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Money MattersDiscover humanity’s rich tapestry of successes and struggles – and equip yourself for a future career enriched by the past.
From ancient civilisations and great empires, to terrible battles and the roots of our modern society, history is a vast landscape to explore and understand.
The past is part of our everyday lives, shaping our world profoundly. Study history and you won’t just learn about what happened in the past. You’ll develop a bette...
3 years full-time
4 years with placement/overseas study
6 years part-time
Amelia"Studying History at Manchester Met has surpassed my expectations in every way. I have been given the opportunity to broaden my historical awareness in a variety of different time periods."
BA (Hons) History
Our department is home to a wealth of expertise, with leading researchers working across diverse approaches to the past, focusing on social, cultural, political and military topics and contemporary heritage practice. In the field of public history, we encourage students to work with both their tutors and the wider community in producing original research projects with 'real world' impact. We offer an impressive sweep of time and place, including ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, the medieval world, the Tudors, the Americas, China and India, global conflict and revolution in the modern era. With this wealth of expertise behind us, we can ensure your learning is not only relevant, but cutting edge.
Our programme is flexible and allows you to develop your own specialisms as a historian. You will have the chance to choose units covering a variety of different periods, spanning the ancient to the modern world, and a wide geographical range, including Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. If your interests develop strongly in one area, you may choose to graduate with a degree title that reflects this: Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern, or American.
BA History: For students whose intellectual curiosity spans centuries and continents, our BA History programme offers an exciting range of options, encompassing over five millennia of human experience. Study the birth of democracy in the agora of ancient Athens, understand the explosive growth of Manchester, the 'Shock City' of the industrial revolution, consider lives lived in the shadow of Cold War nuclear Armageddon, and learn about the hidden history of black communities in Tudor England. Through this degree, you will master a wealth of knowledge, demonstrating your command of detail, ability to gather, organise and deploy information, and, in constructing logical and evidence-based arguments, your intellectual integrity and maturity. Watch a short video about what you could study on our BA History degree here.
BA History (Ancient): Our ancient historians offer expertise in ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian history. Studying with them will introduce you to over 3,000 years of history and archaeology and enable you to explore the lives of ancient peoples, from the hearths of family homes, to the streets of bustling, fractious cities and the borders of far-flung empires. Yet, knowledge of these pasts is not set in stone, and through examining current debates and new discoveries in the field you will critically engage with, and challenge, what we think we know about these formative periods of world history. Watch a short video about this specialism here.
BA History (Medieval and Early Modern): Dynamic change marked these fascinating eras; we offer units that challenge conventional wisdom and offer fresh approaches to these seminal centuries. Walk in the footsteps of pilgrims, journey to Outremer (the Crusader states), join the intrigue at the Tudor court, enjoy the splendour of Versailles or ponder the coming apocalypse! The debates among historians and the nature of the primary sources for these periods offer stimulating challenges, honing your analytical ability, and your capacity to consider and solve problems. Watch a short video about this specialism here.
BA History (American): The twentieth century was ‘the American century’, but what fate does this century hold for the United States? Understanding the challenges, foreign and domestic, that face Americans today requires that we understand America’s turbulent past. Our Americanists offer courses that span the colonial period to the twentieth century, considering the ordeal of racial slavery, the experience of women, the challenges of war, the Great Depression and relations with the wider world. Addressing this contested history effectively will bring to your work: structure, coherence, clarity and fluency of expression. Watch a short video about this specialism here.
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In Year 1, you will be introduced to a variety of historical periods and themes.
This unit exposes you in your first year to areas of ancient, medieval/early modern, and modern history related to your potential bracketed award interests. The topics and subjects can vary from year to year.
This co-linked unit provides you with a fundamental survey of world history. This module introduces you to the histories of relocation, encounter, empire, and migration that have shaped our world. The module uses a comparative and transnational approach, via case studies, introducing general themes in the history of migration and cultural exchange associated with mobility, imperial expansions and post-colonialism.
This unit exposes you in your first year to areas of ancient, medieval/early modern, and modern history related to your potential bracketed award interests. The topics and subjects on offer can vary year to year.
This unit engages you with 'Big Question' debates confronting human society, integrating key interdisciplinary concepts and debates essential to critically understanding and exploring our world. Along with this, you will apply disciplinary specific learning approaches to examine various aspects of past, present and future global societal developments. Topics and questions examined can vary year to year.
