BA History
About this course
BA in History, a history degree covering 1,500 years of human development across global societies. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The curriculum leverages institutional strengths in Early Modern British and Modern European history alongside specialist themes such as power, identity, knowledge, and resources. The first year establishes foundational skills through compulsory modules including Becoming a Historian: Core, Understanding Medieval and Early Modern History, and Understanding Modern History, alongside optional modules like Climate Emergency! An Introduction to Environmental Arts and Humanities and Sources and Skills: Modern. The second year shifts focus to historiography and digital applications via compulsory modules such as Uses of the Past and Doing History in the Digital Age. Students can further tailor their studies through numerous optional modules addressing specific historical periods and themes, including Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England, Strategy and Success in the Second World War, and Creating an American Empire: From Westward Expansion to Colonial Empire.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB. IB: 34/665.
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 3 UCAS decisions for BA History (V100) at the University of Exeter for 2027 entry so far: 3 offers. The published offer is AAB at A level.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 85%: 831 offers from 980 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 69 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 90%
- Learning opportunities: 77%
- Assessment and feedback: 73%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 66%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 150 students who started
- Continued on course: 97%
- Left higher education: 3%
What graduates do next
Based on about 69 graduates who answered
- Working: 63%
- Working and studying: 13%
- Further study: 10%
- Unemployed: 4%
Most common jobs
- Finance Professionals: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 9%
- Teaching Professionals: 9%
- Administrative occupations: 8%
- Find their work meaningful: 78%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 68%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 54%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 405 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 1%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 2%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 9%
- London: 37%
- South East: 25%
- South West: 17%
- Wales: 3%
Who gets in
Based on about 185 students who started
- A levels: 97%
- Baccalaureate: 1%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Becoming a Historian: Core
- Understanding Medieval and Early Modern History
- Understanding Modern History
- Climate Emergency! An Introduction to Environmental Arts and Humanities
- Becoming a Historian: Extended
- Sources and Skills: Modern
- Sources and Skills: Early Modern
- Sources and Skills: Medieval
- Uses of the Past
- Doing History in the Digital Age
- Adventures in Environmental Arts and Humanities
- Forgetting Fascism, Remembering Communism: Memory in Modern Europe
- Deviants and Dissenters in Early Modern England
- From Gallows to ASBOs: Crime, Punishment, and Society in Britain and Ireland
- Strategy and Success in the Second World War
- Vikings and Other Invaders: Europe under Siege in in the Tenth Century
- Beyond Bridgerton: A Peoples' History of Britain, 1688-1834
- Creating an American Empire: From Westward Expansion to Colonial Empire
- Hunger Games: Poverty, Famine, and Environment
- Russia’s Empires: Societies, Peoples and Cultures
- Beyond the Tudors: Europe’s Worldview Transformed c.1500-1600
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA History at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £29,000 after 15 months, £28,000 after 3 years, £36,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £29,000 and £46,500. The £36,000 median after five years is £5,500 more than the UK median for History.
What do graduates of BA History at University of Exeter do next?
86% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA History at University of Exeter?
90% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA History at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA History at University of Exeter?
85% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 831 offers from 980 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA History at University of Exeter include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA History at University of Exeter?
97% of students continued into their second year, and 3% left higher education.