The University of Leeds is acclaimed world-wide for the quality of its teaching and research. One of the largest universities in the UK, Leeds is also one of the most popular among students applying for undergraduate courses. An emphasis on innovative research and investment in high-quality facilities and first-rate infrastructure means that no fewer than 35 departments are rated internationally or nationally ‘excellent’.

As a student at Leeds, you’ll enjoy excellent teaching facilities and resources, with modern, well-equipped lecture theatres and laboratories, some of the best computing resources in the country and an internationally renowned academic library, with some 2,5000,000 books and 9,000 periodicals.

Leeds University Union is one of the biggest and best student unions in the country. It provides a variety of shops, entertainment, services and bars for over 24,000 students. The campus is close to the Leeds city centre unrivalled in the north of England for its shops, restaurants, clubs and cultural life.

At the University of Leeds you have the opportunity to study History in one of the liveliest cities in Britain. The School of History is one of the largest departments of history in the United Kingdom with 30 academic staff, over 800 undergraduates, and some 90 postgraduate students. It is one of the country’s foremost centres of historical research and teaching (with a Grade 5 in the national Research Assessment Exercise), and it can draw on the resources of the exceptional Brotherton Library.

The Brotherton Library has extensive holdings of published medieval cartularies, Tudor and Stuart state papers, diplomatic documents from every part of the world from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, British government papers and House of Commons records from 1731 onwards, and American, British, West European and Russian newspapers. The microfilms include sets of minutes of the British Cabinet from 1916, and copies of private office papers of British Foreign Secretaries from Lord Curzon to Anthony Eden.

You have the opportunity to explore the richness and depth of the subject of history at every level of your degree. The interests of the staff range from the ancient to the modern world, and encompass political, economic, military, religious, cultural, social, international and intellectual history.

A Leeds History degree is widely regarded as an excellent qualification for a broad range of careers, notably in the professions, media, business and government.

We also welcome applications from mature students and our entry requirements are flexible. Many excellent students come to us with professional qualifications, Open University credits, or by means of Access courses.

There are two undergraduate programmes of study in the School of History: V100 – History, V134 – International History and Politics. In addition these programmes can be combined into a variety of joint honours programmes.

In Single Honours History you can range very widely at all levels of your degree, both in terms of geography and chronology. You can select courses on the history of Japan, Russia, Europe, and the global economy, as well as Britain. You can range in time from Classical Greece to contemporary political, economic and social history, or the study of contemporary international relations.

In International History and Politics you will find a distinctive programme in which contemporary international relations, and their theory and development, are studied in the context of their historical background.

In both programmes, you have options to specialise as you move through your degree, culminating in opportunities to study highly focused Special Subjects and to write a dissertation based on your own research in your third year.

In both programmes of study, emphasis is placed on strengthening and widening your powers of analysis and expression as you deepen your knowledge and understanding of history.

Through the modular structure of degree schemes at the University of Leeds, you have the opportunity to pursue a wide range of academic interests while reading for an honours degree in history. The range of electives on offer is much larger than at most other British universities. Electives on offer include, for example, philosophy, management studies, Japanese sociology, fine art, modern languages, psychology and politics.

Admissions Secretary:

Mary Stavrakakis

Tel: 0113 – 2333586

Fax: 0113 – 2342759

If you want to find more about the University and the School of History visit  University website: http://www.leeds.ac.uk