This unit engages you with 'Big Question' debates confronting human society, integrating key interdisciplinary concepts and debates essential to critically understanding and exploring our world. Along with this, you will apply disciplinary specific learning approaches to examine various aspects of past, present and future global societal development. Topics and questions examined can vary year to year.
This unit examines the rise of the modern metropolis, focusing on Manchester, the world’s first industrial city. For 250 years, Manchester has been a place of innovation and change, where decisive societal developments often happened first, affecting people in Britain and across the globe with breath-taking intensity and speed. The city of Manchester is therefore a useful magnifier to study social, economic and cultural transformations of modern British, European, and wider world societies from the 18th to 21st centuries. Whilst focused on Manchester, the unit is comparative in its approach to other global regions over time and place.
This co-linked unit provides you with a fundamental survey of world history. This module introduces you to the histories of relocation, encounter, empire, and migration that have shaped our world. The module uses a comparative and transnational approach, via case studies, introducing general themes in the history of migration and cultural exchange associated with mobility, imperial expansions and post-colonialism.
This unit examines the rise of the modern metropolis, focusing on Manchester, the world’s first industrial city. For 250 years, Manchester has been a place of innovation and change, where decisive societal developments often happened first, affecting people in Britain and across the globe with breath-taking intensity and speed. The city of Manchester is therefore a useful magnifier to study social, economic and cultural transformations of modern British, European, and wider world societies from the 18th to 21st centuries. Whilst focused on Manchester, the unit is comparative in its approach to other global regions over time and place.
You will have the chance to spend a year getting a taste of professional life. It is an opportunity to develop core skills and explore how this course can relate to the graduate world, and it shows employers that you’re ready to get to work.
You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a placement year with an employer or study abroad with one of our partner institutions in Europe and beyond. International experiences are also built into the curriculum in a variety of ways, including field trips*. You can also build your skills and work experience by getting involved with a range of curriculum-based projects and extra-curricular activities.
You are free to choose placement opportunities from a wide range of roles both in the UK and abroad. You will be supported by a dedicated placement team who provide links to employers through presentations, events, and fairs, and provide a specialist programme of guidance on recruitment procedures including CV and interview preparation, as well as work readiness and working overseas.
* All study abroad opportunities are subject to any international travel restrictions and/or availability.
In Year 2, you will have the opportunity to study a range of units. The option units below are indicative of the type of units that will be available.
This unit exposes you to areas of history suited to your intended exit award pathway. You will be able to choose from a menu of subjects, including ancient, medieval/early modern and modern history. The topics and subjects on offer can vary year to year.
This unit exposes you to areas of history suited to your intended bracketed award specialism. You will be able to choose from a menu of subjects in ancient, medieval/early modern and modern history. The topics and subjects on offer can vary year to year.
An innovative unit that applies interdisciplinary methods, approaches and perspectives of humanities and social science disciplines to contemporary socio-economic challenges, complementing Engaging the Humanities 1. Each year the unit will address a different contemporary issue or theme.
On this unit, you will focus on the historian’s craft, namely the ability to gain key skills in research, analysis, evidence-based theory and the importance of historiography (understanding what others have written before about the past) within a comparative framework. At the end of the unit, you will have a completed independent project proposal for your final year of study. Part 1 of this unit provides you with a grounding in the essential, generic skills of how to conduct academic research.
On this unit, you will focus on the historian’s craft, namely the ability to gain key skills in research, analysis, evidence-based theory and the importance of historiography (understanding what others have written before about the past) within a comparative framework. At the end of the unit, you will have a completed independent project proposal for your final year of study. Part 2 allows you to focus on your specific research passion and plans for independent research.
Historians are interested in the stories that we tell about the past. We want to know what it was like to be there: how the past looked, and sounded, and smelled. And we make use of texts, and photos, and images to pick our way through the past. But what if documents aren’t the only way to try and ‘be there’?
