PGCert Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History at University of London

Programme overview

The Postgraduate Certificate in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History at the Warburg Institute focuses on the survival and transmission of culture across time and space, with an emphasis on the afterlife of antiquity. The seven-month programme carries 60 credits towards a master's degree and covers the history of philosophy, science, literature, the arts and visual culture from the Middle Ages to the advent of modernity.

What you will study

One core module (Reviving the Past, AHM220-01) and one optional module from the MA programme, such as Religion and society in Renaissance Italy, Cosmological images, Renaissance political thought from Erasmus to Campanella, Renaissance sculpture in the expanded field, or The world of the book in the European Renaissance. Each is assessed by a 4,000-word essay.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normal minimum entry requirement is an upper second-class honours degree from a British university, or an equivalent qualification from a non-UK institution, in a humanities discipline related to the course. English language for applicants whose first language is not English (or who are not nationals of a majority English-speaking country as defined by the UK Home Office): IELTS Academic 7.0 overall with no less than 6.0 in any component, or Trinity College London ISE III at CEFR C1 in reading, writing, speaking and listening; IELTS results must be no more than two years old at enrolment and Trinity results no more than four years old. Applicants who completed a bachelor's or master's degree in a majority English-speaking country (except Canada) need no further evidence. Applications open 1 November 2026 and close 31 July 2027 for the September 2027 start.

Domestic applicants: GBP 3,425 a year (2026/27). Full-time, Warburg Institute PG Certificate in Cultural, Intellectual and Visual History Source

International applicants: GBP 7,159 a year (2026/27). Full-time, Warburg Institute PG Certificate Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 7 months

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