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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 

Our courses in Middle Eastern Studies and East Asian studies are about much more than learning a language, although that's an important part of what we do.

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FAMES, University of Cambridge - Our Faculty & Admissions Process

FAMES, University of Cambridge - Our Faculty & Admissions Process

Join the next exciting undergraduate Open Day at AMES: Thursday 10th July and Friday 11th July 2025. 
 

Programme

FAMES Open Day 2025

Registration

You can register online by filling out the form linked here.

On arrival at the Sidgwick Site, please register at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Registration opens at 9.45 am.

You will also be able to drop by on the day, but for some events we will have limited space.

Photography

Please note that we're photographing the event for publicity purposes. If you don't wish to be in any photographs, please notify a member of staff or the faculty reception desk.

 

For more information: www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-open-days.

Plan your trip

Campus map

Faculty Virtual Tour

For general enquires email: enquiries@ames.cam.ac.uk

Twitter: cambridgefames

YouTube: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

Several of our subject areas have dedicated social media presences

Director of Studies

 

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the Open Day if you have attended. Please fill in our Feedback/Evaluation Form here.


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Educational Aims

  • to provide teaching to undergraduate students in a number of the languages and cultures (across a wide range of disciplines) of East Asia and the Middle East as they have developed through history to the present.
     
  • to introduce students to current developments in scholarship and research relating to these topics.
     
  • to provide a stimulating, inherently multi-disciplinary environment in which students can realise their intellectual potential.
     
  • to give students access to a broad range of methodological approaches in the humanities and to enable them to develop sensitivity to the similarities and dissimilarities between other cultures and societies and their own.
     
  • to help students develop a range of cognitive, practical, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills and abilities which will enable them to make a significant contribution in their chosen careers and walks of life, including training in academic research.

 

 


Tasters

The videos below, featuring teaching staff from across the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, will give you an introduction to a range of topics.

 

 

Course structure


Short online lectures


Student perspectives


Course Introductions


Language Tasters