Archaeology,BA

    Archaeology,BA

    Duration3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    GBP 38,867 / Year
    Next IntakeSeptember 1, 2026

    Archaeology,BA

    About

    This course offers an extensive overview of world archaeology, with teaching and training in a wide range of social and scientific methods. The diversity of modules on this course will allow you to build subject and geographic specialisms suited to your own interests and career plans. Depending on your module choices you may even be able to receive professional accreditation from the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.

    Modules in British, European and World archaeology provide you with the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of archaeology and heritage in different regions including Europe, the Near East, North Africa and South and East Asia.

    Advanced skills training, practicals, lab- and field-based options, will help you develop the knowledge and expertise in a variety of areas, such as data analysis, remote sensing, GIS and survey, materials analysis, 3D modelling, museum and heritage skills and osteology.

    In the first year you will gain a basic range of intellectual and practical archaeological skills. In Years 2 and 3 you will then move on to more in-depth study of particular topics and methods, working closely with staff to develop your own independent research project. You can also apply to add a placement year or a year abroad to your degree, increasing the course from three years to four.

    Drawing on the latest research, and with an exciting combination of field trips, practical work including excavation, as well as great teaching, this course offers you the chance to gain a good understanding of archaeology across the world, from earliest prehistory to the modern day.

    Gain a thorough overview of world archaeology. Explore the Palaeolithic to the post-medieval, from Iceland to India and everywhere in between.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    A level - AAB.

    Contextual offer – BBC.

    BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma/OCR Cambridge Technical Extended DiplomaDDD.

    International Baccalaureate score - 36 to include 665 in higher level subjects.

    In addition to satisfying the University’s general entry requirements, please note:

    • We also consider other level 3 qualifications, including T-levels.

    • We welcome applications from those with other qualifications equivalent to our standard entry requirements and from mature students with non-standard qualifications or who may have had a break in their study. Please contact our Admissions Selectors.
    • If you do not satisfy our general entry requirements, the Foundation Programme offers multidisciplinary degrees to prepare you for a range of specified degree courses.
    • If you are an international student who does not meet the requirements for direct entry to this degree, you may be eligible to take an International Foundation Year pathway programme at the Durham University International Study Centre
    • We are pleased to consider applications for deferred entry.

    Alternative qualifications

    International students who do not meet direct entry requirements for this degree might have the option to complete an International Foundation Year.

    English language requirements

    Country specific information

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 62
    • IELTSMin 6.5
    • TOEFLMin 92

    Career

    Our close links with industry specialists coupled with in-house archaeological facilities give you a taste of the industry from the beginning of the course. This experience helps develop a broad range of subject-specific skills from osteology, geochemistry and the conservation of archaeological objects, to survey and remote sensing techniques and applications for Geographic Information Systems.

    Transferable skills include problem-solving, metadata analysis and information technology, as well as teamwork, presentation, project planning and management. These skills are valued across many industries.

    Our graduates work for organisations all over the world, from national and international heritage organisations, museums, environmental agencies, and commercial archaeological services to law and publishing, forensic science, teaching, tourism, and local and national government.

    Of those students who graduated in 2020-21:

    • 82% are in paid employment or further study 15 months after graduation across all our programmes

    Of those in employment:

    • 88% are in high skilled employment
    • With an average salary of £25,700

    (Source: HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey. The survey asks leavers from higher education what they are doing 15 months after graduation. Further information about the Graduate Outcomes survey can be found here www.graduateoutcomes.ac.uk)

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    38,867 / year

    Archaeology,BA

    Durham University

    Durham University

    United Kingdom

    United Kingdom, Durham