MSc/GradDiploma in Archaeology
UCD School of Archaeology's MSc/GradDiploma in Archaeology is designed for students interested in the challenges, opportunities and skills involved in studying the human past.
Archaeology is the discipline of things, exploring how people in the past created unique societies through their construction, use and perception of landscapes, plants, animals and things. Archaeology can explore the origins and character of past societies, population migrations, and the relationship between human behaviour, landscapes, material culture and climatic and environmental change. Archaeology holds many opportunities for an interesting and rewarding career, in archaeological practice, in cultural heritage and archaeological management and conservation, in museums and curation, in academic research and in public engagement and education.
Your learning will be built around engaging and training in key archaeological skills, such as Landscape Archaeology, Artefact and Material Culture studies, Environmental Archaeology, Geographical Information Systems (G.I.S.), LiDAR and Remote Sensing and Archaeological Field Practice. You will also have the opportunity to take specific modules and design and complete an MSc Dissertation so as to specialise in particularly chronological or cultural periods (e.g. Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age/Roman, Early Medieval, Medieval, Historical/Post-Medieval). You will complete your MSc Dissertation on a chosen topic, supervised by an expert in the field.
More information about the programmes can be found here:
Online applications for 2025/2026 opens in October 2024
Closing Date for 2025/2026 applications: close of business, 30th May 2025.
Late applications may be considered. For more information, please contact (opens in a new window)masters.archaeology@ucd.ie
Programme coordinator: Dr Jessica Smyth
Email: (opens in a new window)jessica.smyth@ucd.ie
Phone: +353 1 7168304
Dr Brendan O'Neill
UCD School of Archaeology,
University College Dublin,
Belfield Campus,
Dublin 4,
Ireland
Email: (opens in a new window)masters.archaeology@ucd.ie (MSc, HDip, GDip)
Telephone: +353 1 716 8312/8205