assessment Final University examinations Eight to ten written papers (five to seven in Oriental Studies, three in Classics)