History University of Hull

Overview

The MA in History offered by University of Hull will see you join a community of postgraduate research students and benefit from the direct supervision of world-leading experts in historical research.

The full-time programme is scheduled over 45 weeks, divided into three 15-week trimesters. Most of our modules use our innovative ‘block’ system, putting you in control of how you combine topics.

All our research is driven by both individual excellence and larger collaborative projects that have received significant amounts of external funding and which generate impact across a number of communities.

With expert supervision, you’ll be supported through your dissertation. At 15,000 words, it’s the finale of your postgraduate study and needs a greater analytical depth and source material than anything you will have experienced as an undergraduate. You’ll benefit from the resources of a city that’s steeped in history.

Hull History Centre offers a treasure trove of archive material, and our Maritime Historical Studies Centre is globally recognised as a centre for maritime history research. We also contribute to Hull’s Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation.

Future prospects

Students studying our MA History programme often continue into doctoral research. Those who use their level 7 qualification as a springboard to a career often go into commercial research, teaching, management, law, or the Civil Service.

A History speciality also opens career options in heritage work, for example in museums, galleries, or archives.

The programme develops key skills for the workplace, including the ability to defend ideas confidently when challenged by others, to challenge accepted practices or ideas with reasoned arguments and to propose solutions to problems using knowledge as the foundation.

Take a look at our facilities

• Hull History Centre

Explore archives dating back to 1299, including papers owned by some of Hull's most notable figures: Amy Johnson and William Wilberforce.

• The Wilberforce Institute

The Wilberforce Institute produces world-class research on historic and contemporary slavery and hosts a growing archive of books and electronic collections.

• Brynmor Jones Library

Our 7-storey library is home to 1 million+ books, extensive digital resources drawn from libraries and archives across the world, and stunning panoramic views of the city from the 7th floor.

• Rare Books

Our collection includes a variety of titles published between 1473 and 2002. Texts are in 18 languages. Places of publication range from Amsterdam to Zwickau, covering 26 countries on 5 continents.