Our flexible courses enable you to learn from leading academics in the field, in a vibrant and friendly environment. With experts whose research spans the medieval to the modern, with geographic specialisation on Britain, Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia you will always be able to find modules that pique your curiosity and quench your thirst for knowledge.The expertise of our staff is highlighted by our strong publication record and reputation for research of outstanding quality, our work editing leading academic journals and our recent grant successes. History at the University of Leicester was ranked 2nd in the UK overall in REF2021, with 94% of our research designated internationally excellent or world-leading.Our research priorities reflect the challenges that Leicester, and other localities in the UK and overseas, face in the twenty-first century. Our research strengths are clustered around: colonialism and its legacies community and sense of place ethnic and racial identity heritage migration and diaspora religion and faith-based minorities the environment urban planning welfare and health.We offer PhD and MPhil supervision in History in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:Early Modern HistoryGlobal, Colonial, and Post-Colonial HistoryMedical HumanitiesMedieval HistoryModern American HistoryModern British and European HistoryUrban HistoryTo be awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy, the research student must satisfy the examiners by means of a thesis which demonstrates a satisfactory record of research, a broad knowledge and understanding of the field of study and associated research techniques, and shows that these have been successfully applied. The thesis must present evidence of a critical survey of knowledge in the discipline but does not need to make a distinct and original contribution to knowledge of their discipline or to be of publishable quality. For research students registered for the degree of MPhil and who will submit a practice-based thesis, both the critical/reflective component and the practice component of the thesis must form a coherent whole which meets the requirements for the award of the degree.