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- World History & Cultures MA
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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
Strand Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
This course offers you the chance to study the global, political, economic, and cultural interactions, the history of empires and the transnational histories of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas.
This MA course provides you with training in global and transnational history, while offering the opportunity to pursue a personally-tailored interdisciplinary education, through optional modules offered by any department at King’s College London, or from available MA courses at our London partner institutions. You will also be free to carry out your own research, and to draw on an exceptional range of expertise within the World History research cluster at King’s, which includes experts on Africa, South Asia, China, Latin America and the Caribbean, Australia, and the Middle East, as well as leading historians of the British Empire, Portuguese Empire, and French Empire.
We aim to provide training in the historiographical and technical skills necessary for further study, and also to allow you to develop special expertise in the areas of history and the humanities that attract you. Our course is particularly suitable if you have a clear research interest and are looking to continue in academic study.
Our course will give you skills that will allow you to excel in academia and in your professional life. Many students coming out of this MA have gone on to fully-funded PhD studentships at King’s, UCL, Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton and other universities, and others have found careers in a diverse range of fields, such as the civil and foreign services, education, journalism, finance, politics and cultural sectors.
Modules
Tuition fees
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- Guyana
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- Macedonia
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- Malawi
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- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
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- Mongolia
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- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
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- Netherlands
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- Niger
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- Northern Ireland
- Norway
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- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
- Panama
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- Peru
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- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
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- San Marino
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- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
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- South Africa
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- Spain
- Sri Lanka
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- Sudan
- Suriname
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- Sweden
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£ 22,350per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
20th
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Campus address
King's College London, University of London, Strand, Westminster, WC2R 2LS, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
20th out of 93 3
8th out of 102 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 213160 77%16th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10072 72%29th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.86 77%81st
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Entry standards
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Graduate prospects
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.04 81%41st
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