What can I study at the IHR?

What postgraduate degrees can I study?

MA courses

The MA in Historical Research provides the student with a broad range of transferable historical skills and excellent preparations for future PhD research. Two training modules are taken, through which students are introduced to key historical ideas, methods and sources - including documentary, visual and archaeological evidence - and learn to apply them. The third module consists of an independent project. All students also undertake a 15,000-word research dissertation on an agreed topic of their choice.

The MA programme may be taken full-time over one academic year (October-September) or part-time over two years. The normal entrance requirement is a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree but applications are also considered from candidates who offer alternative qualifications or who have experience in a relevant field.

See here for full details.

M.Phil/Ph.D courses

The Institute currently offers supervision in a number of subject areas across different periods.  Subjects include:  religious and cultural history, political history, economic and social history, imperial history and urban and local history including the history of London.  Click on the links below for more information on our academic staff and their areas of expertise.

For a list of current research students and their topics, see our IHR students page. For our ethical practice guidelines, see our Statement of Ethical Practice.