36 monthsProgramme duration
32,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
Feb, May, OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
Are you ready to embark on large-scale advanced independent research? Join UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, one of the world’s leading centres for archaeology, conservation, cultural heritage, and museum studies and make a meaningful, original contribution to your field. Available on a full-time or part-time basis, this programme offers expert support from leading academics at every stage of your journey. Study within an outstanding research environment where you’ll have the opportunity to develop your expertise and thrive
Together, over 350 graduate students and 50 academic staff create a diverse and vibrant research community that also benefits from the vast array of resources and facilities at UCL and throughout London, including the British Museum and British Library close by. There are few other settings in the world that can offer such a stimulating context for advanced research and learning. We offer research degrees of either two MPhil or three PhD years duration full-time, with part-time options. You are assigned two supervisors, sometimes with a third where appropriate. In addition to the support provided by your supervisory team, your project will be subject to rigorous constructive review towards the end of your first year, and subsequently during your second and third years.
Developing research skills
You will receive continuous support to develop your research throughout the degree. In the first year you will undertake the Induction Course which will hone the academic skills required to plan and carry out a successful PhD.
Research areas and structure
Current research at the UCL Institute of Archaeology covers fieldwork, laboratory analysis and conservation, artefact studies, and theoretical, synthetic, and analytical working from a range of perspectives. It has more than 50 research-active staff and attracts regular and substantial research funding from a wide range of national and international bodies. Research is carried out in tropical Africa, Asia, Britain and Europe, China, Egypt, the Pacific, and South America to name a few regions where staff are currently active. The chronological range of research at the Institute runs from the emergence of the earliest humans up to the present working.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Archaeology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
Are you ready to embark on large-scale advanced independent research? Join UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, one of the world’s leading centres for archaeology, conservation, cultural heritage, and museum studies and make a meaningful, original contribution to your field. Available on a full-time or part-time basis, this programme offers expert support from leading academics at every stage of your journey. Study within an outstanding research environment where you’ll have the opportunity to develop your expertise and thrive
Together, over 350 graduate students and 50 academic staff create a diverse and vibrant research community that also benefits from the vast array of resources and facilities at UCL and throughout London, including the British Museum and British Library close by. There are few other settings in the world that can offer such a stimulating context for advanced research and learning. We offer research degrees of either two MPhil or three PhD years duration full-time, with part-time options. You are assigned two supervisors, sometimes with a third where appropriate. In addition to the support provided by your supervisory team, your project will be subject to rigorous constructive review towards the end of your first year, and subsequently during your second and third years.
Developing research skills
You will receive continuous support to develop your research throughout the degree. In the first year you will undertake the Induction Course which will hone the academic skills required to plan and carry out a successful PhD.
Research areas and structure
Current research at the UCL Institute of Archaeology covers fieldwork, laboratory analysis and conservation, artefact studies, and theoretical, synthetic, and analytical working from a range of perspectives. It has more than 50 research-active staff and attracts regular and substantial research funding from a wide range of national and international bodies. Research is carried out in tropical Africa, Asia, Britain and Europe, China, Egypt, the Pacific, and South America to name a few regions where staff are currently active. The chronological range of research at the Institute runs from the emergence of the earliest humans up to the present working.
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