History
Entry requirements
Typically you’ll need at least the equivalent to a UK upper second-class (2:1) honours degree and, in some cases, a Masters degree. Actual requirements vary by course.
Months of entry
January, April, July, October
Course content
The Department of History offers research-based Masters degrees to both full-time and part-time students in a wide range of subjects relating to the faculty's fields of interest. There are four options available.
PhD
Our PhD programme is aimed at students who have already completed a Masters degree in History or a related field.
The PhD requires a dissertation of up to 90,000 words, to be submitted by full-time students after a period of three years' study (or six years for part-time students), with a further one year allowable for writing up.
PhD by Distance Learning
The PhD by Distance Learning requires a dissertation of up to 90,000 words, to be submitted by full-time students after a period of three years' study (or six years for part-time students), with a further one year allowable for writing up. Students on this programme are required to attend a 5-day induction programme at the beginning of their first year and to visit York in their second and third years (or every other year for part-time students).
MPhil
The MPhil requires a dissertation of up to 60,000 words to be submitted by full-time students after a period of two years' study (by part-time students after four years), with a further one year allowable for writing up.
MA by Research
The MA by Research degree requires a dissertation of up to 40,000 words to be submitted by full-time students after a period of one years' study (by part-time students after two years), with a further three months allowable for writing up.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MPhil
- full time24-36 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time48-60 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PhD
- full time36-48 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time72-84 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- MA by research
- part time24-27 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12-15 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- PhD
- part time72-84 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
- full time36-48 months
- Distance learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Administrator
- pg-admissions@york.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1904 322983