MA History
About this course
MA (Hons) in History. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. In Levels 1 and 2, students study additional humanities or social science subjects alongside history. The programme has links with the University's Archives, Records Management, and Museum Services, enabling first-hand examination of original documents.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBC (There are no essential subjects for level 1 entry).
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 82%: 197 offers from 241 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 24 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 89%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 86%
- Organisation and management: 86%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 69%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 55 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 86%
- Left higher education: 12%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 2%
What graduates do next
Based on about 14 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 80%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Skilled trades occupations: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 55 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 3%
- South East: 3%
- Scotland: 80%
- Northern Ireland: 9%
Who gets in
Based on about 40 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 85%
- Access course: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 10%
Modules
- Humanities in Practice
- Introduction to Literary Study
- Reading the Screen: An Introduction to Film Studies
- Approaches to Reading
- Europe and the World, 1450-1800
- Empires, Nations, and Revolutions, 1800-2000
- Applied French 1A (Beginner)
- Applied French 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied French 1B (Beginner)
- Applied French 1B (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (Beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1A (non-beginner)
- Applied Spanish 1B (Intensive)
- Applied Spanish 1B (non-beginner)
- Career Planning Module Online
- Internship
- Gender, Sexuality, Culture
- Documenting Dissent: Power, Protest, and Social Justice in the Twentieth Century
- Scotland and the Wider World
- American Culture and Society in Context
- The Scottish Diaspora, c.1700-1945
- Reading Seventeenth Century Scotland
- Making History Today: The Past in the Present
- The Invasion of America: The Native American Response to the European Colonisation of North America, 1492-1763
- Under Nazi Occupation: resistance and collaboration in Western Europe
- Slavery: History, Memory, Legacy
- Questions of Ulster, 1885 to the present
- America in the Sixties
- The Cold War and Africa
- History Dissertation
- Revolution in Ireland 1912-23
- Modern South Africa: Apartheid, African liberation and democracy
- The Russian Revolution
- Scotland: Restoration, Revolution and Union, 1660-1707
- The African American Freedom Struggle, 1890-1974
- Settling the Trans-Appalachian West, ca. 1774-1830
- Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Britain
- Everyday Life in Early Modern Scotland
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of MA History at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £23,500 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £36,500. The £30,500 median after five years is the same as the UK median for History.
What do graduates of MA History at University of Dundee do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on MA History at University of Dundee?
89% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for MA History at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 171 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for MA History at University of Dundee?
82% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 197 offers from 241 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does MA History at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on MA History at University of Dundee?
86% of students continued into their second year, and 12% left higher education.