Anthropology, BSc (Hons)

Durham University's BSc Anthropology degree provides a comprehensive understanding of humanity, from evolutionary origins to contemporary behavioural and cultural diversity. Emphasising biological anthropology alongside archaeology, primatology, social anthropology, and interdisciplinary health perspectives, it explores human relations to other species, living and extinct.As one of the UK's largest Anthropology departments (120 students per year), Durham combines social, biological, and medical anthropology in a dynamic, broad-based approach. Ranked 3rd (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026), 5th (Guardian and Complete University Guide 2026), and top 100 globally (QS 2026), it equips graduates with transferable research and communication skills for careers in health, conservation, education, development, heritage, advertising, journalism, law, and more.