History postgraduate degrees in Northern England

22 universities offer 127 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate history degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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Leeds Trinity University

2 history courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
WUSCA ranking: 72th
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Best experience is the support in this university is remarkable. Worst experience is last minute notices sometimes with events been cancelled or things that are happening on the day so I can plan ahead.

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PGCE History
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MA Family Support
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Northumbria University, Newcastle

2 history courses NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 43rd
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WUSCA ranking: 15th
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The staff are incredible, unbelievably understanding and supportive. They want you to succeed and you can really tell. However, Lipman building is constantly broken. The top two floors have been out of service for year and now the entire building is out of commission and not expected to be back until the summer. Surely at this point just demolish the place.

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MRes History
clock icon 1 year full time
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Year 1
  • EL7028 - MRes Dissertation
  • HI7001 - Historical Contexts
  • HI7005 - History in the Digital Age: Institutions, Issues and Ideas
  • HI7011 - Research Development
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MA History
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Year 1
  • HI7001 - Historical Contexts
  • HI7004 - War and Peace in Historical Perspective
  • HI7005 - History in the Digital Age: Institutions, Issues and Ideas
  • HI7007 - The British Empire and its Imperial Rivals
  • HI7010 - History Dissertation
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Newcastle University

8 history courses NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 35th
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WUSCA ranking: 16th
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The course curriculum is designed well to lay the foundations of various subjects in 1st sem, and we apply those learnings during our assignments and in the 2nd sem. It is more practical learning with hands-on approach on group projects and industry collaborations in the 2nd sem. The staffs are brilliant and incredibly supportive. There are lots of facilities and societies for extra curriculars. The university is situated near the city centre and so it is in a very good location. People in the town are very kind. Overall, I am having a great experience in the university.

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History MPhil, PhD
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History MA
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Year 1
  • Dissertation
  • Research Skills and Dissertation Training
  • The Practice of History
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Sheffield Hallam University

1 history courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 72nd
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The community is very diverse and inclusive, you can find a lot of other people like you and get talking. Laptop borrowing, computer rooms, and lecture halls are useful and conducive to learning, and the professors want you to do your best and encourage you to achieve, giving good guidance as well. Student support can be hit or miss - I was not contacted by them in first year, and had to contact them myself so I could learn about what support they can offer me, but when the agreements are in place, they are quite good. Collegiate campus has amazing nature and building design, beautiful and on Ecclesall Road, and both campuses are easy to get to from the city centre. The Students' Union does not feel like it is part of the university - I have had little interaction with them, do not know the full extent of what they offer, and do not entirely know how they work, and so it does not seem like a top priority or the first thing one may think of when they think of Sheffield Hallam University. However, this is not the universal experience of the Union, and others may say differently. Overall, the university is rather good, and my experience is largely satisfactory.

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PhD History
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University of Central Lancashire

1 history courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 68th
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WUSCA ranking: 51th
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The staff and students around the campus are always so welcoming and friendly. It really makes me enjoy where I’m studying. I think something that could be improved is the university’s response to student based issues.

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MRes History
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Year 1
  • HY4001:Issues in Modern History
  • HY4011:Sources and Methods in Historical Research
  • HY4991:History Dissertation
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Liverpool John Moores University

2 history courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 65th
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WUSCA ranking: 18th
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The fact that the university is ideally located in the city center makes things much easier. Additionally, the gym program, designed specifically for students with very affordable prices, allows me to stay in shape throughout the academic year. As for bad experiences, I haven’t had any personally, as I simply attend my classes, work out, and then go home.

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MA Modern History
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Year 1
  • Dissertation in Modern History
  • History Beyond the University
  • Research Methods: Philosophies, Theories and Approaches to History
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University of Hull

4 history courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 49th
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The student report is great and really accessible for all different types of issues and problems you may need. Some of the buildings look quite dull, I would like if the lecture rooms had more windows.

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MA in History
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Year 1
  • Dissertation (History)
  • Memory, Meaning and History
  • Power, Authority and Freedom in History
  • Practising History
  • Research Project Management for Historians
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PhD History
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  • History
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Edge Hill University

1 history courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 44th
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WUSCA ranking: 47th
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It truly is a beautiful school in a beautiful area, I love the look and feel of being in a smaller uni town and the student life is really the only thing I would improve in general. They attempt to hold a lot of events for students but the student motivation to attend these events are not high.

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Year 1
  • SHI4000 The Expert History Teacher: Subject Knowledge as the Foundation of Expertise
  • SHI4001 The Effective History Teacher: Explorations in Method, Policy and Theory
  • SHI4003 The Professional History Teacher at Work: Combining Knowledge, Theory and Method
  • SRP4011 PGCE Secondary Professional Practice 1
  • SRP4012 PGCE Secondary Professional Practice 2
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Liverpool Hope University

1 history courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 67th
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WUSCA ranking: 37th
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Best aspects are the smaller class sizes which means more personal attention and connections with lectures and students. The campus is nice especially in summer. However due to being a smaller university there are less resources and lack of enough transport between the campuses

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History (MA)
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Year 1
  • MA History Seminar
  • The Objects of History: Interpreting and evaluating primary evidence
  • Engaging History: skills, sources and collections
  • Historical Methodology and Historiography
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Manchester Metropolitan University

5 history courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 47th
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WUSCA ranking: 76th
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The SU seems really out of touch and dominated by 3rd year students who don't give one or are clinging to any form of relevance. People shouldn't run an SU to pad out their CV, they should actually care. Being in the SU cafe just feels like a walking billboard, the amount of harassment I receive from different people advertising things to me as I sit down is crazy.

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MA History
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Year 1
  • A Friendly Invasion? - The United States Military in Britain During World War II
  • Building the Country House, 1600-1900
  • Case Studies in Global History
  • Case Studies in Medieval Warfare
  • Early Modern Britain
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