This course will provide an object-based history of Britain (and occasionally the British Empire) to think about hidden histories and alternative narratives of the past. We will start way back with the first burial in Britain in the middle of the last Ice Age, 30,000 years ago. Moving forward, we will take in an exceptional series of objects that speak to the unique and enigmatic history of Britain – from golden hair ornaments from the Bronze Age landscape around Stonehenge, to the earliest personal letters from Britain (party invites to a fort at the edge of the Roman world on Hadrian’s Wall), and Saxon hoards that tell of the strife of the Migration Period. We will end up on the moors around Manchester in the aftermath of the First World War, where a veteran of the bloodiest encounters on the Western Front used his traumatic experiences to shape our understanding of the past forever.
This unit will provide you with the long view of the development of Britain and British society. It uses a wide range of case study objects to provide not only temporal perspectives, but an introduction to the methods of material culture analysis that will be invaluable for history students used to more traditional document-based analysis. In examining objects we will focus on pluralist approaches to the past, and survey hidden histories. The unit will provide you with new approaches to research methodologies, and with a wider perspective beyond traditional approaches to historical research. By situating these objects in their wider, global histories, as well as in the contexts of discovery, we will introduce ideas about the political context of the analysis of material culture, of knowledge production, and of historiographic research.
This unit examines the origins and history of modern terrorism. The assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881 saw the emrgence of political terrorists onto the world stage. Over the next fifty years, these women and men committed acts of extreme violence in the name of ideologies from nihilism and anarchism to nationalism and fascism. This module examines terrorists’ motivations, tactics, counter-terrorism and how our own contemporary terrorism can be traced back to this first ‘war on terror’. Students on the module will take a global approach to terrorism, examining case studies from America, Asia, and Europe. The themes of race and gender feature throughout.
This unit explores a women’s history of North America from colonial times to the Civil War. The intention is not to cover the entire period and all regions, but rather to focus upon the ways in which race, class and gender affected the social, economic, cultural and political experiences of American women. Taking as its focus diverse groups of women who have shaped the course of North American history, this course will examine women’s lives in the context of pre-contact, early settlement, slavery, revolution, through to the end of the American Civil War.
In June 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks carrying hundreds of people from the Caribbean. This scene has become a national symbol in Britain’s history, yet Windrush was neither the first nor the last ship to carry migrants to the British Isles. This unit explores Windrush as part of a longer history of mobility in modern Britain, examines how race has intertwined with migration to order, reorder and contest the ways in which we live our lives. The unit therefore offers an alternative lens through which to understand modern British history, interrogating many of the concepts we now treat as natural (race, borders, citizenship) and situating them within a longer history.
This unit evaluates key social, political and economic developments in British history during the period of 1900 to 1939. It assesses the changing nature of society, before, during and after the First World War. The unit examines Britain’s social structure and social relations, youth, the women’s movement, poverty, the rise of the Labour Party, the decline of Liberalism and conservative hegemony during the interwar period, and the foundation of Britain’s Welfare State.
This unit explores the fascinating world of antiquity, focussing particularly on the distinctive society and culture of Classical Greece, as well as the causes, course and consequences of the Great Peloponnesian War, fought between Athens and Sparta.
Ancient Egypt was one of the first great civilisations of the world. This course explores its history from the formation of the state in the fourth millennium BC to the conquest of Alexander the Great in 332 BC. We will cover all the major periods and events of Egypt’s long history during these 3,000 years. From the lives of the pharaohs themselves – the pyramid builders and the famous Rameses The Great and Tutankhamun – to the lives of normal Egyptian villagers and foreigners living in (and sometimes ruling over) Egypt, we will look at all aspects of life down the Nile Valley. Throughout, we will study closely the primary sources left by the ancient Egyptians themselves, both written evidence and museum artefacts, including hieroglyphic temple inscriptions, papyrus letters, objects of daily life, statues, coffins, and human remains. Finally, we will look at the legacy of Egypt and the impact of this ancient culture on life in the 21st century.
The unit combines a chronological approach to the war in the East, from the Japanese attack on Manchuria to the nuclear tests in the South Pacific, with thematic approaches highlighting topics such as food supplies, comfort women, Prisoners of War, animal and nuclear warfare, and troop entertainment.
Pilgrimage, whether to an international site like Jerusalem or Rome, or to a local chapel or holy well, was one of the most popular acts of devotion in the middle ages. People sought help from saints for medical reasons, to aid them in fighting their enemies, or even to raise the dead. As a result, the medieval Church developed and promoted saints, cults and pilgrimage, and pilgrimage sites competed for the attention of pilgrims.
