Join our world-leading community of learners and change-makers
Our professionally-accredited BA and BSc degree programmes include courses which address themes such as:
- the deep history of human societies
- evolutionary origins to the earliest states
- complex societies to globalisation
- sites and artefacts
- people and environments
We believe in hands-on learning, offering field training, artefact handling, placements, skills development for careers and employability and extensive support services which help equip our students to make a positive impact.
Find out more about our programmes of study
Undergraduate
Our students receive extensive training in archaeology from some of the world's leading archaeological researchers.
Postgraduate Taught
Our expertise covers diverse time periods, regions, topics, methods, and the full range of subjects encountered in archaeology, from lab-based scientific approaches to heritage studies.
Postgraduate Research
We provide a world-class, diverse and vibrant research community for students to develop their own projects.
Our People
Institute of Archaeology
Find out more about our community of academic, research and teaching staff as well as our professional services colleagues who underpin all our teaching, research and engagement activities.
Archaeology South-East
Archaeology South-East has been associated with us since 1974 and plays an active role in our teaching, research and field training, especially the BA Archaeology with a Placement Year.
Explore our department
Institute of Archaeology Library
The UCL Institute of Archaeology Library supports teaching and research and has gained an international reputation as one of the as one of the finest archaeological collections in the world.
Institute of Archaeology Facilities and Collections
We have outstanding facilities for an unparalleled range of archaeological research, including laboratories, equipment, archives and collections.
Institute of Archaeology Publications
We promote the publication of material that reflects the breadth of research carried out and supported by us and publish volumes in partnership with BAR, Bloomsbury Academic, Routledge and UCL Press.
Our Research
Learn how the study of the past shapes the present and future
The UCL Institute of Archaeology - 1st for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021) - is unique in the scale and diversity of our research and the global scope of our expertise and collaborative links.
Our research, which is is clustered into the following thematic areas, provides an overarching intellectual framework for development, feeds into real-world challenges which we explore across a range of perspectives.
What's on
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UCL Institute of Archaeology Hosts 2026 International Alliance for Teaching Museology Colloquium
We're delighted to welcome global museum educators on 10–11 Nov 2026 for the second International Alliance for Teaching Museology meeting, exploring curriculum innovation and object-based learning.
10 Mar 2026
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2027-28
The UCL Institute of Archaeology is supporting Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. Internal deadline for review and selection: 9 June 2026.
09 Mar 2026
Critical Heritage and Social Justice: New Open-Access Book on Heritage and Equity
New open-access volume explores how heritage can support social justice, bringing together leading scholars to examine equity, representation and community engagement in museums and heritage practice.
05 Mar 2026
Got questions? Get in touch.
Contact us if you have any questions about studying Archaeology at UCL.
Undergraduate Admissions Enquiries
Click to email. c.frearson@ucl.ac.uk Click to call. +44 (0) 20 7679 1494
Graduate Admissions Enquiries
Click to email. l.daniel@ucl.ac.uk Click to call. +44 (0) 20 7679 7499