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Ancient and Modern History with Foundation Year - BA (Hons)

University of Oxford

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University of Oxford
UCAS CODE: V11F

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Open Application

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    OCT

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

Are you a student from the UK interested in studying Ancient and Modern History but your personal or educational circumstances have meant you are unlikely to achieve the grades typically required for Oxford courses? If so, then Ancient and Modern History with Foundation Year might be the course for you.The Foundation Year is completely free for UK students and is designed to be a one-year intensive academic course which will bridge any gap between school and our academically challenging undergraduate courses. The programme is carefully designed to build and develop your study skills, subject knowledge and capacity for independent study. Students that pass the course will be awarded a nationally recognised Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) qualification. If you pass the course at the required level, you will be automatically admitted into Oxford as an undergraduate student if you wish to be, without the need to re-apply. For more information on this course please visit www.ox.ac.uk/fyhumanities.The Ancient and Modern History undergraduate course enables students to study history from the Bronze Age Mediterranean and Near East, through the Roman Empire, middle ages and early modern period, right up to British, European and World history in the present day. Fruitful comparisons between societies abound, and the methods by which we study them are mutually illuminating. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugham.This course is for UK state school students who meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria please visit foundationyear.ox.ac.uk/eligibility.International students are not eligible to apply.

Application deadline

14/01/2026

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University of Oxford

University of Oxford

  • University League Table

    2nd

  • Campus address

    University of Oxford, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Classics

    2nd out of 24

    3rd out of 91 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 201
    194 96%

    2nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    82.0 82%

    4th

    2

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.17 79%

    13th

    3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    188 93%

    4th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    3rd

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.20 80%

    58th

    17

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