Assyriology B
Course, Bachelor's level, 5AS311
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Spring 2026 Spring 2026, Uppsala, 100%, On-campus, Swedish
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 100%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 19 January 2026–7 June 2026
- Language of instruction
- Swedish
- Entry requirements
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Assyriology A
- Selection
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Final school grades (40%) - Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (10%) - Higher education credits, maximum 165 credits (50%)
- Fees
- If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees.
- First tuition fee instalment: SEK 45,000
- Total tuition fee: SEK 45,000
- Application deadline
- 15 October 2025
- Application code
- UU-00214
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 18 December 2025–11 January 2026
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
During the second semester of studies in Assyriology, we build on and deepen our knowledge of societies, cultures, writing and language in the ancient Near East in four different modules. Cuneiform was used over time to write a dozen different languages, and Sumerian is the oldest written language we know. We read about ten inscriptions, mainly on stone objects. Further knowledge of Akkadian comes from reading one or more texts written in Standard Babylonian, of a historical or literary kind. This dialect attests to certain developments in the Akkadian language, which takes place after the time of Hammurapi, some of whose inscriptions were studied during the previous semester.
Contact
- Course Administrator Maria Lowe Fri
- info@arkeologi.uu.se
- +46 18 471 20 93