Overview

The faculty are experts in a wide range of times, places and subjects, with particular strengths in cultural history, women's history, military history, the history of religion, Atlantic history, and the history of science and technology. In this graduate program in History from University of New Hampshire, you’ll be trained in methods of historical research and writing that will prepare you for a professional career or advanced studies.

UNH’s internationally recognized history faculty have won some of the most important prizes in the profession, including the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Fulbright fellowships, as well as many teaching excellence awards.

Career Areas

Academia/teaching
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Law
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Programme Structure

Degree requirements:

Completion of the MA degree requires at least 30 credits of coursework. A master's student designs a specific program to meet one of three plans.
Plan A allows substantial training and research in a single subfield of history.
Plan B allows substantial breadth over at least two subfields. The subfields in history include the following: the ancient world, medieval Europe, early modern Europe, modern Europe, European intellectual history, medieval England, early modern England, modern England, early modern France, modern France, early modern Germany, modern Germany, Iberia, Russia, early U.S., modern U.S., colonial Latin America, modern Latin America, the Far East, the Near East, sub-Saharan Africa, and the history of science.
Plan C allows students who enter the doctoral program without an M.A. to pursue the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees simultaneously.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-10 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Durham, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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General requirements

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Letters of recommendation: 3 required
Personal Statement/Essay Questions
All applicants must submit a writing sample with their application.
All applicants are encouraged to contact programs directly to discuss program specific application questions.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

31575 USD / year

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Out-of-State

29210 USD / year

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14880 USD / year

≈ 14880 USD / year

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Credits

Delivered

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Academic requirements

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Funding

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