1.3k Master's degrees in History

This Cuneiform Studies from the University of Oxford is designed to function as a self-contained course in its own right that will provide a satisfying and advanced study of the languages, culture and history of ancient Mesopotamia. It is also intended to take you to the point where you can consider embarking on doctoral research in cuneiform studies (in Akkadian and/or Sumerian).

This two-year specialist Economic and Social History programme from the University of Oxford offers a unique framework for research training in economic and social history. It offers a wide range of options and allows you to specialise in economic and/or social history, or historical demography, although the boundaries between these areas are deliberately permeable.

This nine-month interdisciplinary programme in Medieval Studies at the University of Oxford is aimed at students who wish to follow courses in more than one discipline in medieval studies and who are keen to extend their skills. The degree is supported by several faculties within the Humanities Division, demonstrating the University’s tremendous wealth of scholarship in the period.

The History programme at George Mason University offers a comprehensive master level education. This public study mode course provides students with advanced historical research skills and deep analytical expertise. Designed for flexible academic growth, the curriculum ensures a robust understanding of global historical contexts.

The Master of Arts in History at University of North Carolina Greensboro offers excellent training in research and writing skills. 

Students seeking the Master of Arts of History from University of Arkansas must complete at least 30 hours of history at the 5000-level and above.  

Delve deep into the rich, evolutionary history of music, and expand your knowledge of historical composers, eras and literature with a Master of Music in Music History in Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. 

With an innovative, accomplished, and diverse faculty in a wide range of fields of study, an active and supportive intellectual community, significant student diversity, and the resources of one of the world’s great research libraries, the History Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers an exceptional environment for graduate study.

The History programme at Purdue University provides a rigorous academic environment for advanced historical research. This master level course, delivered via a public study mode, focuses on developing professional historians through close faculty mentorship and streamlined degree pathways for dedicated postgraduate students.

With the History programme at The University of Arizona, you will expand your horizon by going backward in time—building skills to shape the future.

The Department of Religion has developed two graduate program from University of Hawaii at Manoa plans leading to the MA degree: a thesis-based MA program (Plan A) and a non-thesis track (Plan B).

History from University of Missouri - Columbia faculty has compiled a distinguished record of scholarship, receiving major awards to support their research from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and many other sponsors of cutting edge scholarship.