Prospective Student Page

How to Apply

The application cycle for admission to AHMA in Fall 2024 will open in mid-September. Completed applications will be due on December 11, 2023.

Please click here(link is external) to review the application requirements, instructions, and to submit your application through UC Berkeley's Graduate Division application system.

Why AHMA?

All of the local research organizations and libraries here at Berkeley create an exciting and rewarding center for graduate study in the history and material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. With several other potential departmental homes, why should a prospective student choose to apply to AHMA? The program is distinguished by its commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to the ancient past, including the study of material culture, broadly construed, and interests in the ancient Near East as well as the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome. Prospective applicants to AHMA...

AHMA at Grad Div's Diversity Admissions Fair

October 10, 2022
Emily Mackil

Faculty and graduate students from AHMA and the Dept of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (DAGRS) will give brief presentations on our grad programs and answer questions from prospective applicants.

Monday, Oct 17, 2-3pm

Online

Register here!

Admission Guidelines

Successful applicants to the AHMA program are expected to be able to hit the ground running when they arrive at Berkeley. This means that they will have already acquired an intermediate to advanced knowledge of the relevant ancient languages, and reading knowledge of at least one relevant research language (French, German, modern Greek, Italian). They will also have taken upper-division undergraduate courses in their intended area of specialization. The brief writing sample, which must be submitted with the online application, should be 25-30 pages and will demonstrate a thoughtful...

Why Berkeley?

Berkeley has long been a vibrant center for the study of Mediterranean antiquity. Its dynamism stems from its large faculty with diverse research agendas and innovative teaching methods, spread across several departments within the university, a dynamic graduate student body, and world-class research facilities.

Our distinguished faculty in Anthropology, Classics, History, History of Art, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures have been decorated with many honors and awards, including fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of...