Research course
History
Entry requirements
A 2:1 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a related subject. PhD applicants should have a relevant master's degree, or international equivalent.
Months of entry
January, September
Course content
Our history programme offers research opportunities in areas as diverse as medicine, death, historical demography, gender, women's history and urban culture. As an MPhil or PhD student you will enjoy a research environment in which ambitious and original ideas can flourish.
Many of the research opportunities in history are interdisciplinary and are available for most periods of history and in most geographical regions.
You can find out more about MPhil and PhD supervision areas from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. There are opportunities for joint supervision with Latin American researchers in the School of Modern Languages.
Supervision is normally available in the following subject areas:
- Conflict, War and Genocide
- Gender and Sexuality
- Global and Post Colonial History
- Health and Medicine
- Ideas, Religion and Historiography
- Labour and Social Movements
- Oral History, Memory and Place
- Politics and International Relations
- Urban Culture and Mass Media
Information for international students
To study this course you need to meet our Band 5 English Language Requirements.
Fees and funding
See our programme fees and funding web page.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PhD
- full time36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time72 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- MPhil
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Sandra Fletcher, Postgraduate Secretary, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- pg.historical@ncl.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0) 191 208 7966