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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Hope Park Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

The MA in History offers students the chance to study the development of the modern world from ca. 1500 to the present. The programme builds on the skills of thinking, evaluation and writing that we stress at undergraduate level. Additionally, it will deepen the skills needed to analyse data and documentation and develop individual skills of writing, oral participation and presentation. Each graduate is monitored by a supervisor who offers professional advice and guidance. Due to the various branches of expertise held among our academic staff students are free to produce an MA dissertation on an array of topics, including Elizabeth I modern British and Irish history The British Empire the Spanish Civil War and anarchy European Fascism and the Holocaust the History of Food The Northern Ireland conflict Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism Sport in Modern Europe, 1850-2000 and general aspects of modern European History. The Department of History and Politics at Liverpool Hope has a strong teaching and research reputation. All faculty members are actively engaged in research, publishing and contributing to the development of their discipline. The department has particular research interests in maritime and colonial history transatlantic slave trade early modern Irish and British history modern Irish history Northern Ireland politics and society Anglo-Irish relations women's history twentieth century European ideologies, cultures and identities international relations European integration American government and international security.

Application deadline

07/09/2026

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Tuition fees

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£ 16,500per year

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University information

Liverpool Hope University

  • University League Table

    83rd

  • Campus address

    Hope Park, Hope Park, Liverpool, Merseyside, L16 9JD, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    56th out of 91 11

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    104 51%

    58th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    54th

    2
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.42 85%

    15th

    15

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