36 monthsProgramme duration
23,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
Feb, Apr, Jul, Oct, DecStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
At Nottingham, we have a large Department of History, with over fifty research-active academics. You will benefit from:
World-leading research supervision
Ranked 7th in the UK for research power (2021), according to Times Higher Education 90% of the department’s research is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021) Watch our staff discussing their research expertise
Extensive chronological supervisory expertise
Our staff have broad research interests, covering all historical periods from the early middle ages (c.500-c.1500), through the Early Modern era (c.1500-c.1800) and the modern period (1789-1945) to the contemporary history of present day (post-1945).
Wide-ranging geographical scope
Our research scope includes the UK and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, China and Japan, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and North America.
A range of historical approaches and genres
Our academics specialise in a range of historical methodologies across all periods, including:
This is your opportunity to explore your research interests with expert guidance, and change the way we understand the past!
World-leading research supervision
Ranked 7th in the UK for research power (2021), according to Times Higher Education 90% of the department’s research is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021) Watch our staff discussing their research expertise
Extensive chronological supervisory expertise
Our staff have broad research interests, covering all historical periods from the early middle ages (c.500-c.1500), through the Early Modern era (c.1500-c.1800) and the modern period (1789-1945) to the contemporary history of present day (post-1945).
Wide-ranging geographical scope
Our research scope includes the UK and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, China and Japan, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and North America.
A range of historical approaches and genres
Our academics specialise in a range of historical methodologies across all periods, including:
- Black studies
- Colonial and diplomatic history
- Cultural history
- Economic and urban history
- Histories of conflict and protest
- Histories of the environment
- Histories of sexuality and gender
- Medical and disability history
- Political history
- Religious history
- Social history
This is your opportunity to explore your research interests with expert guidance, and change the way we understand the past!
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
At Nottingham, we have a large Department of History, with over fifty research-active academics. You will benefit from:
World-leading research supervision
Ranked 7th in the UK for research power (2021), according to Times Higher Education 90% of the department’s research is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021) Watch our staff discussing their research expertise
Extensive chronological supervisory expertise
Our staff have broad research interests, covering all historical periods from the early middle ages (c.500-c.1500), through the Early Modern era (c.1500-c.1800) and the modern period (1789-1945) to the contemporary history of present day (post-1945).
Wide-ranging geographical scope
Our research scope includes the UK and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, China and Japan, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and North America.
A range of historical approaches and genres
Our academics specialise in a range of historical methodologies across all periods, including:
This is your opportunity to explore your research interests with expert guidance, and change the way we understand the past!
World-leading research supervision
Ranked 7th in the UK for research power (2021), according to Times Higher Education 90% of the department’s research is classed as 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021) Watch our staff discussing their research expertise
Extensive chronological supervisory expertise
Our staff have broad research interests, covering all historical periods from the early middle ages (c.500-c.1500), through the Early Modern era (c.1500-c.1800) and the modern period (1789-1945) to the contemporary history of present day (post-1945).
Wide-ranging geographical scope
Our research scope includes the UK and Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, China and Japan, South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and North America.
A range of historical approaches and genres
Our academics specialise in a range of historical methodologies across all periods, including:
- Black studies
- Colonial and diplomatic history
- Cultural history
- Economic and urban history
- Histories of conflict and protest
- Histories of the environment
- Histories of sexuality and gender
- Medical and disability history
- Political history
- Religious history
- Social history
This is your opportunity to explore your research interests with expert guidance, and change the way we understand the past!
Admission Requirements
7+
3+
76+
100+
2:1 (or international equivalent) preferably in history, and a masters in history at Merit level or above
36 Months
Feb
Apr
Tuition fees
Domestic
5,350 GBP
International
23,000 GBP
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