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Boost your credentials and your career with a Master of Archaeological Science at the ANU.

This unique degree offers you access to over 40 top-ranked international archaeologists. Join them in the field or in our world-class laboratories to hone your technical expertise and experience.

Students can tailor the program to their own training objectives, through hands-on experience with a wide-range of supervising specialists, materials and laboratory resources.

Two specializations are available to match your interests:

• Forensic archaeology and palaeopathology
• Quaternary studies and palaeoenvironments

Please be aware that any courses taken as part of the 24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU list will not count towards the advanced degree should you decide to transfer. This is because the advanced degree has no free electives, as they are in practice replaced by a 24 unit thesis.

Career Options

Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.

The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.

Employment Opportunities

The Master of Archaeological Science can lead to a PhD, or advance your career in cultural and environmental resource management, heritage management, forensic science and materials science.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of a Master of Archaeological Science, graduates will be able to:

understand the theories, methods and practice of archaeological science;

understand how scientific techniques can be applied to archaeological problems;

be familiar with the major sub-disciplines of archaeological science;

be able to apply archaeological scientific techniques in the field, laboratory and written form; and

be trained and have experience in undertaking a research project in at least one branch of archaeological science.