Life Learning
Explore the rich heritage of Greece and Rome at a top department for the study of the ancient world, rated highly for its teaching and consistently outstanding in its research.
What is Life Learning?
Life Learning (LL) is a chance for you to follow one or two of our modules without enrolling fully as a student.
UCL Greek and Latin has an unrivalled range of modules, some taught in the original languages, some taught in translation. Most of these modules are available outside our degree programmes for those wishing to study for personal development or intellectual pleasure.
The Department regularly admits Life Learning students, provided that they have the appropriate pre-requisite for the module(s) in which they are interested. We also have to make sure that there is space on particular modules for existing students within the Department, but this does not usually present problems.
Life Learning students come from a wide variety of backgrounds: retired people, mature students wishing to prepare for full-time education in the future, general enthusiasts, former students from the Department who wish to keep their experience of the Classical World alive, and teachers wishing to broaden their repertoire have all applied to us in the past.
Modules run by the Department are scheduled at fixed times, which cannot be changed. Classes are timetabled between 9am and 6pm (see the Departmental module list for further details).
LL students participate in and contribute to modules in the same way as UCL students. However, LL is not formally accredited and students are not entitled to take the formal exam at the end of the year, although we have in the past allowed LL students to sit an exam informally within the department if they wish to.
Once they have been admitted to the Department, LL students are entitled to have access to the UCL library with reference rights only. If they wish to have borrowing rights, they need to request this from the Department who will arrange it with the UCL Library. There is an extra fee of £150 for Library borrowing rights.
2026-27 (fees are subject to revision each year):
- Study for 1 single term (15 credits): £467.00
- Study for Term 1 & Term 2 (30 Credits): £934.00
If you would like to undertake a module as a LL student (full course list below), please submit an online enrolment form. The deadline for receipt of completed forms for enrolment on modules for 2026/27 for Term 1 is Monday 14 September 2026.
The online form is here: UCL Greek and Latin Life Learning Enrolment Form 2026/27
Please contact classics.office@ucl.ac.uk if you have enquiries.
Taster Days and Summer Schools
If you do not wish to study for a full term or year and rather just want a brief insight into the study of the ancient world, you’re welcome to come to one of our Taster Days or Summer Schools.