36 monthsProgramme duration
27,100 GBPTuition Fee/year
14 Jan, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
BA History and International Relations is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary programme designed to develop your critical thinking and independence of thought about the past, and about the value of history for thinking about the key political and governmental challenges facing today’s world.
The strength of the two world-leading King’s departments offering this course – History and War Studies – ensures that you have access to a wide range of modules.
Key benefits
The strength of the two world-leading King’s departments offering this course – History and War Studies – ensures that you have access to a wide range of modules.
Key benefits
- The degree is jointly offered by the History Department, ranked 8th in Europe in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2025), and by the unique Department of War Studies, a world-leading centre for the study of international relations, conflicts and conflict resolution.
- This is a cutting-edge programme, drawing on the best of both departments, and also on specialist expertise in the Departments of European and International Studies.
- Outstanding flexibility, enabling students to develop their specialist interests in a very wide range of areas, with support from experts on virtually all parts of the world.
- Our location in the heart of London offers unrivalled access to the museums, libraries, historical sites, archives and cultural resources of the capital.
- Excellent employment prospects. King’s is ranked 6th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2025).
- The combination of historical breadth with close engagement with contemporary world issues makes this degree an ideal preparation for careers in government, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and much more.
- Students have the option to study abroad at one of our partner institutions for the second semester of the second year. Current options include University of Sydney, Hong Kong University, University of Auckland, Peking University and the University of Oslo.
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
BA History and International Relations is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary programme designed to develop your critical thinking and independence of thought about the past, and about the value of history for thinking about the key political and governmental challenges facing today’s world.
The strength of the two world-leading King’s departments offering this course – History and War Studies – ensures that you have access to a wide range of modules.
Key benefits
The strength of the two world-leading King’s departments offering this course – History and War Studies – ensures that you have access to a wide range of modules.
Key benefits
- The degree is jointly offered by the History Department, ranked 8th in Europe in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2025), and by the unique Department of War Studies, a world-leading centre for the study of international relations, conflicts and conflict resolution.
- This is a cutting-edge programme, drawing on the best of both departments, and also on specialist expertise in the Departments of European and International Studies.
- Outstanding flexibility, enabling students to develop their specialist interests in a very wide range of areas, with support from experts on virtually all parts of the world.
- Our location in the heart of London offers unrivalled access to the museums, libraries, historical sites, archives and cultural resources of the capital.
- Excellent employment prospects. King’s is ranked 6th in the UK for graduate employability (Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking 2025).
- The combination of historical breadth with close engagement with contemporary world issues makes this degree an ideal preparation for careers in government, journalism, policy development, the NGO sector, and much more.
- Students have the option to study abroad at one of our partner institutions for the second semester of the second year. Current options include University of Sydney, Hong Kong University, University of Auckland, Peking University and the University of Oslo.
Admission Requirements
36+
100+
7+
96.5+
185+
69+
14 Jan 2026
3 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,535 GBP
International
27,100 GBP
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