You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Additional requirements

When you apply, please attach a personal statement of up to 500 words to explain your level of familiarity with archaeological method and theory. Please make clear in your personal statement how you are qualified for these modules. You should reference previous study and fieldwork experience.

Check you are eligible to apply

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Additional requirements

When you apply, please attach a personal statement of up to 500 words to explain your level of familiarity with archaeological method and theory. Please make clear in your personal statement how you are qualified for these modules. You should reference previous study and fieldwork experience.

Check you are eligible to apply

You should have achieved, or be on track to achieve, the equivalent of a UK lower second-class honours degree (2:2).

For country-specific entry requirements and mark equivalencies, please visit the relevant Country-Specific Information webpage and review the postgraduate entry requirements section. All visiting students, whether undergraduate, postgraduate taught, or postgraduate research, should consult this section for details of grade equivalencies.

Before you apply

Visiting postgraduate research student applicants should contact the relevant department before beginning your application to ensure that appropriate supervision for your project can be provided. You will be asked to submit a research plan and to provide the name of your preferred supervisor as part of your application.

Visiting postgraduate research students can apply at any time throughout the year. There are no deadlines, but please apply at least three months ahead of your planned arrival to allow for administrative processes. We encourage you to refer to the tuition fees for visiting postgraduate research students webpage before you apply.

Check you are eligible to apply

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Archaeology: 6.5, with 6.0 in each component.

Undergraduate English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

IELTS requirements for Archaeology: 6.5, with 6.0 in each component.

Postgraduate taught English language requirements

All visiting students from non-majority English-speaking countries are required to demonstrate their English language ability, regardless of their length of study or visa type. We accept a range of global English tests such as IELTS and TOEFL iB. Please note English language requirements vary by academic department and level of study.

You can find the requirements for Archaeology on our Postgraduate research English language requirements page. 

Postgraduate research English language requirements

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

If you're an undergraduate applicant, you can apply for 2nd- and 3rd-year undergraduate modules. However, spaces on our second and third-year modules are very limited, and so you may not be able to study your first-choice module. 3rd-year modules also require sufficient background in archaeology or a relevant subject.

We will contact you via email after you have accepted your place at York to discuss your module choices, and module registration will take place after enrolment.

You can view the department’s modules in the module catalogue. To help you get started, we have written a short guide on how to use the module catalogue.

We will contact you via email after you have accepted your place at York to discuss your module choices, and module registration will take place after enrolment.

Your assessments will be mainly by an assignment such as an essay or presentation, which are submitted via the VLE. The module, "Prehistory to the Present (ARC00001C)" has an exam during the revision and assessment period in January. Alternate assessments may be available, you can contact the Department of Archaeology to discuss this.

You can find full details of assessments for each module via the module catalogue.