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History BA

UCAS code: V100

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
Apply via UCAS

History BA at King’s is taught by one of the biggest history departments in the UK, with expertise covering every continent and all time periods since 300 AD. Our diverse syllabus and wide range of optional modules give you the freedom to shape your history degree to suit your passions and interests. You will gain an in-depth understanding of societies ranging from medieval Europe and the Middle East to contemporary Latin America. In your final year, you'll write a dissertation, where you will answer your own research question by delving into primary sources and giving a fresh perspective on a moment in history. The course gives you a foundational understanding of world history and equips you with the transferrable skills and resources required to analyse and communicate, conduct your own research as a historian, and prepare yourself for work and life beyond university.

Key benefits

  • Learn from academics with expertise spanning the globe and all time periods, including medieval, early modern, and modern.
  • Join one of the best history departments in the world, ranked 9th in Europe by The QS World University Rankings by Subject (2024).
  • Study a broad curriculum that covers more periods and places than other universities, ranging from medieval Europe and the Middle East to the modern world.
  • Develop your discussion and presentation skills through seminar-group teaching with expert historians.
  • Improve your career prospects by studying at a university that leads to one of the best employment rates and starting salaries in the UK. King’s is ranked 7th in the UK for graduate employability (Global University Employability Ranking 2023, published in Times Higher Education).
Henna

What I enjoy most about my course is the worldly breadth of information and exposure we receive as King's students. Not only does our education span across any thinkable geographical region, but we are gifted with an immersive international staff and student body- all concentrated in the heart of London.

Henna, History BA

Employability

History BA students will develop a number of skills, including analysis and argument, which are transferable to a range of careers.

Career prospects for King’s History graduates are excellent, with alumni working in national newspapers, national and international NGOs, law firms, the civil service, state and private schools, the military, heritage, banking and business sectors, as well as in many different universities across the globe.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Research officer, MCHC Trust
  • Marketing manager, Cancer Research UK
  • Management consultant, PwC
  • Analyst, Quantum Catalyst Partners
  • Data Analyst, Auto Trader
  • Head of Year, Wembley High School
  • Investigator, Financial Ombudsman Service
  • Policy advisor, Department for Education
  • Event manager, The Hoxton

Employability

History BA students will develop a number of skills, including analysis and argument, which are transferable to a range of careers.

Career prospects for King’s History graduates are excellent, with alumni working in national newspapers, national and international NGOs, law firms, the civil service, state and private schools, the military, heritage, banking and business sectors, as well as in many different universities across the globe.

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

  • Research officer, MCHC Trust
  • Marketing manager, Cancer Research UK
  • Management consultant, PwC
  • Analyst, Quantum Catalyst Partners
  • Data Analyst, Auto Trader
  • Head of Year, Wembley High School
  • Investigator, Financial Ombudsman Service
  • Policy advisor, Department for Education
  • Event manager, The Hoxton

Key information

Course type:
Single honours
Delivery mode:
Campus
Study mode:
Full time
Required A-level:
AAA
Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
Duration:
Three years
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2025
Application deadline:
31 January 2025
Apply via UCAS

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