University of Birmingham
Classical Literature and Civilisation
BA (Hons), 3 years
Typical offer rate
90–100%
high entry
Grad employment
80%
15 months after
In professional roles
30%
Median grad salary
£27,000
15 months after
University of Birmingham's Classical Literature and Civilisation degree is a BA studying the literature, history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, engaging with texts in translation alongside original sources where students have the relevant languages. The programme develops critical and analytical skills through the close reading of classical works within their historical and cultural context. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer.
How hard is it to get in?
The typical applicant to Classical Literature and Civilisation at University of Birmingham has a 90–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.
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Birmingham is a Russell Group university on a large parkland campus in Edgbaston, the original 'redbrick' civic university, its Old Joe clock tower a city landmark.
Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: University of Birmingham · Classical Literature and Civilisation
Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.