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.

Careers and skills

Your PhD will help to extend your qualifications, giving you the ability to use research and historical thinking to shed light on historical problems and communicate this knowledge with others. You will become equipped with transferable skills in communication, data analysis, archival research and collaboration, opening the door to a wide range of career opportunities.

Our dedicated careers team offer specific support including a programme of professional researcher development and careers workshops and 1:1 career support sessions. They will help you to build up your employability portfolio and to engage in activities that will build up your skills and experience within and outside of your research work.

Career opportunities

• archives practitioner
• historian
• heritage manager
• academic researcher
• museum professional
• historic buildings conservation officer
• lecturer or teacher