MA Historical Research

University of Sheffield Department of History

Full time & Part time September MA 1 year full time, 2 years part time Award winner

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Education History & Archaeology Ancient History European History - British & Irish History Medieval History Modern History Research Skills World History Sheffield United Kingdom On Campus

About the course

Designed to support your preparation for future PhD study, this course offers a flexible approach to MA study that you can tailor to suit your own research interests.

The flexibility of our MA in Historical Research means you can carry out specialist research under expert supervision in a friendly and supportive environment. The course is carefully designed to develop your understanding of your chosen area of history at the same time as honing your research skills.

You can work with historians who are engaged in cutting-edge research across time and space: from 1000 BCE right up to the twenty-first century and encompassing the history of Britain, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Southern and Eastern Asia and America..

Entry Requirements

First-class undergraduate honours degree in history or another humanities or social sciences subject.

Fees

Home (2022 annual fee) : £9,300
Overseas (2022 annual fee) : £20,400

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