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Department of Archaeology

 

We are delighted that Cambridge has been ranked as number one in both the Archaeology and Anthropology individual subject areas in the QS World University Rankings 2022, the world's most popular source of comparative data about university performance. Archaeology at Cambridge also ranks first in the 2022 Complete University Guide subject league table. 

The undergraduate Archaeology tripos at Cambridge includes Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Egyptology and Assyriology. 

In the 2022 overall University rankings, the University of Cambridge has risen to third place, receiving maximum credit in the criteria of academic reputation, staff-to-student ratio, and international faculty ratio. 

The QS Rankings are compiled annually to help prospective students identify the world's leading universities in specific subjects. The rankings incorporate research citations, along with the results of major global surveys of employers and academics. More on the methodology used can be found on the QS website.