12 months full time; 24 months part time
Fees per academic year 2013-14
UK and EU: full time £5,500 part time £2,750
International: full time £11,500 part time fees
More information is available about tuition fees and discounts.
This programme, the only one of its kind in the UK, provides you with the opportunity to study the history of the British Isles, and offers an intensive programme of teaching in the methodologies and concepts used by historians.
The programme is very flexible in nature and will enable you to study the periods and subjects that most interest you.
Modules and dissertation supervision are available in all aspects of the political, social, and cultural history of Britain and Ireland from 800AD to the present day.
You will take one or two core modules in British History and choose the remaining credits from MA modules within the School of History Classics and Archaeology, or another School, that is of interest and relevance.
Alternatively you may wish to incorporate one or more Independent Study modules into your programme, allowing you maximum flexibility to pursue your own interests. It is also possible to study a foreign language (optionally) as part of your skills enhancement, at a range of levels from beginners to advanced.
The taught modules are delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, individual tutorials and self-directed learning. You then complete a dissertation on any period of British history.
Find out more detailed information about the programme modules
Normally an upper-second-class Honours degree in history, or a Joint or Combined Honours degree with history. Other degree qualifications may be considered (such as politics, law, sociology) where appropriate, especially where essay-based work formed the written component of the undergraduate programme (for example, in English). Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 7.0 in writing) or equivalent.
Please note that there is no route into the programme via pre-sessional English language courses.
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has rules for international students regarding minimum English language requirements.
International Students, consult your own government for funding. The University offers International Scholarships, and there are funding opportunities by external organisations available.
More information on scholarships, studentships, bursaries and other funding is available from our database.Visit our postgraduate application site.
There is no closing date for this programme. However, international students applying for September 2013 entry should apply by Friday 12 July 2013 to ensure that they have time to put appropriate arrangements in place.
Please note: As a formal condition of the offer to study at Newcastle University, students from outside the UK/EU are required to pay a deposit of £1,500 or submit an official letter of sponsorship for their chosen programme. The deposit payment is non refundable, but will be deducted from tuition fees upon registration.
For further information please contact:
Sandra Fletcher
School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7966
E-mail: pg.historical@ncl.ac.uk
This programme is within the subject area of History.