This course involves a minimum of two years of full-time or four years of part-time directed study, at the end of which students will produce a 60,000-word thesis on their chosen subject. Students registered for the MPhil may transfer to the PhD if their work is judged to be of suitable quality and promise. Our research covers a wide range of chronological, thematic and geographical areas, ranging from early prehistory to the present day. Particular areas of strength include: Human-plant-animal relations through palaeoanthropology, archaeobotany and zooarchaeology; the study of archaeological materials and ancient technology and production; the scientific analysis of glass; Mediterranean prehistory; Later prehistory of Europe; Underwater archaeology; Roman archaeology of the Mediterranean, the Balkans and the north-west provinces; the Archaeology of Late Antiquity; Early medieval Archaeology in Britain and north-western Europe; Later medieval and post-medieval Archaeology; and the Archaeology of standing buildings. The University of Nottingham is consistently named as one of the most targeted universities by Britain’s leading graduate employers.