History MA
About this course
Embark on the MA History journey — an immersive experience in unravelling national and global histories.
Led by top experts, we're all about propelling your academic and personal success, regardless of your background. Flexibility meets depth as we infuse vital skills, leadership, creativity, and digital prowess into your growth.
Expect dynamic teaching methods, hands-on experiences, and international partnerships that make history relevant to today's challenges. Collaborate with external partners, dive into innovative assessments, and unlock doors to diverse careers.
Our graduates emerge as powerful communicators, ready for the modern, global, and digital world.
Join us to discover history's resonance in shaping tomorrow.
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Leading the way in research
100% of NTU's research in History was assessed to be world-leading or internationally excellent - REF 2021.
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Balanced approach
Combines the coherence and support of a taught MA with the challenges of a research degree.
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Learn in a city built on history
Nottingham is a city steeped in history, with museums and heritage sites on your doorstep.
What you’ll study
The MA History represents an exciting opportunity to study new areas of historical enquiry, and to then undertake your own primary research in a field of your choice.
MA History combines the coherence and support of a taught MA with the challenges of a research degree. This makes it ideal for those wishing to pursue a historical interest beyond undergraduate level or as a preparation in research skills for those aspiring to PhD study.
Teaching on the course directly reflects the internationally recognised expertise of our staff that includes medieval and early modern British and European history; modern and contemporary history; public history and global history. Case studies include Crusades and Crusaders; Early Modern Religions and Cultures; Race and Lynching; Memory, Genocide, Holocaust; Social History and ‘The Spatial Turn'.
This course is divided into modules, which are worth a number of credit points, and are separately taught and assessed. To get your degree you have to pass all modules to collect 180 credit points.
History and Memory (20 credit points)
Pre-Modern Voices (20 credit points)
History and Policy (20 credit points)
Mind, Body and Emotions (20 credit points)
History Practice and Purpose (40 credit points)
Embark on a transformative year-long journey at the heart of your degree. Nurture essential digital, research, and numeracy skills whilst immersing yourself in research methods. You will grow personally through hands-on experiences, engaging with experts, and real-world placements. This is your gateway to holistic development and career readiness.
Research Project (60 credit points)
Unlock your potential through this module—a gateway to showcase your Masters-Level research skills with a creative and innovative project. Your research project will bring together all the strands of your modules and subjects, allowing you to explore your personal interests and competencies to the full.
We regularly review and update our course content based on student and employer feedback, ensuring that all of our courses remain current and relevant. This may result in changes to module content or module availability in future years.
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How you're taught
Study and support
Teaching is by a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, archive visits and one-to-one tutorials. There is a programme of regular research seminars and lectures delivered by visiting specialists. The course encourages, supports, and requires substantial independent study. Students are allocated a personal tutor. Additional support is offered via the University's Virtual Learning Environment and through contact with members of the teaching team.
Learn a new language
Alongside your study you also have the opportunity to learn another new language. The University Language Programme (ULP) is available to all students and gives you the option of learning a totally new language or improving the skills you already have. Learning a new language can enhance your communication skills, enrich your experience when travelling abroad and boost your career prospects. Find out more about the University Language Programme.
Further information
Expert Teaching Staff
You will be taught by academics with world-leading research expertise in the following fields:
- Medieval and early modern
- Modern and contemporary history
- Public history
- World history
- Memory studies
Dr Jenny Woodley is the Course Leader for MA History.
Work experience
Every student will fulfill a minimum of 120 hours of assessed work-like experience. This encompasses formal placements or employer-led tasks, supplemented by activities like community engagement, volunteering, and certifications. A reflective assessment will encapsulate engagement with these experiences, elucidating their relevance to future career aspirations.
Assessment
Assessment on the course is varied and includes formal course work, report writing, and presentations, as well as more creative outputs such as artefacts, a virtual memorial and debates.
Careers and employability
Your career development
History graduates are highly employable due to their demonstrable versatility developed throughout their experiences. Students can go onto a wide range of careers including archives, marketing, education, law, museums management, planning, and public relations.
Although this course does not offer a formal placement, it is vocationally focused with work-like experiences and will help you to develop a broad range of transferable skills.
Our students have gone on to a wide range of careers, securing roles in sectors that include archiving, marketing, education, law, museum management, and public relations.
In addition, this course provides excellent preparation for undertaking a PhD. Many of the graduates of MA History have successfully secured postgraduate funding, and are now studying at PhD level in early modern, modern, and contemporary history.
Campus and facilities
Entry requirements
UK students
Academic entry requirements: 2.2 honours degree in History or a related subject, or equivalent.
Applications from candidates with non-standard entry qualifications will be considered on an individual basis if they can demonstrate relevant professional experience.
Additional requirements for UK students
There are no additional requirements for this course.
Other qualifications and experience
We welcome applications from students with non-standard qualifications and learning backgrounds and work experience. We consider credit transfer, vocational and professional qualifications, and any work or life experience you may have.
You can view our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy which outlines the process and options available, such as recognising experiential learning and credit transfer.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form.
International students
Academic entry requirements: 2.2 honours degree in History or a related subject, or equivalent.
We accept equivalent qualifications from all over the world. Please check your international entry requirements by country.
English language requirements: See our English language requirements page for requirements for your subject and information on alternative tests and Pre-sessional English.
Additional requirements for international students
If you need help achieving the academic entry requirements, we offer a Pre-Masters course for this degree. The course is offered through our partner Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) based on our City Campus.
English language requirements
View our English language requirements for all courses, including alternative English language tests and country qualifications accepted by the University.
If you need help achieving the language requirements, we offer a Pre-Sessional English for Academic Purposes course on our City campus which is an intensive preparation course for academic study at NTU.
Other qualifications and experience
We welcome applications from students with non-standard qualifications and learning backgrounds and work experience. We consider credit transfer, vocational and professional qualifications, and any work or life experience you may have.
You can view our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy which outlines the process and options available, such as recognising experiential learning and credit transfer.
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Getting in touch
If you need advice about studying at NTU as an international student or how to apply, our international webpages are a great place to start. If you have any questions about your study options, your international qualifications, experience, grades or other results, please get in touch through our enquiry form. Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world.
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