Undergraduate Admissions

All applications for full-time undergraduate admission must be made through UCAS. For school-leaving applicants, the Department requires that at least two A-levels be in non-vocational subjects. Single Honours Archaeology, Single Honours Archaeology and Anthropology, and Joint Honours Ancient History and Archaeology have no fixed requirements for A-levels, which can be taken in either the humanities or sciences or a mixture of both. Subjects such as History, Geography, Classical Civilisation, Biology, modern languages or Archaeology are particularly suitable, however. Single Honours Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences requires that two A-levels be taken in a recognised science subject. The Department does not accept General Studies.

The standard offer for Single Honours Archaeology and Single Honours Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences is BBB-BCC. The standard offer for Single Honours Archaeology and Anthropology and for Joint Honours Ancient History and Archaeology is AAB-BBB. Other offers may be made for these programmes based upon individual circumstances.

Mature students are particularly welcome, as are students from Access, BTEC, HND and other courses, irrespective of specialisation, and students with foreign qualifications. Such applicants may be invited to interview.

Students who have been made offers of places are invited to attend Departmental Open Days, during which a programme is planned to meet the lecturers and current students, see the Department and sample a little of life as a student here in Bristol. Prospective students are warmly invited to attend the University's Preview Day which takes place in June, when all departments are open for viewing and sample lectures are held.

Please take the time to read our Admissions Policy which contains the following information:

• Admissions process
• Criteria for assessing candidates
• Criteria for assessing the personal statement
• Criteria for assessing the school reference
• Criteria for assessing mature students or those not applying directly from school or college or with non-standard qualifications, including overseas candidates
• Offers

Further information is available from the Faculty Admissions and Recruitment Team who may be contacted at:
Faculty of Arts
University of Bristol
3-5 Woodland Road
Bristol
BS8 1TB

Tel: + 44 (0) 117 928 8147

and via arts-ug-admissions@bristol.ac.uk.

Please note the Admissions and Recruitment Team deal with queries concerning the respective courses within the Faculty, particularly about the course entry requirements.  Enquiries concerning the UCAS process or requests for feedback are handled by the Undergraduate Admissions Office.