Outreach

Oxbridge Classics Open Day

Monday, 23 March, 2026 - 10:00 to 16:00

The 2026 Oxbridge Classics Open Day is a chance to find out more about applying to study Classics at Oxford and Cambridge, with course presentations, taster lectures, and opportunities to ask questions to current students and academics. Options to attend in person and online are available. The programme will include a...

Classics Postgraduate Open Day

Saturday, 22 November, 2025 - 11:00 to 12:30

Are you considering the PhD, MPhil or Advanced Diploma in Classics in Cambridge? If so, come along to our virtual Postgraduate Open Day and discover more about the Faculty of Classics and the courses that we offer. Find out what life is like for a Cambridge postgraduate student, and ask questions of our academics about...

Undergraduate Funding

20241106_university_members_at_student_services_adrc_0293.jpg Students have two main costs to consider when at university their University Fees and their living costs (often called Maintenance). There are several sources of financial help for students to afford this: Student Finance England The...

Sixth Form Study Day

Tuesday, 24 September, 2013 - 09:00 to 17:00

For detailed information please see here .

Prospective students

Study Classics at Cambridge Discover the Ancient World, Shape Your Future Classics at Cambridge offers an unparalleled journey into the ancient Greek and Roman worlds—their languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, and archaeology. This rich tapestry of human experience continues to shape...

Upcoming events

20Aug

Summer at the Museums: Little Sculptors
21Aug

Drink and Draw
26Aug

Summer at the Museums: Hands On with the Romans
04Sep

Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tour
16Sep

Open Cambridge: Casting New Light (tour)

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Latest news

Professor Patricia Easterling

19 August 2026

The Faculty is very sad to report that our dear colleague Professor Patricia (Pat) Easterling has died, at the age of 92. She was Fellow of Newnham College from 1958 to 1987 and Professor of Greek at University College London from 1987 to 1994, when she returned to Cambridge as the 36 th (and first female) Regius Professor...

Cambridge Classicists on Nolan's Odyssey

17 July 2026

Today marks the highly anticipated theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey . Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the film is generating lots of discussion across the global classics community. As people everywhere head to cinemas, academics from the Faculty are already exploring how...

Script Keepers Network Wins Cultural Collaboration Award

28 July 2026

The Script Keepers Network —co-led by Pippa Steele (Faculty of Classics and the VIEWS Project ) and Tim Brookes ( Endangered Alphabets Project )—has been awarded the prestigious NCACE Emerging Academic Cultural Collaboration Award by the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange . The award recognises outstanding...

New Fellows welcomed to the British Academy

17 July 2026

The Faculty notes with pleasure that Professor James Warren has been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship , joining an eminent community of scholars who share a commitment to advancing the humanities and social sciences. Current British Academy Fellows in the Faculty include Professors Emily Gowers, Stephen Oakley...

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