📖Introduction

The University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English civic or 'red brick' university to receive its own royal charter. The University have a long and proud history of firsts, at the University of Birmingham; they were the first – and are now one of the largest - civic universities in the UK.

At Birmingham, the institution teach and research across the full breadth of academic disciplines, creating a vibrant community with multi-disciplinary opportunities for research and education. The University is a truly international community consisting of more than thousands of staff, students, and alumni. The student community is not only one of the largest of any UK university, it is highly diverse, with 82 per cent of home undergraduate students from state schools, 32 per cent from a BAME background, and 35 per cent in the first generation of their family to attend university.

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📖Program Curriculum

The programme combines three taught modules with a 20,000-word supervised research thesis on a topic of your choice.

We recommend that you discuss your proposed research project with a potential supervisor before making your application.

Compulsory modules for full-time MRes Egyptology students

Research and Scholarship in Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology

Optional modules for full-time MRes Egyptology students

Students choose 40 credits of optional modules, which may include ancient language modules at an appropriate level, either two 20-credit options, one from each semester or two 20-credit options in Semester 2

Examples of optional modules:

Towns, tombs, and temples: the archaeology of ancient Egypt
Byzantine Archaeology and Material Culture
Aspects of Byzantine History I
Aspects of Byzantine History II
Herodotus and Ancient Worlds
Gender in Byzantium II
Geographical Information Science and Spatial Analysis
Field Survey
Archaeology of Greece
Creating Europe: Complex Societies 1000 BC - AD 1000
The economies of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Frankish East
Archaeological Theory, Method and Interpretation
Material Culture
Funerary Archaeology
Empire and Identity

Ancient Language options:
Egyptian Language 1
Egyptian Language 2

Compulsory Modules for part-time MRes Egyptology students

Research & Scholarship in Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology

Optional Modules for part-time MRes Egyptology students

Part-time students choose 40 credits of optional modules over the course of 2 years, 20 in year 1 and 20 in year 2. This may include ancient language modules at an appropriate level. Normally this will be Egyptian Language module(s).

Year 1

Students may choose ONE 20-credit option from either Semester

Year 2

Students may choose ONE 20-credit options from either Semester

Examples of Optional Modules:

Byzantine Archaeology and Material Culture
Aspects of Byzantine History II
Herodotus and Ancient Worlds
Gender in Byzantium II
Geographical Information Science and Spatial Analysis
Field Survey
Archaeology of Greece
Creating Europe: Complex Societies 1000 BC - AD 1000
The economies of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Frankish East
Archaeological Theory, Method and Interpretation
Material Culture
Funerary Archaeology
Empire and Identity
Towns, tombs, and temples: the archaeology of ancient Egypt

Ancient Language options:
Egyptian Language
Egyptian Language

For more information, see our Classics and Ancient History module descriptions.

Please note that the optional module information listed on the website for this programme is intended to be indicative, and the availability of optional modules may vary from year to year. Where a module is no longer available we will let you know as soon as we can and help you to make other choices.

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🏫About University of Birmingham, England

Effective leadership is a hallmark of the University of Birmingham. Today, the institution have a global reputation as a rich and diverse institution known for inspirational thinking, financial stability, and strong local, national, and international partnerships. Its heritage as the original ‘redbrick’ is combined with one of the most compelling and ambitious agendas in higher education. The University has been transformed in recent years, characterised by major investments in academic staffing, investment of £1 billion in campus facilities, strong and improving outcomes for its students, annual growth in research performance, and bold new moves such as establishing the only university-run secondary school and sixth form in the country, and opening a new campus in Dubai.

The single biggest investment that the University has made in recent years is in people. Since 2015 the University have expanded its academic staff numbers by more than 500, including world-class researchers and teachers, leading early-career academics (including through a much-emulated Birmingham Fellows scheme), and Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellows, its innovative scheme to enhance cross-disciplinary working. The University are developing an enviable reputation for attracting some of the finest minds in the world to teach and research at the University.

🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

442 RMB

Tuition fee:

20,820 GBP per year

20,820 GBP in total

❓✅❌ Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied in English at high school or a degree
- Have passed IELTS level 6.5 or TOEFL 95 or above.

Minimum education level: Bachelor's.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter
  • 2 Recommendation letters

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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