This unit explores the revolutionary transformations (political, economic, social, and cultural) that occurred in China during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This tumultuous period saw the decline and overthrow of China’s last imperial dynasty, the creation of two Chinese republics (the Republic of China [1912–49] and the People’s Republic of China [1949–]), and China’s emergence as an economic superpower during the post-Mao era. Moving beyond traditional approaches that reduce historical revolutions to the study of high politics, this unit examines the many ways in which revolutionary transformations affected the lives of the Chinese people who experienced them.
Espousing ideologies of holy war, discrete Christian powers went on the offensive in the late eleventh century conquering Muslim peoples in Iberia, Sicily and the Holy Land. The resultant history of the interaction between the Crescent and the Cross is much richer than one might expect. As this unit reveals, the greatest centres of political and military power in the medieval Mediterranean: Cordoba, Palermo and even the ‘crusader state’ of Jerusalem, produced great moments of cultural interchange and relative tolerance. Holy War was dispersed with long periods of peaceful coexistence. Muslims and Christians fought each other, but they also lived, worked, played and even prayed together in surprising and little known ways.
The Creation of Tudor England examines the establishment of the Tudor dynasty in England and Wales by Henry VII, Henry VIII and Edward VI in the period 1485-1553. Henry VII’s seizure of the throne in 1485 was a turning point in English history, ending the Wars of the Roses and creating a new dynasty – the Tudors. This unit examines how Henry VII gained control of the kingdom and how Henry VIII and Edward VI established Tudor rule throughout England and Wales. Using primary sources, it examines the social, political and artistic world of the Tudor Court and Tudor England.
The unit focuses on the government and society of female rulers in early modern Europe. It analyses the development of the relationships between gender and social, political, and cultural aspects of history. It examines in detail women who filled the highest roles in governance and society in early modern Europe, starting with queenship and political power, but moving towards alternative means of expressing 'power' that were increasingly available to elite women in the spheres of family, society, economics and learning. Particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between gender and power in early modern Europe, and on contemporary conceptualisations of political culture and patronage.
You will have the chance to spend a year getting a taste of professional life. It is an opportunity to develop core skills and explore how this course can relate to the graduate world, and it shows employers that you’re ready to get to work.
You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a placement year with an employer or study abroad with one of our partner institutions in Europe and beyond. International experiences are also built into the curriculum in a variety of ways, including field trips*. You can also build your skills and work experience by getting involved with a range of curriculum-based projects and extra-curricular activities.
You are free to choose placement opportunities from a wide range of roles both in the UK and abroad. You will be supported by a dedicated placement team who provide links to employers through presentations, events, and fairs, and provide a specialist programme of guidance on recruitment procedures including CV and interview preparation, as well as work readiness and working overseas.
* All study abroad opportunities are subject to any international travel restrictions and/or availability.
This course may offer a placement year option which can be taken up in Year 3. During the placement year, although you will be supervised directly by the company you are employed by, you will also be allocated an Academic/Placement Tutor. They will provide support and guidance and assess your progress for the time you are away from the University.
Where a placement is not undertaken you will study the following final year units. The option units are indicative of the type of units that will be available.
A negotiated assessment, which takes one of several forms: for example a 10-12,000 word dissertation, a historical project in partnership with an outside organisation, or a product resulting from a work placement scheme (e.g. a museum).
This unit examines the development of apocalyptic worldviews in Britain and the United States from the 1640s to the present, and their impact on politics, warfare, religion and popular culture.
The unit will consist of chronologically-ordered case studies, with a broad scope addressing different geographical areas, and events related to the phenomena of civil war and revolution through 20th Century history. The syllabus will be flexible to allow for the future incorporation of new advancements in the area, but indicative content might include the Mexican and Cuban revolutions, Ireland 1916, the Russian, Spanish and Greek civil wars, the cultural revolution in China, the Prague Spring, Berlin 1989, revolutionary Iran. With a particular focus on the connections between civil war and revolution, the course will provide students with the opportunity to explore the possibilities of comparative history for a better and more nuanced understanding of the past. The unit will allow for the identification of similarities, differences and transnational connections among different events and nations.
