The School of Archaeology and Ancient History offers supervision for the degrees of:
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - full-time and part-time
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - full-time and part-time
These degrees are available to study on campus and are available by distance learning.
We offer supervision in Archaeology and Ancient History in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:
Ancient History
Bioarchaeology
Prehistoric Archaeology
Greek Archaeology
Roman Archaeology
Material Culture Studies
Medieval and Historical Archaeology
Landscape Archaeology
PhD description
PhD students complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full-time / 7 years part-time.
Active research (including all experimental work, laboratory work, field work, and data collection) will typically take 3 to 3.5 years full-time / 6 to 6.5 years part-time. On completion of active research students may request approval to register for a writing-up period of up to 12 months. The period of active research and writing-up together must not exceed the maximum registration period.
The thesis should not normally exceed 80,000 words and must make an original contribution to knowledge and contain work of publishable quality. The thesis must then be defended in a viva voce (oral) examination before a degree can be awarded.
The PhD in Archaeology and Ancient History can be completed either as campus based study here at Leicester or by distance learning.