MSt in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature: Fees & Entry Requirements at University of Oxford, UK

MSt in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature

UK

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What will I learn?

About the course: This nine-month course is designed to allow you a period of study of Greek and/or Latin literature which is both more advanced and more independent than you will be used to from your undergraduate courses, and at the same time more tightly structured and supervised than work for a doctorate. The MSt in the main master's course in Classical literature and the one which the faculty recommends unless there are particular reasons for preferring the MPhil in Greek and/or Latin Languages and Literature. Most, but not all, students take the course as preparation for a research degree, and for such students it might offer, for instance, linguistic training the opportunity to become acquainted with an ancillary discipline such as papyrology or palaeography engagement with a particular author's texts at a deeper level and a first introduction, via the dissertation, to extended research and the extended presentation of a scholarly argument. Assessment: Assessment: for text options is by two essays of 5,000 words, submitted either in Hilary or Trinity term, depending on your choices, and a translation exam in Trinity term. Skills-based options are assessed either by exam or by pre-submitted work, or by a combination of the two. The dissertation is submitted in Trinity term. Graduate destinations: Many MSt graduates go on to take doctorates, either in Oxford or elsewhere. Many subsequently take up university teaching or research posts after finishing their doctorates. Those who do not take doctorates go into a variety of occupations, including teaching, publishing, administration, business and other professions.

Which department am I in?

Classics

Study options

Full Time (9 Months)

Tuition fees
£4,583.33 (4,99,383) Month
This is a fixed fee
Application deadline

Expected January 2026

Start date

Expected October 2026

Venue

University of Oxford

University Offices,

Wellington Square,

Oxford,

Oxfordshire,

OX1 2JD, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

As a minimum, applicants should hold or be predicted to achieve the equivalent of the following UK qualifications or their equivalent: a first-class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in Classics or a similar course of academic study with substantial course components in the area of Classics. For applicants with a bachelor's degree from the USA, the minimum overall GPA that is normally required to meet the undergraduate-level requirement is 3.6 out of 4.0.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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