Immerse yourself in history and explore diverse societies, incredible cultures and compelling individuals.
Our highly flexible courses offer you the freedom to develop your specific areas of interest.
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Immerse yourself in history and explore diverse societies, incredible cultures and compelling individuals.
Our highly flexible courses offer you the freedom to develop your specific areas of interest.
Discover a thousand years of history whilst experiencing all the specialist areas on offer at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø.
Take a journey through time, from crusading in the High Middle Ages to anarchy in the UK during the explosion of punk rock in the 1970s. Choose modules to suit your interests, from time periods ranging from medieval to modern, and from geographical regions including Britain, Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East, and South Asia.
Beth Snyder, BA History and MA History
Combine your love of history with another of your favourite subjects. Joint degrees allow you to study two complementary subjects as part of a single undergraduate qualification.
Understand the historic roots of today's political issues and acquire a strong grounding in the fundamental elements of the subject such as political ideas and democratic processes.
Address today's key issues and investigate their roots in the past, and gain an understanding of how they influence one another.
Explore the richness of English literature alongside the great variety of human history around the world.
Analyse beliefs and concepts and consider how past societies worked.
Delve into a range of chronological periods, as well as develop your ability to analyse change over time and to compare cross-cultural and abstract material concepts.
Combine the study of French, German, Italian, or Spanish culture and language with your exploration of past peoples and societies.
In this video, BA History and International Relations student, Sophia explains how studying two complementary subjects has given her a more varied learning experience.
There is a variety of funding support available to our undergraduate students. You may be eligible for government loans, grants or bursaries.
Students from the UK can receive government loans to help towards tuition fees and living costs. UK students may also be eligible for other grants and bursaries depending on their circumstances.
Fees and funding at the ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍøJoin a department that is ranked in the top 125 in the world for History, Philosophy and Theology. (Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2024)
History is no ordinary subject - which makes the stories we have to tell, extraordinary.
Develop your own informed views, and become a confident, independent and inquisitive individual.