* Visa/residence permit, Books
The Admissions Office will evaluate your eligibility on the basis of 4 criteria:
Secondary school diploma
Mathematics proficiency
UvA Matching
During this Bachelor’s, you must be able to read textbooks, understand lectures, participate in classroom discussions and complete written assignments in English. Therefore, you have to verify your English proficiency (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): level C1) in your application.
Proof of sufficient English language proficiency
The requirement for sufficient English language proficiency can be met in one of the following ways:
By completing English-taught secondary education in Australia, Canada (with the exception of Quebec), Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States of America;
By obtaining an International Baccalaureate diploma in English;
By obtaining a European Baccalaureate diploma, with the subject English as first or second language (minimum final score result: 6);
By obtaining a French Diplôme du Baccalauréat Général with the Option Internationale du Baccalauréat (OIB), section britannique/américaine;
By submitting a valid English language proficiency test certificate. Please see below for the approved tests and minimum scores.
If your diploma is not mentioned above, please consult the diploma calculator to see if your prior education exempts you from taking the English language proficiency test.
Approved tests and minimum scores:
TOEFL IBT: a minimum of 92 points overall and a minimum of 22 points for each sub-score (TOEFL institution code: 9011). The TOEFL Home Edition is allowed for the September 2022 intake.
IELTS (Academic test): a minimum of 6.5 overall and a minimum of 6.0 for each sub-score. The IELTS indicator test is not allowed.
Cambridge Assessment English
Certificate in Advanced English: 180 points overall and in each skill or
Certificate of Proficiency in English: 180 points overall and in each skill.
Test scores must also conform to the following guidelines:
Make sure you schedule your English proficiency test before the application deadline.
Test scores received after the application deadline are accepted, as long as your English proficiency test was taken before the application deadline.
Your English proficiency test score cannot be more than 2 years old before the start date of your programme. For example, if you are applying for the September 2022 intake we do not accept English proficiency tests taken before September 2020.
Be sure to plan your test on time; test dates fill quickly and it can take several weeks for you to receive your results. Applications without a sufficient score or with a test date after the application deadline, will not be accepted.
Was Caesar the first populist? Can Harry Potter be regarded as a mythological hero? In the Bachelor’s programme Ancient Studies, you will gain insight into the ancient origins of political systems and themes such as identity and migration, which remain relevant far beyond the time of the Persians, Athenians and Romans. Your expertise in the field of Ancient Studies will thus also allow you to develop a critical outlook on contemporary events.
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The first academic year
During the first year, you will gain a clear picture of the cultural history of Antiquity, including the continuation of elements from ancient cultures into later periods.
Topics that will be discussed are, among others, contacts between the Greek-Roman world and the Near East, antique philosophy, and the question of what makes a certain work “classic” and how this is determined. You will also learn to investigate ancient material and textual sources.
In the second semester, you will have the opportunity to get a feel for potential specialisations to pursue after your first year.
The second and third academic year
In your second and third year, the programme will continue with interdisciplinary modules such as ‘Cultural Contact: Mediterranean Connections’, which concerns the interaction between the inhabitants of the Mediterranean region; ‘Religion in Antiquity’; and ‘Lieux de mémoire’, in which you study the way in which places gain importance because people connect stories to them.
The second year will conclude with a trip to Sicily, together with students of Archaeology and Classics.
Next to your regular courses, you will be able to specialise in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Greek, Latin, archaeology or ancient history.
You will conclude your Bachelor’s degree by writing a thesis in which you demonstrate that you can tackle a topic in an interdisciplinary manner.
After the completion of this programme, you will have acquired skills that will be of good use to you in your future career:
You are able to apply a broad, critical perspective to contemporary problems;
You are able to combine different types of sources and theories within interdisciplinary research;
You have a good command of written and oral academic English;
You know how to create presentations by means of new media, such as vlogs and video essays;
You are skilled at academic and creative writing.
Insurance: €420 per year
