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Han23 · 2025-08-31T10:37:46+00:00

Hello Any university recommendations for Classical Civilisation (without languages) 2026 please. Hoping to reach AAB with hard work 🙏

I studied classical civilisation at Leeds around 2010. I loved it, busy course (in terms of numbers of students taking it) great options including ancient magic which was an eye opener, and ancient history in the movies which was nice and light hearted compared to hours of Catullus and his obsession with penis metaphors. Jokes aside I found it a really interesting course, with an interesting array of professors who absolutely loved their subjects matter and excellent academics supporting or leading on seminars. The social club was a bit too nerdy and geeky for me, numerous private school kids, but loved it all the same. I loved we were in the old Parkinson building, studying felt very sophisticated and academic in the big old library.

whilst I was pally with my course mates, I connected more with my hobby friends and house mates. Leeds was a wonderful time in my life and I miss it even now. I’m still very close with several friends and met my husband there. We went back recently and the campus is marvellous now.

as for careers post degree, I got a 2:1 then went on to NHS management and now am a senior nhs manager. Course mates did law conversion courses and went into Law, teaching, several got grad schemes such as KPMG etc, several in the civil service, handful went on for masters and PHD level I think.

ive found it to be a well respected and interesting course, great conversation starter and I was able to explore subject matters that interested me (for the most part). I didn’t have to take a language but there were “options” to take modules. I’d done Ancient Greek to a-level and Latin to GCSE. Or the other way round. Can’t remember. Both were only marginally helpful in the literature based modules, but the context was easily understood without knowing the language.