The teaching of classics at Oxford was present since its conception and was at the centre of nearly all its undergraduates' education well into the twentieth century.
[2] The Faculty organises teaching and research - the main undergraduate programme being known as Literae Humaniores.
It also runs a BA programme in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History.
The Faculty is based at the Ioannou School for Research in Classical and Byzantine Studies[4] on St. Giles', next to the Ashmolean Museum and Sackler Library.
[5] The Stelios Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies was opened in 2007 and designed by van Heyningen and Haward Architects.