Introduction

From 2025-26, the didactic finalization is no longer offered in this course. Students who were enrolled before 2025 may re-enroll and have two years in which to complete the course (2025-26 and 2026-27). They will follow an adapted program drawn up by the jury on the basis of teaching units already completed and passed.

Students re-enrolling in 2026-27 who have not obtained their diploma by the end of 2026-27 will have the academic year 2027-28 to validate the missing teaching units. If the diploma is not obtained in 2027-28, they will continue their studies in a Section 4 Master in Teaching.

In the linguistic field, the emphasis is on the academic study of the working and the history of classical languages, as well as improving operational command of Greek and Latin (translation exercises, prose or scan reading).

The fields of literature, literary history and commentary on authors include all the tools of philological analysis (grammar, textual criticism and study of sources, etc.), but also modern methods of literary analysis (intertextuality, narratology, etc.).

Your profile

You

• have established your liking for literary or linguistic issues relating to classical civilisations;
• wish to develop your ability to carry out an original piece of research and defend the results;
• are looking for a training course which offers you the opportunity to specialise in your chosen fields; 
• seek to enhance your profile with professional skills and to benefit from the opportunity to put them to the test in the field.

Your future job

Graduates in ancient languages and letters undertake their studies through a liking or even a passion for antiquity.

Studying classics leads new graduates into the private and public sectors as well as research. They have various jobs and roles; their training has given them the necessary flexibility, the rigour and the ability to learn.

Your programme

The Master’s degree offers you

• demanding methodological training which is applied to your subject of research;
• a wide interdisciplinary range: history, archaeology, philosophy, etc.
• the possibility of a study visit abroad or work experience in the field;
• the opportunity to focus your career development towards applied professional fields.