Overview
The vision of the History MA programme offered at University of Peradeniya is to remain as the foremost seat of the generation and dissemination of knowledge and skills relating to the study of the past and thereby to create intellectuals with a theoretical and practical knowledge on par with the global standards in the field of history.
The Department of History
The Department has two broad specializations, Modern History and Ancient History. Presently, the strength of our permanent academic staff is 13. Our Department strength is as follows. There are 1 Senior Professor, 3 Professors, 4 Senior Lecturers, 3 Lecturers and 3 Probationary Lecturers, three Temporary Assistant Lecturers. Though the History Department of the University of Peradeniya is the only Department that teaches History in both Sinhala and Tamil media, it lacks the sufficient staff to conduct lectures in Tamil. Currently the Department has only one Tamil medium staff member to teach courses in Tamil which is a serious constraint. Thus in order to enhance the productivity of the department at least 6 new cadre positions have to be filled during the next five years time.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Historical Methodology and Historiography
- Sources of Ancient History (Literature)
- Western Political Thought – Some Thematic Issues up to the French Revolution
- Historiography (Historical Method and Philosophy of History)
- Issues of Colonial State Formation and National Integration in Post-Colonial Sri Lanka
- Analysis of Sources for the study of Socio-Political developments in Sri Lanka
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
HistoryWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants who have obtained a 1st or 2nd Class in the Special Degree Examination in Arts this University or its equivalent from a recognized university in the subject(History) in which the applicant proposes to registrar for a Master’ degree programme;
More requirements:
- certified copies of certificates (e.g. Birth Certificate, degree or other higher educational certificates, etc.)
- two copies of recent passport size photograph
- service letter/s (if required) in the given format
- two referee reports preferably from academics/mentors/supervisors/senior government officers/head of institution in the given format
- synopsis of proposed research (if applying for a research degree)
- payment slip of Application Fee (Local: Rs. 1000/-, Foreign: US$ 25/-)
Tuition Fee
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International
1500 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1500 USD for the full programme during 12 months.
- National: LKR120,000
- SAARC Countries and clergy: $1,200
- Non-SAARC Countries: $1,500
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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