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About Archaeology in University of Aberdeen

Archaeology staff are researchers and fieldworkers in the following areas:

• Scotland
• Northern Europe
• Scandinavia
• North Atlantic
• Mongolia
• The circumpolar region from Siberia to the Canadian arctic

Archaeology at Aberdeen has a special high-latitude focus.

Research Interests

Archaeology of the North

At a time when the need to find new sources of diminishing natural resources, Aberdeen is at the forefront of pushing the boundaries of our understanding of northern cultural diversity both in the past and present.

Human Paleoecology & Bioarchaeology

Research related to the origin, nature and rate of long-term environmental and climatic changes and their impact on human responses.

Careers

Many of our researchers pursue an academic career undertaking research, teaching and curatorial posts in universities, museums and private institutions and work in a range of areas from interpreting ancient environments to communicating archaeology to the public. In addition to more traditional occupations, a growing number of archaeologists are now employed by a range of governmental and non-governmental heritage organisations.

Academic qualification equivalents

• A score of 50 - 70% from a well ranked public institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.2

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :     Overall - 6.5     with: Listening - 5.5; Reading - 6.0; Speaking - 5.5; Writing - 6.0
• TOEFL     :     Overall - 90      with: Listening - 17; Reading - 21; Speaking - 20; Writing - 21
• PTE          :     Overall - 62      with: Listening - 51; Reading - 54; Speaking - 51; Writing - 54

University of Aberdeen Highlights

University of Aberdeen Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Aberdeen manages to provide a fixed fee structure throughout the program for international students so that they can project the amount in advance.

• The undergraduate arts fee starts from £17,200 and for sciences, it’s around £19,700.
• The postgraduate fee is variable and depends upon the degree chosen and discount of around 20% can be availed by Alumni of college
• For Undergraduate arts degree annual fee is of £ 17,200 which adds up for £68,800 and for engineering it is £19,700 and a total of £78,800.
• As per the calculation done by college the minimum cost of living in the U.K which covers all the basic expenses is around £1,000.

Aberdeen University Cost of Attendance

Aberdeen manages to provide a fixed fee structure throughout the program for international students so that they can project the amount in advance. Details for 2021-2022 academic session are tabulated below:

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