This unit gives you the opportunity to examine games and gaming as important ways of making sense of a range of contemporary cultural and social issues. Over the course of the unit, you will use a range of interdisciplinary frameworks infused with historical, political, and philosophical concepts and perspectives to confront and tackle key questions and subjects about games and gaming.
The city of Rome has been an important political, religious and cultural centre for Europe and the Mediterranean across more than two millennia. This module will enhance students’ knowledge of Rome’s history and develop their practical skills through a heritage workplace task. The first half of the module will introduce key sources for Rome’s history and heritage, ranging from ancient archaeology through pilgrim travel guides to Grand Tour accounts. The second part will explore the ways the city’s heritage has been interpreted for visitors. The module will conclude with a practical project in which students will develop a heritage project about an aspect of the Roman past.
This unit explores criminality and the criminal justice system in the London metropolis from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. This was a period during which the population of London underwent substantial growth, and one that witnessed the development and reform of many of its criminal justice institutions. The unit not only considers continuity and change but also enables you to engage at a more micro-level with the lives of the offenders who moved through the criminal justice system.
The unit accesses a lively and engaging field in the history of crime and policing, which in recent years has embraced the digitisation of many of its key primary sources. The Old Bailey Online is a fully searchable edition of the proceedings of the Old Bailey. It contains 197,745 criminal trials from 1674 to 1913 (changing to the Central Criminal Court from 1834). It also contains the Ordinary of Newgate’s Accounts between 1676 and 1772. There are also two associated resources: Digital Panopticon allows you to follow through transported Old Bailey convicts to NSW and Van Diemen’s Land; London Lives is an associated project that provides a wide range of primary sources about eighteenth-century London. Students will also draw on the British Library Newspaper Collection and the digitised Newgate Calendar, which contains popular accounts of condemned criminals from the period circa 1600 to 1850.
This course explores a modern history of women in North America from 1865 to present day. The focus will be on how race, class and gender affected the social, economic and political experiences of American women from the end of the American Civil War up to the present day.
This unit examines a turbulent period in the history of France and its Empire. The French struggled to come to terms with the losses of the First World War and confront the political and social challenges of the interwar years. As democratic governments came and went, fascists and communists fought for control of the street. In the imperial territories, violent repression attempted to snuff out nationalist challenges. Many French diagnosed a deep rot in society, evident in seemingly irreversible cultural and social decline, racial tension and anti-Semitism, a crisis in gender roles, and challenges to the imperial status quo. The defeat to Nazi Germany opened the darkest chapter in the history of France, the Occupation. The collaborationist Vichy regime persecuted opposition and helped to deport thousands of Jews to their deaths while resistance groups fought to liberate the country and Empire. The unit thus covers a period popularly known as the ‘French Civil War’.
History concerns both the study of the past, and critical consideration of how we think about the past. This has been shaped by a series of great archaeological discoveries, which have changed how we think about the past. These discoveries include the:
While the history of discovery of important objects and sites has affected how we think about humanity more broadly, these discoveries have been manipulated for political purposes. We can see this in the ways regimes such as the Nazis in 1930s Germany adopted explicit ideological interpretations of the past for political purposes, and the ways in which Victorian ethnographic museums naturalised social Darwinism as an excuse for racist colonialist policies.
This unit will provide you with the long view of how we think about the past through key discoveries - from Napolean in north Africa, to the colonial exploits of Captain Cook, the quest for Camelot and King Arthur, to Gertrude Bell’s work in Iraq - the context of archaeological discovery and interpretation has often been highly politicised. This unit will use a wide range of case sites and discoveries to explore not only the rich, international human cultural inheritance in archaeological sites, but also a critical appraisal of how we think about the past more broadly.
The unit will provide you with new approaches to research methodologies, and with a wider perspective beyond traditional approaches to historical research. By situating these sites in their wider, global histories, as well as in the contexts of discovery, we will introduce ideas about the political context of the analysis of material culture, knowledge production, and historiographic research as ways to approach the study of the past.
This unit will examine the domestic experience of the Second World War in Britain, questioning whether it was a ‘people’s war’. Taking a thematic approach, it will cover the major social and cultural effects of war on the home front.
This unit looks into how the experiences, interpretations and self-understandings of gays and lesbians have changed since 1900.
