Ancient and Modern History with Foundation Year

University of Oxford
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time including foundation year 4 Years History

A-Level Entry

BBB

About this course

Are you a student from the UK interested in studying Ancient and Modern History but your personal or educational circumstances have meant you are unlikely to achieve the grades typically required for Oxford courses? If so, then Ancient and Modern History with Foundation Year might be the course for you.

The Foundation Year is completely free for UK students and is designed to be a one-year intensive academic course which will bridge any gap between school and our academically challenging undergraduate courses. The programme is carefully designed to build and develop your study skills, subject knowledge and capacity for independent study. Students that pass the course will be awarded a nationally recognised Certificate in Higher Education (CertHE) qualification. If you pass the course at the required level, you will be automatically admitted into Oxford as an undergraduate student if you wish to be, without the need to re-apply. For more information on this course please visit www.ox.ac.uk/fyhumanities.

The Ancient and Modern History undergraduate course enables students to study history from the Bronze Age Mediterranean and Near East, through the Roman Empire, middle ages and early modern period, right up to British, European and World history in the present day. Fruitful comparisons between societies abound, and the methods by which we study them are mutually illuminating. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugham.

This course is for UK state school students who meet the eligibility criteria. For more information about the eligibility criteria please visit foundationyear.ox.ac.uk/eligibility.

International students are not eligible to apply.

Entry Requirements

A-Level Grades BBB
Scottish Higher BBBBB
Scottish Advanced Higher BBC - BB
BTEC MMM

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
3412 Authors, writers and translators
4135 Library clerks and assistants
2472 Archivists, conservators and curators
2471 Librarians
2115 Social and humanities scientists

Course Details

Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Study Mode
Full-time including foundation year
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Oxford
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
History