Archaeology explores a wide range of evidence that documents the human past – from artefacts, monuments and settlements to entire landscapes – and from these interprets how societies have adapted and developed. Modules focus on different periods of World, European and Irish/British archaeology, from human origins to modern times and heritage. Queen's University Belfast is one of the best places to study Archaeology in the UK, scoring first place for student experience in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020 and first place for student satisfaction in the Complete University Guide 2020.

In addition to progressively developing general and specific knowledge and skills in Archaeology, through excavation, fieldwork, overseas fieldtrips, laboratory and practical work, students on the Archaeology with Spanish degree develop linguistic proficiency in Spanish and analyse Hispanophone cultures (literature, cinema, linguistics, art, history) in the broadest sense. Between Stages 2 and 4, students on this degree programme spend a year abroad in a Hispanophone country, studying Archaeology at one of QUB's Hispanophone partner institutions. At present, for Archaeology these are the Autónoma University of Madrid and the University of Granada.

Different Spanish-language entry level options are available on this course, from beginners to students who hold Spanish A-Levels. A wide range of career options are available to our graduates, including careers in commercial archaeology, survey, heritage management and many more, both within and beyond the heritage sector.

As well as the BA degree programme in Archaeology with Spanish, Queen's offers Single Honours degrees in Archaeology (BA) and Archaeology-Palaeoecology (BSc) as well as other degree programmes which combine Archaeology (the study of past human activities) with other subjects (Languages, Geography and History).