History postgraduate degrees in Scotland

7 universities offer 80 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate history degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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University of Strathclyde

6 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 22nd
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WUSCA ranking: 7th
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The new venues are really modern and up to date providing excellent eating and studying facilities. The students union is also a great place to spend time. The university could however offer more societies for post-graduate students to connect!

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MSc Health History
clock icon 1 year full time
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Year 1
  • Research Skills, Sources & Methods for Historians
  • Advanced Oral History
  • Fleshy Histories: Meat Eating & Meat Avoidance, 1500 to the Present
  • Food & Health in the West during the Twentieth Century
  • Gender, Health & Modern Medicine
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PhD History
clock icon 3 years full time
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University of Glasgow

27 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 20th
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WUSCA ranking: 42th
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A lot of the courses aren't really standardised. Some use Moodle a lot, some don't. Though that might also be the lecturers trying to customise it to their teaching style. Lecturers are a mixed bag. Some read directly from slides, others actually try and engage with the class. Depends on what subject.

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Gender History MSc
clock icon 12 months full time
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  • DOING HISTORY: SOURCES AND SKILLS FOR HISTORIANS
  • Gender, Culture and Text
  • Gender, Politics and Power
  • Dissertation
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History PhD
clock icon 3 years full time
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University of Aberdeen

4 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 34th
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WUSCA ranking: 10th
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Personal Reflection on My Experience at the University of Aberdeen (2024–2025) My time at the University of Aberdeen, in the Artificial Intelligence Department, began with great optimism. I was eager to immerse myself in advanced topics such as machine learning, data science, and intelligent systems, and to learn from experienced lecturers and researchers. The environment initially felt welcoming and intellectually stimulating. However, my experience changed after a difficult interaction with one of my lecturers, who also served as the course coordinator for Machine Learning. I approached him respectfully to discuss a grading issue I had identified in one of my assessments. After review, he acknowledged the marking mistake. Although I appreciated his honesty in admitting the error, this incident unexpectedly affected the atmosphere around me. Over time, I began to feel a noticeable shift in how some people treated me. Certain lecturers and fellow students appeared distant, and a few even avoided interacting with me. On several occasions, I was excluded from group projects because some classmates declined to have me join their teams. This created a deep sense of isolation and disappointment, and I often found myself suffering in silence throughout my academic journey. Despite these challenges, I made a determined effort to remain focused on my studies and uphold my commitment to learning. I continued to engage with coursework, contribute meaningfully wherever possible, and seek knowledge beyond the classroom. Through this experience, I learned to rely on my inner strength, discipline, and integrity. Looking back, this period taught me profound lessons about resilience, fairness, and self-belief. It showed me that adversity, while painful, can also be transformative. I now carry forward not just the technical skills I gained, but also a deeper sense of empathy and the courage to stand up for what is right, even when it is difficult.

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History PhD
clock icon 5 years part time
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Year 1
  • Dissertation in Historical Studies
  • Research Paper
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University of Stirling

1 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 38th
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WUSCA ranking: 52th
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The library and sports facilities are really good but the student union has been mostly shut during my time at uni due to raac concrete, and the union building was sold to campus eats so no longer has its 100% plantbased by 2030 pledge

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PhD History
clock icon 3 years full time
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University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

4 history courses
star rating 2.6
8 reviews
SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 90th
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UHI is a fantastic university for distance learning courses. The support that they provide is assuring, teachers are helpful and knowledgeable, and the intended learning outcomes are very clearly outlined from the very start. Accordingly, I enthusiastically recommend studying the PG distance learning courses through the UHI!

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MLitt in History
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The University of Edinburgh

26 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 18th
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I love the city in general. The University's libraries are good. with proper facilities that I can use, such as discussion rooms, computers, printers, even 3D printer! Some buildings look so old but in positive ways, make them look classic and cultured. However, in my own experience, some classrooms are a little bit aged. i mean, like some chairs are feel old, they are sometimes kind of wobbly, and some of them do not have enough leg room. Main library can be crowded when exam days come, but I think that is something that can not be avoided. i think it is good to add some space for classrooms or some like study hubs.

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Intellectual History MSc
clock icon 2 years part time
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Year 3
  • Computer Security
  • Informatics Large Practical
  • Professional Issues (Level 10)
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History PhD
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University of St Andrews

12 history courses SCOTLAND
Subject ranking: 3rd
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Great place to study; staff is awesome and courses are engaging. As for improvement, better health services, especially for mental health. Some of the underlying things are not what they seem: i.e. lecturers have to strike every semester just to get paid and the school can be too focused on its reputation to see the individual and their needs.

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Year 1
  • Books and their Readers in Early Modern Europe
  • Dissertation
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Intellectual History (MLitt)
clock icon 1 year full time
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  • Current Controversies in Intellectual History
  • Directed Reading in Modern History
  • The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History
  • Turning Points in the History of Ideas
  • Dissertation
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