University of Manchester
Manchester, M13 9PL

See below for

The University

Special features of History at Manchester

Applications

Degree courses and options

Contacts

The University

Studying at Manchester gives you the best of two worlds: a first-rate education from one of the UK’s oldest and largest civic universities and three years in the North's liveliest and most cosmopolitan city.

One of the largest universities in Britain, the University of Manchester has around 3,000 academic staff and 18,000 students. Around 300 students take history or history related programmes with approximately half and half male/female

History at Manchester

The History department is one of the largest in the country, with around 35 academic staff working across the whole range of history, from medieval and economic history to the issues affecting societies in America, Europe, Asia and Africa in the recent past. The expertise of the department is reflected in the top-rate 5 recently awarded in the research assessment exercise. The department lies within the School of History and Classics. The Classics department has a further 13 staff members, with whom history students can take various courses involving ancient world studies and the histories of Greece and Rome.

Applications

Entry requirements guidelines (2000): A Level grades BBC-BBB

UCAS application course codes. Load the free UCAS CD-Rom.
Tel. 01242 223707. E-mail. app.req@ucas.ac.uk

UCAS address: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ

Department website:

http://www.art.man.ac.uk/HISTORY/HOME.HTM

The details: History degree courses and options

History (V100)

Politics and Modern History (VM11)

History and Sociology (VL13)

Modern History with Economics (V136)

Economic History and Economics (LV13)

History and Languages (French or German or Italian or Spanish)

Medieval Studies (V120)

There are also Degree Programmes in Classics and Ancient History, Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classics and Archaeology and Ancient History and Archaeology

Main study options. The programmes seek in year 1 to broaden out students' knowledge and understanding of history by exposure to a wide range of different types of history, periods and places. There are then ever increasing opportunities to specialise in areas of history (and related subjects) which most interest you. At each level you will undertake a substantial piece of independent work, culminating in year 3 with a substantial thesis, which for many programmes amounts to a third of your overall degree.

Contacts

Val Brennan, 0161 275 3107 E-mail. val.brennan@man.ac.uk

http://www.art.man.ac.uk/HISTORY/HOME.HTM