By placing queer sexualities in their relevant social and political context, this unit offers an excellent example of how historical change operates in both a 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' manner. You will learn that queer history, and more widely, histories of sexuality and gender, is no niche matter, but a field that can open windows onto central issues of twentieth century history. For example, we will consider: the consequences of urbanisation and rising affluence; the role of World War on community formation; the appeal of nationalism; the changing roles of science and medicine; how sexual 'deviance' came to be associated with both communism and fascism; the relationship between commerce and politics; the rise of human rights, and the impact of globalisation.
This unit surveys the main points of contact, conflict, difference and similarity between the East Roman – or Byzantine – Empire and the Latin West, including the so-called ‘Crusader States’. Adopting a chronological framework, the unit addresses the period from Charlemagne, the first emperor of a revived western Roman Empire, through to the age of the crusades in the Middle East and the sacking of the greatest city in Christendom, Constantinople. Examinations of the most significant and sometimes extraordinary theological, political, societal, and military challenges, which the Latin West compelled Byzantium to confront during this period, form the heart of the unit.
This unit focusses on the development of the Enlightenment in Great Britian and France, and the long-term drive towards revolutionary change in both nations. Several strands of historical enquiry are pursued, including the creation and consumption of wealth and ‘globalisation’, the influence of increased literacy on society, and the impacts on both countries of the revolution in America. As a comparative unit, weekly topics will focus on political and intellectual leaders on both sides of the Channel: Montesquieu and Voltaire; Adams and Hume; Pitt and Fox; and Robespierre and Napoleon.
This unit will explore the complex world of Rome and its 'barbarian' neighbours, from the early days of the Republic to the rise of the Empire. Using classical sources and physical evidence (including the Vindolanda tablets, coins, inscriptions and archaeological remains), you will gain an in-depth understanding of the interactions between the expanding Roman state and the Celtic peoples of Iron Age Europe that they came to dominate. It will question how 'barbarian' these societies actually were.
This unit traces the history of the Wars of the Roses, the conflict between the houses of York and Lancaster over the English throne which dominated the politics of late medieval England. It looks at the key individuals involved, their motives and actions, and considers the causes and consequences of the wars. It also thinks about how the idea of the Wars of the Roses came about, how accurate it is, and when it came to an end.
For thirty years conflict racked Northern Ireland in what became known as the ‘Troubles’. After communal rioting broke out in the late 1960s, groups such as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) pursued violent campaigns that spilled over into bombings in England and the Republic of Ireland. The British army carried out controversial killings of civilians, fuelling this rise in paramilitarism. This unit charts the evolution of the conflict and the shifting strategies of its protagonists. It considers motivations behind political violence, the role of ideology and attempts by the British and Irish governments to bring an end to the conflict.
This unit explores the everyday lives and concerns of 'the other 99%' of the populations of the Ancient world. Antiquity, more than most other periods of history, has predominantly been studied from the 'top down', with a focus on great battles, great cities, and great men. In this unit we will approach the ancient world from the 'bottom up', examining daily, economic, and religious life from the perspectives of those voices silenced by the elite, male sources from Antiquity. We will focus on the lives and concerns of the diverse populations of the ancient Mediterranean world: women; the oppressed; the poor; the enslaved; children; the aged; religious minorities; non-citizens; foreigners; migrants; and refugees. We will consider historical approaches to a range of themes and topics, including popular culture and entertainment, sex and sexuality, gender, the body, poverty, enslavement, and oppression.
You will have the chance to spend a year getting a taste of professional life. It is an opportunity to develop core skills and explore how this course can relate to the graduate world, and it shows employers that you’re ready to get to work.
You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a placement year with an employer or study abroad with one of our partner institutions in Europe and beyond. International experiences are also built into the curriculum in a variety of ways, including field trips*. You can also build your skills and work experience by getting involved with a range of curriculum-based projects and extra-curricular activities.
You are free to choose placement opportunities from a wide range of roles both in the UK and abroad. You will be supported by a dedicated placement team who provide links to employers through presentations, events, and fairs, and provide a specialist programme of guidance on recruitment procedures including CV and interview preparation, as well as work readiness and working overseas.
* All study abroad opportunities are subject to any international travel restrictions and/or availability.
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These typical entry requirements may be subject to change for the 2025/26 academic year. Please check back for further details.
GCE A levels - grades BCC or equivalent
Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - grade DMM
Access to HE Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum 106 UCAS Tariff points
UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma - grade of Merit overall
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - grade DMM
T level - We welcome applications from students undertaking T level qualifications. Eligible applicants will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of Merit as a condition of offer
IB Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum overall score of 26 or minimum 104 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects
Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to GCE A level are also considered.
A maximum of three A level-equivalent qualifications will be accepted towards meeting the UCAS tariff requirement.
AS levels, or qualifications equivalent to AS level, are not accepted. The Extended Project qualification (EPQ) may be accepted towards entry, in conjunction with two A-level equivalent qualifications.
Please contact the University directly if you are unsure whether you meet the minimum entry requirements for the course.
GCSE grade C/4 in English Language or equivalent, e.g. Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills English
GCE A levels - grades BCC or equivalent
Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - grade DMM
Access to HE Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum 106 UCAS Tariff points
UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma - grade of Merit overall
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - grade DMM
T level - We welcome applications from students undertaking T level qualifications. Eligible applicants will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of Merit as a condition of offer
IB Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum overall score of 26 or minimum 104 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects
Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to GCE A level are also considered.
A maximum of three A level-equivalent qualifications will be accepted towards meeting the UCAS tariff requirement.
AS levels, or qualifications equivalent to AS level, are not accepted. The Extended Project qualification (EPQ) may be accepted towards entry, in conjunction with two A-level equivalent qualifications.
Please contact the University directly if you are unsure whether you meet the minimum entry requirements for the course.
There’s further information for international students on our international website if you’re applying with non-UK qualifications.
Tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year are still being finalised for all courses. You can find information on 2024/25 standard undergraduate fees for UK/Channel Islands and EU/Non-EU international students. All fees stated may be subject to change for the 2025/26 academic year.
Optional estimate: £200
Books and learning materials come to approximately £200 per year.
The department sometimes offers optional opportunities for short study trips abroad of one week or less as part of our curriculum-enrichment efforts. If you choose to participate in such trips, you will be expected to cover the costs of travel and maintenance.
Optional estimate: £2000
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to engaging with the Turing programme, the newly announced UK government scheme to support students to study and work abroad. All study abroad opportunities are subject to application, international travel restrictions and availability.
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Money MattersThe skills of the historian are in high demand in today’s workplaces, where knowledgeable, adaptable, and analytical thinkers, with a sophisticated understanding of what moves and motivates people, are highly valued. During your time with us, you’ll develop an international mindset as well as a rich set of analytical, digital, and communication skills that make you career-ready and strongly equipped to deal with the challenges of professional life.
Our graduates have forged rewarding careers in business, retail and public services, in education, finance, and in the cultural and heritage sectors. Many move straight into careers upon graduation but a high proportion choose to advance their studies at post-graduate level, either in history or a related discipline, such as heritage management, or building further on their skills in management, business studies, law or digital media.
Our staff work with a range of local and national organisations, while our specialist centre – the Manchester Centre for Public History and Heritage – ensures that our history is studied and celebrated in the community, through museums, schools and events like the Manchester History Festival. These connections allow us to offer our enterprising and ambitious students the chance to apply their knowledge and skills to 'real world' problems, while they study.
There is also the opportunity to engage in further study and professional training, for example some of our graduates go on to study MA History/MA Public History and Heritage at postgraduate level, giving you the opportunity to focus further on the area of history that you feel most passionate about.
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Programme review
Our programmes undergo an annual review and major review (normally
at 6 year intervals) to ensure an up-to-date curriculum supported by the
latest online learning technology. For further information on when we
may make changes to our programmes, please see the changes section of our
terms and conditions.
Important notice
This online prospectus provides an overview of our programmes of study
and the University. We regularly update our online prospectus so that
our published course information is accurate. Please check back to the
online prospectus before making an application to us to access the most
up to date information for your chosen course of study.
Confirmation of regulator
The Manchester Metropolitan University is regulated by the Office for
Students (OfS). The OfS is the independent regulator of higher education
in England. More information on the role of the OfS and its regulatory
framework can be found at
officeforstudents.org.uk.
All higher education providers registered with the OfS must have a student protection plan in place. The student protection plan sets out what students can expect to happen should a course, campus, or institution close. Access our current student protection plan.